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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, Calif. (KESQ) – Pretrial motions got underway today ahead of jury selection for the trial of a Beaumont man accused of causing the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter, whose remains were found in an apartment with him and the woman after they had overdosed on drugs. Tyler Lawrence Finley, 30, was arrested in
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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,” is the subject of a presuit demand letter sent Friday, attorneys for three of Wells’ friends said. Presuit demand letters aim to resolve disagreements
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Cabazon, CA (KESQ) — The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the publics help to locate a missing 33 year old man. Sheriff’s say Cristian Nieto Valenzuela, 33, was last seen on Tuesday, August 11th, in the Cabazon Area. Valenzuela is listed at 6 foot tall, around 190 pounds and has black hair and
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Payroll losses in multiple sectors of the regional economy pushed Riverside County’s unemployment rate up to nearly 6% in July, according to figures released today by the California Employment Development Department. The countywide jobless rate last month, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 5.9%, compared to 5.4% in June. According to figures,
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INDIO & LA QUINTA, CA (KESQ) — Emergency crews responded Friday morning to a reported vehicle-versus-bicycle collision near John Glenn Middle School in Indio, where several juveniles were struck by a vehicle. Cal Fire says firefighters were dispatched at approximately 8 a.m. following reports of the collision. CAL FIRE later said its resources were canceled
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By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Log Cabin Republicans, a leading organization for gay conservatives, will no longer advocate for transgender people, a significant break within the LGBTQ movement as the GOP makes opposition to trans rights a political and policy priority. The influential group added support for transgender issues to its platform more than
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The prediction site Polymarket referred dozens of accounts that showed signs of potential military insider trading to the Justice Department for investigation, a senior company official told CNN. The referrals, which have not been previously disclosed, pertained to accounts flagged by a watchdog group in a report published
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By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Donald Trump to continue working on a massive new ballroom at the White House, freezing a court ruling that would have required construction to stop at midnight Friday. Friday afternoon’s order doesn’t address the legality of the project,
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stood before the cameras last month and announced what he cast as a bombshell. “We’ve identified 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote in just four states,” Mullin told reporters. The Department of Homeland Security said it reached that figure by comparing public voter rolls in
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