The Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival returned Thursday, welcoming visitors despite intermittent rain showers. Ticket prices for the 2025 fair are set at $18 for general admission, $12 for children, and $15 for seniors. Attendees can enjoy unlimited rides on Thursdays for $32. There are several vendors to choose from, including Country Fair
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The Los Angeles wildfires destroyed more than 12,000 homes, businesses, schools, and other structures. They posed fresh reminders of how important it is to maintain our public safety services, including the fire department. Closer to home, the City of Palm Springs is being forced to take additional steps to keep its emergency responders on the road and keeping us safe. An I-team
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Eisenhower Health partners with Coachella Valley High School’s Health Academy to discuss and educate students, parents and community members on the effects of social media on mental health. Studies show that social media can lead to anxiety, depression and loneliness when engaged in consistently. National Institutes of Health reported that student loneliness was high when
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It’s a growing industry in California, but in one Coachella Valley city, the expansion of cannabis businesses is on hold. Cathedral City has a 45-day moratorium on cannabis operations, preventing businesses from expanding after residents complained about strong cannabis odors affecting their daily lives. Now, city leaders, residents, and business owners are all searching for solutions.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A hidden surveillance camera was found in a Palm Springs neighborhood sparking a call from police for residents to be vigilant and inspect their properties. Police said the camera was disguised as plants and grass in a local yard in the Las Palmas neighborhood. It’s the only known incident of
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Update 2/13/25 – 11:30 a.m. N Indian Canyon Drive has been reopened at the wash, city officials said. A First Alert Weather Alert is in effect due to rain and mountain snow. Parts of the Coachella Valley are expected to get some rain later today and into tonight. Runoff from the mountains could have an
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The city of Palm Springs is considering finalizing an expansion project to the pickleball courts in Demuth Park at Thursday’s city council meeting. According to Palm Springs Parks & Recreation, the project will cost $6 million and will double the number of courts at Demuth from 12 to 24. It will also renovate the existing
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As half an inch of rain is set to hit the Coachella Valley floor, residents and tourists are escaping the wet weather for a winter wonderland at Mount San Jacinto State Park. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway camera shows snow topping the mountain’s trees, as the state park is expected to receive 18 inches within
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County Animal Services announced today that it would return to the Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival for free dog adoptions.  The agency will be on-site for five-hour periods starting at 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays throughout the larger event, in addition to Presidents’ Day, according to a statement.
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Light rain has been reported in the valley. No real issues to report so far, but forecasters are predicting the rain to pick up in the late evening hours. The Date Festival and Modernism week events have not been impacted directly by the rain, and organizers say the events are going on as planned. The
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A First Alert Weather Alert is in effect today as an atmospheric river delivers some much-needed rain to Southern California. This comes as drought has plagued the region since the start of the year. While the Coachella Valley has not been placed under any sort of flood-related advisories, the same cannot be said for our
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Inflation throughout the Riverside metropolitan area increased nearly 2% over the previous two months, pushed higher by rising costs across most sectors of the regional economy, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The agency’s bimonthly report, posted on Wednesday, covering northwestern Riverside County, as well as the cities of Ontario
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A large area of low pressure pushing into California will bring widespread rainfall, including some here in the Coachella Valley later today and into tonight. The low has also cause significant flooding concerns throughout Coastal communities, from LA to San Francisco. Rain is possible here as soon as midday, but more likely this evening. Tonight
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) –Â A vehicle struck a guardrail and went over the side of a road today, temporarily shutting down traffic on eastbound Highway 74 near Vista Point. The crash was reported shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday, according to California Highway Patrol records, which noted that the driver told the eventual reporting party to
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The Riverside County Fair & Date Festival is back with more rides, date-filled foods, and dates! This event will run for 13 days, with the closing day on March 2nd. This year’s festival will feature more than 40 date-infused fair food items, including date shakes, date cheesecake funnel cakes, deep-fried dates, and date beer-battered corn
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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Love it or hate it, it’s a chance to celebrate the one you love or even get a little encouragement to meet someone new. According to a Pew Research survey, nearly half of U.S. adults believe dating has become harder in the last decade, and 67% of people
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District continues to grapple with its projected $60 million shortfall over the coming three years and the need for massive budget cuts to right-size the district. It’s looking at cuts to hundreds of jobs in the district that serves approximately 16,500 students over its 22 campuses. Without those financial cuts, the district faces a state
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A minor was hospitalized after being stabbed with a screwdriver in Mecca Wednesday afternoon. The stabbing was first reported at around 1:30 p.m. in the area of 2nd Street and Date Street. “When deputies arrived, they learned a juvenile was assaulted by two other juveniles with a screwdriver,” writes Sergeant Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez, public information officer
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The Palm Springs Police Department is responding to concerns after a patrol car was seen showing political items while on duty. The photo circulating online shows a Palm Springs Police Department patrol car with a “Make America Great Again” hat and a Trump wig on display in the interior of the vehicle. Some people commenting
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Fire personnel are no strangers to rescuing people who need help. That includes water rescues across the valley during periods of rain. Tommy Ibarra, a firefighter with Palm Springs Fire Department, says there’s a simple way to stay safe: “We always say like the famous phrase: ‘turn around, don’t drown.’ Unfortunately, you know, it doesn’t
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