PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) Palm Springs city leaders broke ground Thursday on a major expansion of the pickleball courts at Demuth Park. The project will add 22 new courts, including one tournament court. Upgrades will also bring new sidewalks, shade structures, lighting, and landscaping to the facility. Mayor Ron DeHarte, members of the city council,
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – As the Coachella Valley continues its rapid growth, Eisenhower Health is making major changes to prepare for the future. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut took an in-depth look at what the hospital is doing to meet the community’s evolving healthcare needs. From new facilities to state-of-the-art technology, it’s almost hard
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs City Council is set to vote on purchasing $280,000 worth of additional Flock systems Thursday night, something the Palm Springs Police Department says is needed. The new Flock Nova system would bring a crime analysis software to the department, which is an all in one technology solution
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – More than 100 students from six Coachella Valley schools are coming together today at Agua Caliente Elementary for a special music workshop. The students, known as The Changels, are part of an honor choir made up of 3rd through 5th graders from Palm Springs Unified schools. They participate in Adopt
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PALM SPRINGS, CA (KESQ) – Palm Springs Mayor Ron deHarte presented the Spirit of Palm Springs award to four community leaders. The annual award, presented at City Hall on Thursday, honors individuals and businesses whose dedication, innovation, and community service exemplify the values of the city of Palm Springs. The recipients of the prestigious annual
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The lineup for the 2026 Stagecoach Country Music Festival was released on Thursday, with Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, and Post Malone set to headline. The festival will take place April 24-April 26 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Passes go on sale Thursday, Oct. 2 at Stagecoach.com The lineup also
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BLYTHE, Calif. (KESQ) – LAFCO, the commission overseeing special districts like Palo Verde Health, announced on Thursday it will move to dissolve the district. This comes after months of limited operations at the hospital, with just an ER department available. It’s brought more Blythe residents into the valley to get care at our local hospitals,
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Originally Published: 25 SEP 25 11:16 ETUpdated: 25 SEP 25 18:53 ETBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury, an extraordinary escalation in President Donald Trump’s effort to prosecute his political enemies. Comey, a longtime adversary
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A 46-year-old Cathedral City man was convicted of sexually assaulting minors in a case that dates back to 2015. David Haro, 46, was convicted of rape of a 14-year-old or older and multiple counts of lewd acts on a child 14/15 years old. Haro is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct.
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BEAUMONT, Calif. (KESQ) — A 19-year-old was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing into a tow truck Wednesday night in Beaumont. The crash happened just after 9 p.m. Tuesday near Brookside Avenue, just east of Nobel Street. According to the California Highway Patrol, officers determined the crash involved a Nissan Maxima
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ)  – Paul, a juror who helped convict former Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Oscar Rodriguez, 44, in June in the 2014 deadly shooting of Luis Carlos Morin, 39, said the decision was one of the toughest of his life — and one he is still carrying with him. It happened when
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A patrol by Palm Springs Police in the parking lot of a local motel turned into a foot chase as a man took off running through the property with suspected illegal drugs. The department released a video of the August 14th pursuit on social media Wednesday. Police say that an
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BLYTHE, Calif. (KESQ) – On the “brink of collapse,” that’s how officials from Blythe and those locally describe the condition of Palo Verde Hospital. They say the hospital is now looking at filing Chapter 9 bankruptcy and has just days of cash flow on hand, after years of mishaps with their billing system. Since May,
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Six people were arrested in connection with a spree of jewelry store robberies in Palm Desert and other counties, authorities said today. The suspects were booked into Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of robbery, vandalism, grand theft, burglary, committing a theft with prior convictions and conspiracy, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The valley’s Jewish population is ushering in a sweeter new year. Rosh Hashanah is the holiday that marks the start of the new year in Judaism. Faith leaders of Jewish congregations in Palm Springs gave sermons when the holiday began Tuesday, with a smaller number of such services on Wednesday.
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Ongoing construction along East Palm Canyon Drive is causing delays and frustration for Cathedral City residents — just as new businesses in the Cathedral Cove Center begin to open their doors. Both roadwork and development of the Cathedral Cove shopping center have created traffic bottlenecks along one of the city’s
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KESQ) The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says it has increased patrols around the GEO Adelanto ICE Processing Center following a string of violent incidents at immigration detention facilities nationwide, including a deadly shooting in Dallas on Wednesday morning. Homeland Security confirmed one person in ICE custody was killed and two others
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Two young men accused of killing a 13-year-old Cathedral City boy in a gang-related drive-by shooting pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in court on Wednesday. James Ian Carter, 19, and Christian Arturo Milward Ildefonso, 18, were arrested last month following a Cathedral City Police Department investigation into
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert campus announced the establishment of a presidential fellows program today honoring former President Gerald Ford, becoming the first California university to join the program. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Fellows Program aims to provide students with advanced leadership and mentorship opportunities, and will seek
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – Fritz Burns Park is set to receive nearly $10 million in improvements, from a shaded plaza, to an expanded playground and new pool additions. The project will be conducted in phases, with the first phase starting just last week. The project is set to last through February 2026. During the current
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