President Joe Biden signed into law a measure designating the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida as a national memorial. 49 people dead and 53 people wounded were killed in a shooting at the nightclub on June 12, 2016. It was the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in U.S. history. Biden said in a statement
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The City of Palm Springs cut its ties with a homeless services agency Well In The Desert Thursday evening. The city council voted in agreement in part due to an ongoing discussion about the organization’s conditional-use permit for its main location on Calle Encilia. Councilmembers voted to revoke Well In The Desert’s permit to operate
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The father of 16-year-old Isaiah Benz is speaking out about his son’s tragic death over Father’s Day weekend. Kris Benz continues to grieve the loss of his only son who drowned on Sunday while swimming at Lake Havasu. “He loved his sports, he could dunk; 6’2– so he was tall and very athletic. I went
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In a ceremony on Friday morning, Assemblyman Chad Mayes named Dr. Patricia Cummings as ‘Woman of the Year’ for California’s 42nd Assembly District. Mayes explained each March, in conjunction with Women’s History Month, all 120 California legislators select someone from their district who has made a significant contribution to the community. This year’s ceremony was
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A man was struck and killed in a hit and run crash early Friday morning in Palm Springs, police confirmed. Sgt. Kyle Stjerne of the Palm Springs Police Department said a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the area of East Palm Canyon Drive between Broadmoor street and Golf Club Drive just after 4
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San Bernardino National Forest is sending ground and air resources to respond to a vegetation fire off of Highway 74 in Pinyon Pines Friday afternoon. The fire burned approximately 3-acres with forward progress stopped at around 5:45 p.m., according to San Bernardino National Forest. The blaze is 20% contained. The fire in Pinyon Pines area
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More than a dozen Riverside County fire stations now have microchip scanners available to residents who find lost dogs and cats and want to determine whether the pets have microchip identification tags that reveal where they belong, it was announced today. “We’re getting so much great help from the public these days in getting lost
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Sheriff’s deputies will be screening vehicles and looking for intoxicated drivers tonight in Palm Desert. The planned DUI checkpoint will take place in an undisclosed location in the city beginning at 7 p.m. and continuing until about 3 a.m. Saturday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Varon Potter said deputies will search for
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A Sky Valley resident accused of gunning down a man in Palm Springs pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge. Jeffrey Burgess, 42, was arrested Tuesday stemming from the shooting reported earlier that morning. Burgess was arraigned at the Banning Justice Center before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Alfonso Fernandez, who set the defendant’s
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By Katie Bo Williams, Zachary Cohen and Jeremy Herb, CNN The US intelligence community on Friday released its long-awaited report on what it knows about a series of mysterious flying objects that have been seen moving through restricted military airspace over the last several decades. In short, the answer according to Friday’s report is very
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A gang member accused of shooting two people who were seated in a car in Thermal a month ago was in custody today without bail. The suspect, a 30-year-old man from Thermal was arrested Thursday and booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of mayhem, attempted murder and assault with a
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations. The punishment — which fell short of the 30 years that prosecutors had
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The CDC has extended the eviction moratorium currently in place through July 31st — adding this is intended to be the final extension. “There’s a ton of anxiety…folks want to be able to stay in their homes and keep their children housed,” said Heather Vaikona, CEO, Lift to Rise. Lift to Rise is a local
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Summer is officially here and so is the need for food. FIND Food Bank is helping put food in the mouths of its community members as the need arises with its Kids Summer Feeding Program. Kayleen Sullivan, the Development and Community Relations Coordinator, said “We’re really trying to target kids while they’re out of school
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KESQ News Channel 3 will kicking off the 9th annual “9 Cities Challenge” Blood Drive at our station this Friday! Join us and donate blood at 31276 Dunham Way in Thousand Palms from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. You will receive a “Count on Me!” T-Shirt with your donation! In the past when the community
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Officials recovered the body of a 16-year-old boy who went missing after a boating incident in Lake Havasu earlier this week. Isaiah Benz, 16, was found at the lake bottom on the South Basin of Lake Havasu, Arizona on Monday, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Department. Crews search for Benz Benz is a resident
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A decades-old ban on drive-thrus in most of Palm Desert will remain in place after city council rejected a proposal to modify it Thursday night. The proposal would have enabled drive-thrus to be built, under certain restrictions, along areas of Highway 111 and Fred Waring Drive. It addressed environmental concerns, countered drive-thru oversaturation, and required
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The Rancho Mirage Planning Commission voted 5-0 to deny a conditional use permit to a bring a hotel to the “The River” shopping center area. The proposed four-story hotel would’ve been built on the northeast side of “the River” parking lot, which the developer called the most remote and underutilized lot of the area. The
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Two people have been rushed to the hospital after a crash in Palm Springs Thursday evening. The crash happened on Highway 111 south of Overture Drive at around 4 p.m. Palm Springs Fire Department Captain Nathan Gunkel confirmed that a man and a woman suffered major injuries in a vehicle vs motorcycle crash. It is
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A Desert Hot Springs man was convicted today of attempted murder and other felony charges for shooting his ex-girlfriend through a window of her Palm Springs apartment while she slept. A Riverside jury deliberated two days before finding Sergio Juan Marques, 41, guilty of one count each of attempted murder, spousal abuse, shooting at a
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