CNN By Jack Guy, Sarah Dewberry, Nic Anderson, CNN (CNN) — The killing of Mexican cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday set off a wave of retaliatory violence from his gunmen, affecting areas popular with foreign tourists such as Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara. The US State Department advised Monday that more areas
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CNN, US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KING, ANNIE GARCIA, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, GETTY IMAGES, JIM BECK, TV AZTECA By Mitchell McCluskey, Gonzalo Zegarra, Avery Schmitz, Sol Amaya, and Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Mexican security forces killed the country’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes in a high-stakes operation on Sunday that set off
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — After ordering the largest American military buildup in the Middle East since the onset of the Iraq War, President Donald Trump now has a decision to make on Iran. The options before him now appear relatively well established, confirmed in vague terms by
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SALTON SEA, Calif. (KESQ) – California State Parks is preparing a new general plan for the Salton Sea State Recreation Area and is inviting the public to participate in the process through a series of workshops this month. “It’s in need of some rehabilitation, in need of some increased public spaces. And so in order to
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs boasts one of the highest concentrations of LGBTQ residents per capita in the nation and as gay men over 50 look at the next chapter of their lives, a new Palm Springs-based company is launching a weekend retreat designed to help them find purpose and connection. It will
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The 19th annual Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival will be held next month at Civic Center Park in Palm Desert, celebrating the region’s desert environment. The free event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 7 at 43900 San Pablo Ave. Hosted by Friends of the Desert Mountains and
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By Taylor Romine, Lauren Mascarenhas, Randi Kaye, CNN (CNN) — The family of Nancy Guthrie is offering up to $1 million for information leading to her recovery, a tearful “Today” host Savannah Guthrie said in a video posted to her Instagram on Tuesday — more than three weeks after her mother vanished from her desert
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – A Torrance man who unsuccessfully ran against Rep. Maxine Waters four times was sentenced today to four years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to siphon $250,000 in campaign cash for his own use. Omar Navarro, 37, pleaded guilty in June 2025 to a single federal wire
Continue Reading CNN By Randi Kaye, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The masked person seen on the doorbell camera footage of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home the morning she is believed to have been kidnapped was also at her doorstep on another night, a source tells CNN, another clue in the exhaustive, multi-week search for the mother
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Here in the desert we have a high school hockey team having success in their first year as a program. The Palm Springs Hockey Association, partnering with Desert Christian Academy, just won a state title. The team is now headed to Nationals in Minnesota in March. Many of the kids on
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Dozens of Palm Springs community members gathered to give their input on the drafted Tramview Heights Specific Plan. It was the fourth community open house aimed at collecting input. The plan — formerly known as the College Park Specific Plan — covers neighborhoods including Desert Highlands, Gateway Estates, Mountain Gate
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EL CENTRO, Calif. (KESQ) Abraham Feinbloom returned to court Monday morning for a scheduled preliminary hearing, but the matter was continued until Wednesday. According to the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office, Feinbloom is now represented by private attorney Melanie Roe. In a conversation with Melanie Roe this morning, she tells News Channel 3 at this
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CNN By Clarissa Ward, Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a plea to Donald Trump on Monday, telling CNN he wants the US president “to stay on our side.” Speaking at the Presidential Palace in Kyiv on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Thousands of unionized nurses and health care professionals at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California and Hawaii will return to work Tuesday, ending a roughly four-week strike carried out amid prolonged contract talks, union officials said today. Officials with the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said in a
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The death of a 34-year-old California Highway Patrol officer following a Culver City traffic crash that occurred while he and his partner were transporting a DUI suspect was caused by the effects of the powerful opioid fentanyl, the county Medical Examiner’s Office announced today. Officer Miguel Cano, 34, was driving a
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – “Home Improvement” star Zachery Ty Bryan has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for driving under the influence two years ago in La Quinta. Bryan was convicted Monday at the Larson Justice Center of Driving Under the Influence BAC .08 or Higher, court records show. Two other charges were dismissed,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Locals with close ties to Puerto Vallarta are reacting to the cartel violence that erupted there over the weekend. Some part-time residents who split time between the valley and Puerto Vallarta said the Mexican resort town shares many similarities with Palm Springs. “Puerto Vallarta is now ‘Palm Springs South,'” said
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, Gonzalo Zegarra, Avery Schmitz, Sol Amaya, and Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Mexican security forces killed the country’s most-wanted cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes in a high-stakes operation on Sunday that set off a spiral of violence and chaos. Oseguera was the leader and co-founder of the powerful Jalisco New
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – In a case described today as “one of the most disturbing ideas to crawl out of the internet,” a Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged after allegedly coercing a 13-year-old Northridge girl to send him sexually explicit material of herself and images of self-harm over the internet. Matthew Edward Pysher,
Continue ReadingBy Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will get his highest-profile opportunity to convince skeptical Americans that his policies are working — and that a promised economic golden age is right around the corner. But ahead of a State of the Union address meant to mark the unofficial start of
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