PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs International Airport handled a record 3.3 million passengers in 2025, marking a roughly 2.4% increase over 2024, airport officials announced today. March was the airport’s busiest month, with about 500,000 passengers passing through the terminal. Officials said passenger demand remained strong even after the peak travel season. “We’re
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – City officials will open the Indio Business Connect Center in downtown Indio next week, a new facility designed to expand access to business resources, training and education. The facility will host its first free event from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan. 28 at 45222 Towne St. In partnership with the
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Are you feeling bitter about the surging price of chocolate? You’re not the only one. This could help take a bite out of “chocflation.” Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Scathing speech President Donald Trump complained about
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An undocumented immigrant accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old autistic girl allegedly lured to his Cathedral City apartment on New Year’s Eve was charged today with rape of a minor and other offenses. Enrique Bautista Vasquez, 20, was arrested last week following an investigation by the Cathedral City Police Department that
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YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A Yucca Valley man was arrested after a road rage incident involving a woman and her two young children over the weekend. The incident happened on Sunday at around 4 p.m. in the 6800 block of Avalon Avenue. Deputies arrived at the scene and found a woman and her two
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Rebecca Haro appeared for a scheduled hearing in Riverside on Wednesday morning. The case related to the death of her 7-month-old son, Emmanuel. Haro, 41, is still in custody at the Robert Presley Detention Center. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges related to Emmanuel’s death, which was caused by
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A foster caregiver from Desert Hot Springs was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of multiple counts of sexually assaulting children, authorities announced. Sergio Avalos Perez, 64, was arrested at around 5:30 p.m. on the 44000 block of Town Center Way. He was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Jack Smith is “not afraid” of Donald Trump, whom he unsuccessfully tried to take to trial during the 2024 campaign, his legal team told CNN Wednesday. The former special counsel has spoken to the House Judiciary Committee before, in private, but on Thursday the cameras will be on, and
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The “electrical issue” aboard Air Force One Tuesday night that forced President Donald Trump’s Europe-bound plane to turn back is raising troubling questions about the age of the decades-old aircraft flying the president. The Air Force has long been working to upgrade the aging fleet, and Trump has been
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By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Bryan Mena, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court signaled deep skepticism Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, with several conservative justices joining their liberal colleagues in posing pointed questions of the lawyer defending the president. By the end
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Last week, The New York Times broke the news that the aircraft the US used to attack a boat in the Caribbean last September, killing 11 people, had a paint job that made it look like a civilian plane. By using a plane with a nonmilitary appearance for a
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers have taken the next step toward holding Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify in the congressional Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee voted to send the effort to the full House for a vote. House
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – The American Express Golf Tournament is expected to bring thousands of fans to the City of La Quinta. Local businesses and the city are excited to welcome the increase in visitors and the businesses it is set to bring. “We’re talking about $24 million in economic impact,” said Mayor Linda
Continue ReadingBy Adam Cancryn, Kevin Liptak, CNN Davos, Switzerland (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s winding, antagonistic speech to business moguls and government officials in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday was hardly a salve to concerns the Western Alliance is at its breaking point. Trump complained relentlessly about the United States being taken advantage of by Europe,
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By Eric Levenson, Matthew J. Friedman, Shimon Prokupecz, Rachel Clarke, Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — A jury has acquitted a former school district police officer of all charges based on accusations he failed to act during the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas – in only the second prosecution of its kind. Adrian Gonzales, a
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, long one of President Donald Trump’s chief trolls, took the routine this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – and got a globally televised rise out of the president. Shortly afterward, Newsom accused the Trump administration of blocking him from entering a
Continue Reading CNN By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, long one of President Donald Trump’s chief trolls, took the routine this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – and got a globally televised rise out of the president. Shortly afterward, Newsom accused the Trump administration of blocking him from entering
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory he is pushing for the US to acquire. Trump also repeated numerous long-debunked false claims about foreign
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Michelle Obama said in an interview released Wednesday that the country is moving in the direction of having a woman president, clarifying what she meant after previously saying the country is not ready for one. “It takes time, right, so, but we’re moving,” Obama said on
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By Kaanita Iyer, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday offered some biting words about Denmark, which maintains territorial control over Greenland, after the European country’s pension fund announced it would unwind its investment in US government bonds. Bessent said in response that Denmark and its investment in the United States
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