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By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — He became known as “the wolf boy of Sierra Morena.” For most of his childhood, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja lived in these remote Spanish mountains, isolated from human contact. He spent 12 extraordinary years being raised by wolves, after early tragedy had led to his abandonment. Rodríguez eventually returned to
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s ban on visas for immigrants from 75 countries was struck down by a federal judge on Friday, who ruled it was “contrary to law” and outside the statutory authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In January, the State Department paused the issuance of immigrant visas
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — The wait is finally over. High school football is back. The first games of the new season got underway on Thursday and Friday. Check out the scores below: Friday, August 21 Rancho Mirage19@Yucca Valley7FTwentynine Palms6@Desert Christian Academy58FPalm Desert24@Brawley16FEsperanza24@Shadow Hills0FSan Bernardino6@Indio53FXavier Prep7@Rim of the World14FDesert Hot Springs17@Tahquitz9FSanta Rosa6@Cathedral City21F Click the
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HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (KESQ) – An 89-year-old woman died, and another person was injured when a tour bus caught fire on the Pomona Freeway in Hacienda Heights. The fire was reported at 5:38 a.m. Friday on the eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway, east of Hacienda Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. According to the CHP’s
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A driver was rushed to the hospital after a rollover crash in Cathedral City Friday night. The crash was reported just after 8:50 p.m. on Varner Road, just west of Edom Hill Road. The driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, sustained major injuries and was transported to
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A Desert Hot Springs family is speaking out after 36-year-old Lester Cordero was killed in a motorcycle crash last weekend in North Palm Springs. According to the California Highway Patrol, Lester was riding a motorcycle on Indian Canyon Drive when a 61-year-old Desert Hot Springs woman driving a Kia
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (CNN) — “South Carolina is Graham Country.” So read the signs at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, where President Donald Trump rallied on Friday for the sister of his late friend, Sen. Lindsey Graham. Tuesday’s Republican runoff — between appointed Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman
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HAYFIELD (CNS) – The driver of a semi truck was killed after the vehicle overturned on its side today on eastbound Interstate 10 in the community of Hayfield near Chiriaco Summit, prompting a Sig Alert for several hours. The crash was reported shortly before 7:30 a.m. Friday west of Red Cloud Mine Road, according to
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 31-year-old Jurupa Valley man was found guilty of murder for supplying a relative with fentanyl that caused his death in 2023. John Fredrick Sandoval was convicted of second-degree murder on Tuesday at the Hall of Justice in Riverside, the District Attorney’s Office announced. It marks the fourth case of its
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – As the extreme summer heat pushes energy use across the valley, Imperial Irrigation District’s electric system has reached its peak, and meeting that demand requires planning, coordination, and real-time response across IID’s electric system. News Channel 3 anchor Peter Daut spoke in depth about it today with IID’s public information
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Jury selection turned into a referendum on rap music today in the trial of the Grammy Award-winning rapper known as Lil Durk, who faces federal charges arising from a suspected murder-for-hire plot carried out near the Beverly Center in which prosecutors say a relative of the intended target was mistakenly gunned
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – A man who spent nearly 19 years in state prison for an armed robbery he had nothing to do with was freed today of his conviction in state court in Santa Ana. When Guy Donnell Miles won the right to a retrial in 2017, he was given the chance to
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The California Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday regarding whether Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco exceeded his authority by seizing approximately 650,000 ballots during an election integrity investigation.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Palm Springs Unified School District is preparing to launch a new attendance communication system next week that officials say could make reporting an absence easier for parents while also helping schools identify when a family may need additional support. Under the new system, parents and guardians will receive a text
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) The man seen punching and throwing his dog in a viral video out of Cabazon is now under arrest. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services arrested Craig Vincent Dallesandro on Aug. 13 with help from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, the department announced in a statement to News Channel 3. He
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday defended his decision to temporarily pause tariffs on imported beef, despite criticism from some US cattle producers – and he didn’t indicate any plans to reverse course. “We want to get the beef prices down, so we’ll get them down a little bit, and
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Arizona, California and Nevada will be forced to make deep cuts to the water they draw from the imperiled Colorado River under a new two-year operating plan published Friday, intended to help stave off an escalating crisis in the beleaguered waterway. The long-awaited plan from the Department of the
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RIVERSIDE, CA (KESQ)– The United States Department of Justice today announced that a Riverside man was sentenced today to 480 months in federal prison for using social media and other internet platforms to solicit minor victims to produce and provide him with child sexual abuse material featuring themselves, sometimes in exchange for money. A registered
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Holly Yan, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has spoken publicly about the death of Nolan Wells and invited critics to “sue me first,” says he won’t apologize or retract comments surrounding the young man’s death, and is now threatening his own legal action against three of Wells’
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Updat 8/26/26 The remains of Cristian Neito Valenzuela were located on Aug. 22 near a residence in the area of Poplar Street and William Avenue in Cabazon, court records show. Jesse Bruce Kennedy, 48, of Cabazon was arrested the same day as Valenzuela’s remains were found. He was charged with murder, a special circumstance allegation
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