RANCHO MIRAGE (CNS) – The Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory will celebrate its 30th anniversary today with a variety of activities for all ages. The free festivities will be held from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at 71-100 CA-111, with hands-on activities for kids and families, including games and crafts. At 6 p.m.,
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A suspect crashed into a vehicle while attempting to flee from deputies Wednesday morning in Banning. The incident started just before 8 a.m. when deputies responded to the area of Haugen Lehmann Way and Tamarack Road in Whitewater regarding a report of a stolen vehicle possibly involved in a robbery, according
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – A hiker was rescued today after suffering an ankle injury on a Palm Desert trail. The rescue was reported shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Art Smith Trail, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Crews reached the injured hiker, who was identified only as a woman, on
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By Nick Watt, Alli Rosenbloom, Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Nick Reiner made no plea Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom, where he was expected to be arraigned on murder charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner. Instead, Reiner’s high-profile attorney,
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By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Thom Tillis had strong criticism for Stephen Miller Wednesday, going as far as to suggest the senior White House adviser’s job should be at risk for his recent comments on US control of Greenland. “Look either Stephen Miller needs to get into a lane where he knows
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Dillon Fuhrman SALTON CITY, Calif. (KYMA) – The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) is asking the public’s help after they found a human leg in the Salton City area last month. According to a post on Facebook, deputies responded to the area at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, December 21, 2025. Upon arrival, ICSO says
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We’re tracking significant wind starting later this evening and lasting into tomorrow afternoon, so the we’ve issued a First Alert Weather Alert from 4 p.m. today until 1 p.m. tomorrow for those winds. A strong are of low pressure will move quickly past the region tonight, ushering in those winds. A High Wind Warning is
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif (KESQ) – The Cathedral City Police Department is holding active shooter and mass casualty trainings for officers near James Workman Middle School on Wednesday and Thursday. CCPD Police Commander Andrew Diaz said the trainings continue to grow in importance. “Since 1999 and Columbine, training and police response to these kinds of incidents has
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MN Gov. Tim Walz is set to hold a newser shortly, watch live below: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (ABC NEWS) – An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in a vehicle during operations in Minneapolis on Wednesday, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The woman was allegedly “attempting to run over our law enforcement
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: January 19, 1982 Birth place: South Bend, Indiana Birth name: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg Father: Joseph A. Buttigieg, an English professor Mother: Anne
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Personal Birth date: January 15, 1929 Death date: April 4, 1968 Birth place: Atlanta, Georgia Birth name: Michael King Jr. Father: Martin Luther King Sr., Baptist minister Mother: Alberta (Williams) King Marriage: Coretta Scott King
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By Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla and Inke Kappeler, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Amid heavy snow in the German capital and temperatures plummeting to below freezing, nearly 100,000 people were left without power for several days after an alleged left-wing arson attack on Berlin’s power supply on Saturday caused a major blackout. The activist group Vulkangruppe
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By Brynn Gingras, Mark Morales, Alisha Ebrahimji, Sarah Boxer, CNN (CNN) — They went from the palace to the big house. Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, can reasonably expect two things to happen as they get accustomed to their new day-to-day life at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York: They
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Coachella Valley Firebirds forward Oscar Fisker Mølgaard has been named to Team Denmark’s roster for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games taking place this February in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Mølgaard, 20, recorded 17 points (6 goals, 11 assists) in 28 games for Coachella Valley this season. The Hjørring, Denmark
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SAN DIEGO (KESQ) – The city of San Diego has filed a lawsuit against the federal government that alleges the construction of a razor wire fence near the U.S.-Mexico border constitutes trespassing on city property and has caused environmental harm to the land. The complaint filed Monday in San Diego federal court states that razor
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1942 Death date: August 16, 2018 Birth place: Memphis, Tennessee Birth name: Aretha Louise Franklin Father: Rev. C. L. (Clarence LaVaughn) Franklin, minister and gospel singer Mother: Barbara (Siggers) Franklin, gospel singer
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By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN Corpus Christi, Texas (CNN) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Uvalde school district police officer rejected a defense motion to declare a mistrial on Wednesday afternoon. Judge Sid Harle ruled the prosecution had not intentionally withheld material mentioned by a witness during the
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — As part of its claims of widespread fraud in the federal safety net, the Trump administration is halting $10 billion in funding for several programs in five Democrat-led states. The biggest chunk that’s being paused is $7 billion in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grants for California, Colorado,
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — When Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah first learned over the weekend that US forces had struck Venezuela and abducted its leader, he wanted answers. Without the approval of Congress, he wondered, what justified this attack inside another country? Two hours later, he got an answer from Secretary of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR. Personal Birth date: March 2, 1931 Death date: August 30, 2022 Birth place: Privolnoye, Russia, Soviet Union Birth name: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Father: Sergei Andreyevich Gorbachev Mother: Maria (Gopkalo) Gorbacheva Marriage: Raisa (Titarenko) Gorbacheva (1953-September 20,
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