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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Local 41st District Rep. Ken Calvert (R) is hoping President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will be passed in the Senate and House this week advancing the President’s agenda. The bill includes an extension of the President’s first term tax cuts along with cuts in Medicaid spending to offset some of
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CORRECTION: We previously reported that the event at the Mizell Center was scheduled for Sunday. The correct date is Monday. It is a third party renting space for a private event, not a Mizell-sponsored event. CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – After weeks of ICE activity across the Coachella Valley, including in Cathedral City, Mayor Nancy Ross
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County Civil Grand Jury investigation has revealed serious oversight failures in Palm Springs. It’s from a $700 thousand grant awarded to Queer Works by the City of Palm Springs. The Riverside District Attorney requested the investigation following the indictment of Queer Works CEO Jacob Rostovsky in October 2024 on
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We’re ending the day with smoky skies and warm temperatures across the Coachella Valley. It’s been a hot one, and unfortunately, those fire weather conditions aren’t going anywhere just yet. We’ve got dry air, high heat, and some occasional winds—all things that can really increase the fire danger this time of year.Right now, air quality
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Smoke from the Wolf Fire continues to push into the Coachella Valley, prompting health warnings for residents across the region. The South Coast AQMD issued a smoke advisory until 6 PM on Monday. Officials said fine particle pollution, or PM 2.5, reached potentially unhealthy levels for sensitive groups, including
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — The Fourth of July is just days away, and local fire official are warning desert residents about the dangers of illegal fireworks here in the Coachella Valley. “This weekend, we had over a dozen fires in Southern California,” Said Palm Springs Fire Chief Paul Alvarado. “We had so many brush fires
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom today hailed reports that a military commander has asked the federal government to return 200 California National Guard troops to their usual firefighting duties, rather than keeping them deployed in Los Angeles for immigration-enforcement efforts. President Donald Trump ordered the federalization and deployment of 4,000 California National Guard
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials today condemned a newly introduced iPhone app that lets users anonymously report sightings of ICE activity in real time, warning it puts officers in danger. The app, called ICEBlock, is modeled after Waze but for immigration enforcement. It allows users to pinpoint ICE locations
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury deliberations got underway today in the trial of a 43-year-old Banning man accused of raping two women on separate occasions while they were intoxicated, as well as molesting a 12-year-old girl. Steven Roy McElroy was arrested in 2022 following a Banning Police Department investigation that relied on statements from alleged
Continue ReadingBy Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Turkish police detained at least four cartoonists on Monday accused of drawing and distributing a cartoon that authorities and protesters say is a depiction of the Prophet Mohammed and Moses. The cartoon, published in a political satire magazine, shows what appears to be a Muslim and a Jewish man,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jim Sciutto, Zoe Sottile, Jean Casarez, Lauren del Valle, Josh Campbell, Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, the 30-year-old accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in their apartment in 2022, has agreed to a plea deal in his quadruple murder case, skirting the death penalty and bringing a possible
Continue ReadingBy Jim Sciutto, Zoe Sottile, Jean Casarez, Lauren del Valle, Josh Campbell, Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, the 30-year-old accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in their apartment in 2022, has agreed to a plea deal in his quadruple murder case, skirting the death penalty and bringing a possible end
Continue ReadingBy Ivonne Valdés and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in northern Mexico’s Sinaloa state are investigating the discovery of 20 male bodies with gunshot wounds – including five that were decapitated – on a bridge over a federal highway. Local media reported that a message was also found hanging over the bridge in Culiacán.
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Three days after the Supreme Court said litigants attempting to get court orders broadly blocking President Donald Trump’s policies must do so through class action lawsuits, an administration lawyer said it plans to oppose such legal maneuverings in cases challenging the executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, is the leading potential candidate to run for Senate from North Carolina with Donald Trump’s backing, multiple sources tell CNN. Sen. Thom Tillis’ announcement that he won’t seek reelection next year opens a prize opportunity for North Carolina Republicans. Multiple
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Two guests were rescued after going overboard on the Disney Dream cruise ship as it returned to Florida from the Bahamas. Witnesses said a father jumped into the water to save his young daughter after she fell from the ship. Here’s what else you might
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The British royal family’s train will be retired by 2027, as part of a cost-saving measure announced by Buckingham Palace on Monday after “a thorough review into its use and value for money.” The monarchy has been using its own rail travel since Queen Victoria
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Two Missouri men already facing charges in the mysterious case of three friends found dead outside a Kansas City home after watching a Chiefs football game last year could have some charges upgraded to include three counts of second degree murder, court documents show. Clayton McGeeney, 36, Ricky Johnson,
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US law enforcement has arrested a New Jersey man and searched stashes of laptops in 16 states in a sweeping crackdown on North Korean efforts to use remote tech workers to covertly fund their weapons programs, the Justice Department said Monday. The scheme saw North Korean
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed a former Pfizer executive who is considered central to its investigation into an allegation that clinical testing related to the development of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine was purposefully delayed until after the 2020 presidential election, according to documents obtained by CNN Monday. The
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