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Seventy year-old Nibia Nunez of Indio was struck and killed by a truck Saturday afternoon. She was trying to cross Highway 111 near Dune Palms road in La Quinta. She was not in the crosswalk. We went back to the busy stretch of Highway 111 and found out she was not alone in jaywalking. Elvira

El Departamento de Salubridad del Estado de California investiga despus de recibir el reporte de que 60 nios presentaron sntomas de intoxicacin justo despus del almuerzo de ayer martes en la escuela Csar Chvez de Coachella. Las autoridades tomaron muestra de la comida que ser analizada. Cabe mencionar que la cafetera de dicho plantel sirvi

A trace of rare May rain fell today in the Coachella Valley, where temperatures were about 20 degrees below normal. Click here for the latest weather conditions from the KESQ.com First Alert Weather Center Less than a hundredth of an inch made it into National Weather Service rain gauges between 5 a.m. and about 8

Palm Desert police arrested two teenagers on Tuesday night after a nearby home was broken into and the residents had weapons pointed at them. Sgt. David Florez said around 11:45 p.m, officers were called to the 44000 block of Indian Canyon, which is located just south of the intersection of Deep Canyon and Fred Waring

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell today for the 12th consecutive day, decreasing 2.1 cents to $4.176. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 7.3 cents less than one week ago and 1.4 cents lower than one month ago, but $1.068 higher than

Riverside County health investigators and leaders with the Coachella Valley Unified School District were investigating why more than 50 students at Cesar Chavez Elementary School got sick after eating their school lunch on Monday. A parent alerted KESQ News Channel 3 to the incident. The principal of Cesar Chavez Elementary did not return our calls,

A gas station that has sat vacant in Cathedral City for several years is scheduled to be demolished beginning today, a city spokesman said. The Shell station on the corner of East Palm Canyon and Date Palm Drive is located on Indian lease land. It will be coming down as a result of a partnership

Firefighters worked quickly to put out a fire at a Palm Desert home on Tuesday morning. The fire at the home on Bel Air near the intersection with Highway 74 was put out in about 20 minutes. No one was injured. Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the fire.

The road to a high school baseball championship just got an official road map. On Monday,the C.I.F. Southern Section released the playoff brackets for all seven divisions. The Coachella Valley is very well represented in Divisions 4 through 6. We’ll start with one of the state’s top teams. Defending C.I.F. champion Palm Desert. The Aztecs

Segn el Departamento del Trabajo, el sector de servicios contribuy a la mayora de los 192, 000 empleos entre Enero y Febrero del ao en curso. Nosotros fuimos al Departamento de Trabajo en Indio para conocer dnde estabn las oportunidades de trabajo en nuestra localidad para poner manos a la obra. Comenzamos en una escuela

(CNN) — Novak Djokovic extended his winning run to 37 matches this year as he beat world No. 1 Rafael Nadal for the fourth successive time in the Rome Masters final on Sunday. Second seed Djokovic triumphed 6-4 6-4 in two hours 12 minutes, despite having seemed to be on his last legs when he

A 30-year-old man was behind bars today for allegedly abducting a 9-year-old Riverside girl who was taken from her home as she slept, assaulted and dumped out of a car several miles away. Jose Wilson Rojas Guzman, 30, a former roommate of the girl’s mother, was booked Monday night on suspicion of attempted murder, kidnapping

Riverside County supervisors today approved $1.74 million for an environmental study and design plans for a two-lane frontage road along Interstate 10 in Cabazon that could serve as an alternate route during traffic jams on the highway. The proposed three-mile bypass would be located just south of I-10, connecting the Apache Trail junction in Cabazon

Firefighters with Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Dept. were on the scene of a commercial building on fire in Mecca on Tuesday afternoon. The fire was reported around 12:50 p.m. at the First Nation Recovery Recycling Center at the intersection of Gene Welmas Dr. and Avenue 62. Firefighters confirmed there was an active fire inside the

Unos 260 estudiantes de High School del Valle de Coachella recibirn maana mircoles una computadora laptop como incentivo de la ?Operacin Graduacin?. En dicho programa los alumnos deben tener un promedio de 2.5 puntos de calificacin en aprovechamiento, asistencia perfecta, participacin en actividades escolares y evitar meterse en problemas. Este es el segundo ao consecutivo

Ayer le informamos de la decisin del Departamento de Sheriff del Condado de Riverside de eliminar 800 puestos con el fin de disminuir el dficit econmico proyectado para el prximo ao fiscal. Lo nuevo es que unos 100 agentes ya fueron notificados del despido. Dicha medida afecta al Valle de Coachella ya que significa menos

A pesar de que el trabajo de medio tiempo para estudiantes ha descendido un 27% como consecuencia de la mala economa, localmente existe la posibilidad para unos 100 jvenes de encontrar empleo de verano. En las prximas semanas Knott?s Soak City de Palm Springs contratar un centenar de personas para su temporada ms ocupada del

La polica investiga en torno al reporte de una joven de 19 aos que fue violada por dos sujetos en el rea de La Quinta Cove el pasado domingo. No se mencion la vctima conoce a sus agresores, solo se supo que las autoridades ya cuentan con la descripcin de ellos y del vehculo en

The Shell gas station at the corner of Date Palm and E. Palm Canyon is history, as a bulldozer tore it to pieces Tuesday. “[The station] was running when we first got here for about a year,” said Carol Harding. “The prices were really good and everything. But, the minute you like something, then it

A SkyWest plane’s landing gear locked up soon after landing at Palm Springs International Airport on Tuesday. The plane’s regional jet had landed at 11:05 a.m. and was taxiing to its gate when the left main landing gear locked up, said FAA spokesman Ian Gregor. Fire crews responded after smoke was seen coming from the