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California’s budget deficit is smaller than last year but will require nearly $5 billion in cuts to public education if voters reject Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to raise taxes later this year. KESQ.com will stream live coverage of the governor’s news conference at 2:30 p.m. The governor’s office on Thursday projected the state’s budget deficit

A man who was hit by a truck while walking across North Palm Canyon Drive died before he arrived at a local hospital Thursday morning. The accident happened at around 8 a.m. at the intersection of Racquet Club, said Sgt. Mike Kovaleff with the Palm Springs Police Department. Officers arrived to find the man in

The hotel biz can sometimes be a cut throat business, many of them working against each other to keep the guests from going to the competitive resorts. However, now eight of Palm Springs’ biggest and most distinctive hotels have come together to form PS Resorts. Their goal is to create new events so they all

There should be snow in Idyllwild’s high country this time of year. Instead, the ground is dry and temperatures are up. But you won’t hear too many locals complaining about all the sunshine. “We’re all like ‘let’s hope it stays.’ It’s great. The warmer the better,” said Idyllwild resident Lisa Brantley And the warm weather

Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre said today he will partner with developer Rick Caruso in a bid to buy the team. “I have great confidence in Rick Caruso’s unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers,” Torre said. “In Rick, I found a partner who understands

Daisy Sanchez remembers her boyfriend in three words. “I loved him,” girlfriend Daisy Sanchez said. Marcello Moscozo was shot and killed just as the new year rang in, a death friends don’t understand. “He was innocent he was a good guy,” Sanchez said. Friends said his spirit went unmatched. “Now that it’s gone I’m not

It could take all day to clean up the mess left after a truck on Interstate 10 near Indio on Wednesday. The fire, which was reported around 1 a.m. west of the Cactus City rest area and east of Indio, resulted in lane closures on the eastbound side of the freeway, according to the California

Residents have told city officials for a year that the noise is unbearable, but over the past month, fewer military aircraft have taken off from or landed at Palm Springs International Airport, according to Councilman Paul Lewin, who along with Councilman Chris Mills, sits on a sub-committee assigned to investigating the noise. The airport is

JESSICA CHASTAIN was raised in Northern California and attended high school there. She was born as Jessica M. Howard but adopted her mother’s maiden name at least as early as high school, according to the website chastaincentral.com. Jessica has told a number of interviewers about the event that planted in her the desire to be

A woman who was shot to death in her car Wednesday morning in the parking lot of the Riverside County Courthouse in Hemet has been identified as 37-year-old Aimee Schulz. People who witnessed the shooting were visibly shaken. “I heard two more shots and I ducked because I knew what was going on then,” said

El accidente provoc el cierre parcial de la Carretera Interestatal 10 al este del Valle de Coachella. Este orden de acciones sucedi en direccin este cerca del rea de descanso Cactus City. La unidad transportada aderezo y otros alimentos cuando estall en llamas un poco antes de la una de la madrugada. La arteria vial

Jos Dvila es un representante de la Iglesia Catlica en California que se encuentra en problemas. Ejerce el sacerdocio en San Diego y se le acusa de abusar sexualmente de una mujer. Dvila, de 53 aos, sali libre bajo fianza luego de entregarse a las autoridades el pasado domingo. El acusado trabaja como pastor en

Este mircoles se di a conocer la identidad del hombre que muri al ser atropellado en una transitada interseccin de la ciudad de Coachella. Se trata de Rigoberto Morales Reyes, de 50 aos, quien perdi la vida en la Sala de Emergencias del Hospital JFK, en Indio, la noche del pasado lunes. El responsable se

La noche del pasado martes se llev a cabo una vigilia para recordar al jovencito de 16 aos que fuera acribillado mortalmente a slo minutos de haber iniciado el ao nuevo a las afueras de un parque de casas mviles en Desert Hot Springs. Kuna Noticias Telemundo 15 obtuvo reacciones de amigos y seres queridos

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El Papa Benedicto XVI acept la renuncia que present un obispo de California quien recientemente reconoci ser padre de dos adolescentes. Se trata del Obispo Auxiliar de Los Angeles, Gabino Zavala, de 60 aos. La dimisin se produjo este mircoles de acuerdo con el derecho cannico, que permite a los clrigos retirarse antes de los

A 19-year-old Mecca man was arrested today on suspicion of a non-fatal New Year’s Eve stabbing, a sheriff’s sergeant said. Angel Martin Torres was taken into custody about 6:15 a.m. in the 91400 block of Third Street in Mecca by deputies from the Southern Coachella Valley Communities Services District Team and members of the Coachella

The bright lights and the big stars take over the Coachella Valley for the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival beginning on January 5th. Movie fanatics are not the only ones to benefit from the third largest festival in the country. The local economy will also see a bost from a record year. Fans

A man and a woman were shot and killed outside the Riverside County Courthouse in Hemet on Wednesday in what police are calling a murder-suicide. The shooting was reported at around 8 a.m. outside the courthouse on Date Street. Witnesses, including a KESQ viewer who alerted us via Newsline 3, said a man and woman