The Palm Springs International Film Festival concluded Sunday with its final screening, capping off a 2 weeklong celebration of cinema. The closing feature, “The Penguin Lessons,” was shown at 6:30 p.m. at Palm Springs High School, bringing together film lovers. There is one last chance to see the films. “Best of Fest” continues Monday. It’s
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Fire weather is continuing throughout Southern California. A mix of dry conditions and returning Santa Ana winds are combining for heightened fire risk as we start the work week. Santa Ana winds are weakening this evening. We’ll see a brief lull in the winds before another round of weak to moderate Santa Ana winds return
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For Melanie Bonhomme, the life she built for herself and her five-year-old son in Pacific Palisades is now unrecognizable after the Palisades Fire ravaged through her community. “All of these places destroyed, down to the ground, blackened across the street. There was an assisted living facility and condos gone. There’s gas stations on my block,
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We are continuing to track the devastating wildfires still raging to our west in Los Angeles County. As we continue to monitor a broad offshore wind pattern, with periods of elevated Santa Ana winds, the National Weather Service continues to issue various fire-related advisories. Red Flag Warnings are highlighted by the pink shading on the
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Chicago Wolves 5-2 on Saturday at Acrisure Arena. The Wolves held the Firebirds scoreless in the opening frame. In the fourth minute, Chicago scored the lone goal by Bradly Nadeau. In the second, the birds started to heat up. Daniel Sprong tallied his first goal of the season to
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After a brief break from the winds, we’re tracking another round of breezy conditions that is expected to last through the middle of next week. These elevated winds will continue to usher in critical fire weather to much of Southern California. Most of the Coachella Valley is not included in the latest Red Flag Warning
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The Galilee Center in Mecca is getting some new upgrades, the center hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for their “Our Lady of Guadalupe” shelter expansion today. Dozens of friends, community members and donors crowded around the Galilee Center’s shelter expansion. “We are so excited to celebrate the opening and the ribbon cutting of an expansion
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Coachella Valley residents are stepping up to help support their neighbors to the west who are facing the unimaginable. G.E.M. Billing Solutions and Mi Cultura Peruvian Colombian Cuisine hosted a donation drive Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for people displaced by the LA wildfires. Two friends – Jordan Machado and Jori Moreno felt
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Santa Anas weakening this evening but our critical fire weather lingers with more rounds of gusty Santa Ana winds returning this weekend and early next week.Fire weather is still the primary concern across all of SoCal right now, but outside of that Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley really are wrapping up the work week
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News Channel 3’s Garrett Hottle continued KESQ team coverage of the fires on Friday with new details on Pacific Palisades homeowners seeking any information they could about the fate of their homes and possessions. Homeowners pushed officials for access to their streets to pick up medicine, check on their pets, and try to see what
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A fire broke out in the vegetation near Interstate 10 in Palm Desert on Friday around 7:00 p.m. Tamarisk trees and underbrush smoldered and flamed up along Tamarisk Row Drive, in the area running parallel to Union Pacific railroad tracks and the I-10 just west of Washington Street. Sheriff’s Deputies and firefighters arrived on scene
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La policía de Indio confirma que una mujer se encuentra en condición crítica pero estable el viernes después de ser atropellada por un automóvil en Oasis Street, justo al sur de la autopista 111 en Indio, cerca de la cárcel de Indio y el estacionamiento del Centro de Justicia Larson. El hecho ocurrió poco antes de
Continue Reading Se produjo un incendio en la vegetación cerca de la Interestatal 10 en Palm Desert el viernes alrededor de las 7:00 p.m. Los árboles y la maleza ardían a lo largo de Tamarisk Row Drive, en el área que corre paralela a las vías del ferrocarril Union Pacific y la I-10, justo al oeste de
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There will be several local donation drives this weekend collecting supplies for those impacted by the wildfires across Los Angeles County. LOCAL ASSISTANCE FOR LA FIRE VICTIMS + HOW YOU CAN HELP(Courtesy of city of Palm Springs) Mi Cultura in Palm Desert – Saturday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Mi Cultura Peruvian and Colombian Cuisine
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Local Republican Congressman Ken Calvert said there should be a “political reckoning” in light of the devastating fires in Los Angeles and that some public officials should now be removed from office. Calvert is among the Republican critics who say that public officials in LA mismanaged the city’s preparation for the raging wildfires. He, along
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Thousands continue to flee the wildfires in LA County, many of their homes destroyed or in evacuation zones. News Channel 3 is catching up with some of those evacuees calling the Coachella Valley their temporary home. LOCAL ASSISTANCE FOR LA FIRE VICTIMS + HOW YOU CAN HELP(From City of Palm Springs) Relief Offers in the
Continue Reading Este fin de semana habrá varias campañas de donación locales para recolectar suministros para los afectados por los incendios forestales en todo el condado de Los Ángeles. ●Mi Cultura en Palm Desert – Sábado 10:00 AM a 2:00 PM Mi Cultura Cocina Peruana y Colombiana está ubicada en 44795 San Pablo Avene en Palm Desert
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Una persona fue arrestada bajo sospecha de conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol luego de un accidente de cuatro vehículos el viernes por la tarde en La Quinta. El accidente se reportó alrededor de las 3:30 p.m. cerca de Calle Tampico y Calle Washington. CAL FIRE confirmó que hubo cuatro pacientes en el accidente. Dos
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