ONTARIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds continue to find a way to win games when it matters most. The Firebirds outlasted the Reign Saturday night at Toyota Arena by the final score of 3-2 in double overtime, capping off a highly competitive five-game series between two bitter rivals. Winner of Game 3 the
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Families across the Coachella Valley gathered in Rancho Mirage ahead of Mother’s Day to celebrate the women and caregivers who help shape their lives. The event brought together mothers, daughters, friends, and families for a floral arranging workshop focused on appreciation, reflection, and spending time together. For Avi Rodriguez, motherhood has
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Our desert heat continues building through the rest of Mother’s Day weekend as strong high pressure stays parked over the Southwest. Temperatures climb a few more degrees Sunday before peaking Monday, when much of the lower desert is expected to reach the 105-110 degree range. An Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect through Monday evening
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs Florist has been providing flowers to the Coachella Valley community since 1947. Owner Jordan Hall says Mother’s Day is their busiest holiday. “We do between 500 to 700 deliveries between Thursday through the weekend,” says Hall. He grew up in the family business and selling flowers to the
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The warming trend continues across the Coachella Valley through Mother’s Day weekend as a strong high pressure settles over the Southwest and just camps out for a couple days. Temperatures will keep climbing each day, with much of the valley and lower desert expected to push well into the triple digits by Sunday and Monday.
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Geraldine Ramirez, a Cathedral City woman News Channel 3 first followed in October, is said to have been captured once again by Israeli Naval Forces, while trying to deliver aid to Gaza. News Channel 3 first spoke with Ramirez’s family last year, when she was captured on the boat. She
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 28-year-old man who fatally shot a Desert Hot Springs resident nearly a decade ago pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder. Richard Alex Bernal of Desert Hot Springs admitted the felony count during a pretrial hearing Friday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) — Women Leaders Forum of the Coachella Valley celebrated honorees for their leadership, service, and generosity making a difference in the community at the 13th Annual Women Who Rule event in Rancho Mirage on Friday morning. “When we empower our next generation, particularly girls and women, we are emboldening the next
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CALIMESA, Calif. (KESQ) – A family is suing Riverside County after a Sheriff’s deputy blew through a red light at nearly 100 miles per hour, killing a 21-year-old man and critically injuring his fiancée several months ago, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP announced. The family of Gavin Hinkley and his fiancée, Madeline Fox, filed
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An exclusive update on a murder case that has captivated the headlines in the Coachella Valley for years. One of the men convicted in the murder of in the 2008 murder of Clifford Lambert is trying to get his life sentence reduced. News Channel 3 learned that Garcia was scheduled to return
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that California will launch a first-in-the-nation program providing free diapers to newborns across Southern California and the rest of the state through participating hospitals. The initiative, dubbed “Golden State Start,” is being launched in partnership with the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Baby2Baby and will provide 400 free
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — The Firebirds are not done just yet. Coachella Valley kept their season alive with a 6-2 victory in Game 4 of the Pacific Division Semifinals over the Ontario Reign on Thursday night at Acrisure Arena. After the Reign scored the first goal, the Firebirds responded with four unanswered from J.R.
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News Team Originally Published: May 7, 2026 10:44 am By Harley Coldiron, Gregory Deffenbaugh BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — What was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime birdwatching expedition in the Atlantic Ocean turned into an international medical emergency. Now, a Bend doctor is at the center of it. Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, a longtime Central Oregon oncologist who spent two
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Canvas was slowly coming back online this afternoon for some schools and universities across the country, including College of the Desert, after a nationwide cyberattack disrupted access for millions of students and educators during finals week. Canvas, a cloud-based platform used by millions of students and educators, experienced widespread outages Thursday
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RIVERSIDE, California (KUNA) — Una familia del Valle de Coachella hace meses vivio momentos de temor, tras afirmar que su hija, Geraldine Ramírez, se encontraba bajo la custodia de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI). La familia Ramírez relató que Geraldine viajaba a bordo del barco “Mali”, el cual formaba parte de la “Flotilla
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Some North Indio residents are sounding the alarm on a proposed mixed-use project off Avenue 42 and Monroe Street, they worry could bring traffic and pollution to their neighborhood. The project, known as ‘Oasis at Indio,’ has been proposed by BH Properties, but has yet to go before the Indio’s planning
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