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INDIAN WELLS (CNS) – Coachella Valley’s top decision-makers met today to discuss the region’s economic future, infrastructure and key public policy issues. The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual All Valley Mayors, County and Tribal Chairpersons Luncheon to bring together mayors from all nine valley cities alongside Riverside County leadership and tribal
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Fire Department held its annual Never Forget 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony to honor the lives lost in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and remember the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice. The ceremony began at 8:30 a.m. Friday, September 11, at Palm Springs Fire Station 2,
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SANTA MONICA (CNS) – The inaugural Ocean Way music festival planned for later this month on the beach in Santa Monica has been canceled because storm surf and runoff from Hurricane Marie caused significant beach erosion, organizers announced today. The two-day festival had been scheduled for Sept. 26-27, with headline performances by The Killers and
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By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A man from North London pleaded guilty to charges related to encouraging other members of an online forum to sexually assault drugged victims, London’s Metropolitan Police announced on Friday. Police discovered the forum in October 2025 and established a national coordination group, led by the UK’s National Crime Agency
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By Ellis Kim, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — A group of House Democratic lawmakers is pressuring Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately and cancel an upcoming break to address what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence.” In a letter to the speaker, the Democrats cite potential threats, including
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By Dalia Faheid, Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the case of Tasia Fortune, the 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house last month, following the state medical examiner ruling her death a homicide. Jarques Ratliff, 51, has been charged with murder
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By Molly English, CNN (CNN) — After spending the morning at the Pentagon to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy, President Donald Trump apparently had another attack on his mind in the afternoon — posting the 5-year-old video of him telling January 6, 2021, rioters to go home after they violently stormed
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By Darío Klein, CNN (CNN) — Uruguay is ranked as one of the safest countries in Latin America but rising public concern about crime have forced its policymakers to develop a new “democratic” strategy for the problem. Their aim is to bring down homicide rates while deliberately deviating from the draconian security measures popularized by
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By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The now-infamous warning to then-President Bill Clinton was tucked at the bottom of a presidential intelligence brief delivered on September 10, 1998: A group associated with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden “may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city.” In the end, there were no explosives. Just
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Most residents in the Southern California desert can probably tell you that the seven casinos in the Coachella Valley are owned by different Native American tribes. But they might not be able to tell you more than that. The history and force of these tribes helped shape the Coachella Valley, including its current economic power.
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By Kylie Atwood, Katie Bo Lillis, Thomas Bordeaux, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia has shut down a key oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones from Iraq, as repercussions of the Iran war widen. The development is more bad news for the Saudi government after the Iran-backed Houthis captured strategic points along
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. September 20-21, 2026 – Yom Kippur will begin at sundown on September 20 and end at nightfall on September 21. October 1-2, 2025 – Yom Kippur begins at sundown on October 1 and ends at nightfall on
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By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In a victory for President Donald Trump, the Justice Department announced Friday that it secured a first-of-its-kind deportation through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a secretive tribunal that had never been used before the administration activated it this summer. Nazira Haji Zada — an Afghan woman who
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By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A CEO has failed in his bid to sue his ex-girlfriend in Singapore’s high court for almost $370,000 (SGD $468,090) after breaking up with her, claiming she owed him for luxury gifts he lavished on her during their relationship. Chander Agarwal showered Felicia Lee with Hermes, Dior and Prada
Continue ReadingBy Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — The merciless ring of the wall-mounted telephone forced Arnold Roma out of the kind of heavy sleep that only his 12-hour hospital shifts could lull him into. He’d only been home from work for five hours, anyway. Squinting against the morning sunlight threatening to consume his Staten Island living
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By Sneha Dhandapani, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Cadillac had baked her own 16th birthday cake, heart-shaped with white-and-pink frosting, and put it in the fridge the night before: September 10, 2001. The next night, what was there to do? She held the cake up, her face stricken, as a big TV behind her replayed smoke
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Local students are being recognized with this month’s “Do the Right Thing Award,” a partnership between the Palm Springs Police Dept. and News Channel 3. 10 students got the honor on Thursday, from elementary to high schools valley-wide. Henry Maclean Rubin Yanez Jesus Segura Fernando Martinez-Esteban Dayanara barriga-huitron William millan
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — The Palm Desert City Council voted unanimously Thursday to table a proposed resolution asking Southern California Edison to minimize planned power outages during the summer. The proposal comes after concerns over a maintenance outage in July that would have affected 878 customers during a period of extreme heat. The outage
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A celebration in Palm Springs. On Thursday, Johnny Costa’s Ristorante celebrated 50 years of family, tradition, and Palm Springs history with a “Golden Anniversary” celebration and ribbon-cutting. The Palm Springs Chamber honored the legacy of late founder, chef Johnny Costa. Costa opened his first Pictured: Johhny and Vince Costa “Yeah,
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man who took part in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to the murders of two people, including a pregnant woman, was sentenced in San Diego federal court today to 40 years in prison. Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, 25, pleaded guilty to his role in the 2022 deaths of Cesar
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