UPDATE: Cathedral City Police increase enforcement during Mongols meeting

KESQ on September 20, 2026

KESQ News Team

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) — Law enforcement agencies made 20 arrests and issued 77 citations over two days as officers increased patrols during the Mongols motorcycle organization’s annual gathering in Cathedral City.

The Mongols are an international motorcycle organization that has previously held its annual meeting in Palm Springs. This year, the group is gathering in Cathedral City.

Cathedral City Police, along with several other law enforcement agencies, have been conducting high-visibility enforcement throughout the city and surrounding areas.

On Friday, Sept. 18, officers made 15 arrests involving narcotics violations, possession of stolen property, driving with a suspended license and outstanding warrants. Officers also issued 42 citations and stored or impounded five vehicles.

On Saturday, Sept. 19, officers made five additional arrests, including arrests involving weapons offenses. Police said three handguns were seized during Saturday’s enforcement operation.

Officers also issued 35 citations and stored or impounded nine vehicles Saturday.

That brings the two-day total to 20 arrests, 77 citations and 14 vehicles stored or impounded.

Cathedral City Police said enforcement efforts will continue through the weekend, with final results expected to be released Monday morning.

The operation includes assistance from the California Highway Patrol, Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, Desert Hot Springs Police Department, Palm Springs Police Department, Indio Police Department, Riverside County Probation Office and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation parole agents.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum visits Ciudad Juárez

KVIA on September 20, 2026

Jerry Najera

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum visited Ciudad Juárez on Sunday, where she traveled through parts of the city and greeted residents who gathered along her route.

Video from the visit showed Sheinbaum riding through the city with her vehicle’s window rolled down as she spoke with people who had waited to see her.

Some people in the crowd could be heard chanting, “We stand with you.”

During her visit, Sheinbaum addressed several topics, including Mexico’s history and its fight to remain an independent and sovereign nation.

“It has cost Mexico a lot, many lives, a lot of sacrifice to be an independent and sovereign country,” Sheinbaum said. “And we must always carry that in our minds and hearts: Mexico is a free, independent and sovereign country. And it is up to all of us to defend the homeland.”

Sheinbaum’s visit comes as she continues to address issues important to Mexico and its border communities.

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Bombay Station hosts Ribbon Cutting

KEYT on September 20, 2026

Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) Bombay Station’s chef and owner Ninder Josan welcomed guests to enjoy hosted a ribbon cutting and meal in Santa Barbara on Saturday morning.

“Today we’re hosting our grand opening, and a ribbon cutting ceremony, and we’re doing this with our multi faith coalition,” said Josan.

The President of the Multi Faith Harmony Coalition, Mohamed Khan invited California’s State Treasurer to the table.

“To break bread, prayer, breakfast and just share what we love and serving others in respect of their race, religion, culture, lifestyle. One of the things that we pioneered and our, our amazing state treasurer is the Cal Kids program bringing, scholarship to children who may never get a chance in life,” said Khan. 

“Work with the different communities that need, extra funding, capital lines of credit, small businesses, is really, what makes my job, a happy, a happy place,” said Ma.

“We will phase our menu out every month. We’ll change stuff around. So the idea is a train going through India, every little area. So the food will change. So it’ll land in Punjab. It’ll land in the south, the east, west,” said Josan.

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SBHS Dons celebrate Class of ’76

KEYT on September 20, 2026

Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) Santa Barbara High School’s Class of 1976 held its 50th reunion.

Recognition went to classmates who helped track people down for the occasion .

The reunion celebration filled El Paseo restaurant in Santa Barbara.

Classmates wore their high school yearbook pictures on lanyards.

A wall was also filled with photos from their senior year.

Grads are known to say “Once a Don, Always a Don” and they seemed to enjoy each other’s company.

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Great Bark Bash draws hundreds to downtown Bend

KTVZ on September 20, 2026

Spencer Sacks

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of people attended the 2026 Great Bark Bash in downtown Bend. The event took place as part of the local Oktoberfest festivities.

The event was organized by the Central Oregon Humane Society. According to the organization, the gathering served to raise awareness for its mission to advocate for animals, provide compassionate care, strengthen the human-animal bond and place pets into loving homes.

The dog racing schedule featured several breed-specific competitions, including a wiener dog sprint that ended in a photo finish. Woody won the wiener dog race, earning the championship title for three consecutive years.

The event also featured the bulldog race, which was won by Ollie. Participants in the bulldog race demonstrated varying paces, ranging from fast sprints to a meandering pace. Additionally, the event included a Corgi Crush race that showcased the speed and intensity of the breed.

Beyond the racing events, the schedule featured costume contests and competitions for best tricks.

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Veterans honored during homecoming celebrations in Central Oregon

KTVZ on September 20, 2026

Spencer Sacks

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A delegation of 50 Central Oregon veterans and their guardians recently traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of this year’s Honor Flight.

Honor Flight Central Oregon organizes the annual trip to take local veterans to the nation’s capital to visit memorials built in honor of their service. The group included two Korean War veterans and 48 Vietnam War veterans.

Community supporters welcomed the group during homecoming festivities held at Redmond Airport and Ridgeview High School. Veteran motorcycle groups led a procession accompanying the veterans between the two locations.

Tony Gibler, a veteran who served from 1990 to 2001, joined the escort with the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association. Gibler noted that many returning service members did not receive proper recognition when they first came home from war. “A lot of these veterans are from the Vietnam generation and stuff like that,” Gibler said. “The welcome home wasn’t what it should have been, so they do this Honor Flight to get these gentlemen some of the recognition that deserve maybe some of the recognition they didn’t get before they came when they came.”

Gibler emphasized the shared bond among motorcycle escort members who accompanied the group. “There’s a sense of pride,” Gibler said. “There’s a sense of ownership and taking care of each other. Part of our slogan with Combat Veteran Motorcycle Association is vets helping vets are we understand. We been there.”

Dane Prevatt serves as president of Honor Flight Central Oregon. Prevatt managed the efforts required to transport the large delegation to the capital and safely back. “The impact in their lives in this trip is unbelievable,” Prevatt said. “And to take so many. It was a task. But we made it happen. Got everybody home safe and well, it’s a beautiful trip. These guys, a lot of guys get a lot of guys from Central Oregon to DC to see all the things that make this trip really special.”

Gary Worth, an Honor Flight participant who served in the military from 1963 to 1967, spoke about the experience of visiting the national landmarks dedicated to military service members. “It’s a thrill that you can’t believe how much they do treat the veterans just to go on this to Washington, D.C., to see all these memorials every day,” Worth said. “We went there. And it was every day was just it was breath taking to see all this stuff. And people thank you all the time. We went something like they would appreciate what we did.”

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Surfer Dave Rastovich Premieres “Sensing Home” at Patagonia HQ in Ventura

KEYT on September 20, 2026

Tracy Lehr

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) Patagonia hosted “Out The Back “surf events in Ventura.

Pro surfer Dave Rastovich told his story about getting sick from runoff in the documentary “Sensing Home.”

People packed Patagonia’s back patio in Ventura on Friday night to watch the film that shows surfers sailing to areas where river run off enters the ocean in Australia.

Rastovich said surfers are like canaries in the coal mine, if the water is sickm, surfers get sick, too.

“We’ve come here to share a film about river health and river side communities and a host of people looking after country in Australia and it just feel great to come here because there are so many great people in this Ventura community,” said Rastovich.

Proceeds of the even benefited the Surfrider Foundation that is working to protect the coast.

Organizers shared the progress being made along the beaches in Bentura 

But there is still work to be done.

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11th Annual Organ Donation Celebration Walk & BBQ held in Santa Barbara

KEYT on September 20, 2026

Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) The 11th Annual Organ Donation Walk & BBQ raised awareness in Santa Barbara.

One Legacy teamed up with future donors, recipients and supporters to make the event special.

It started the walk at Leadbetter Beach.

Participants walked to Stearns Wharf and back.

Some donor recipients and relatives of donors helped at the information tent.

The cofounders of the event shared some of their story before the walk.

Scott Burns recalled needing a rescue while on a friends boat in the Channel Islands.

He ended up with a kidney donated by Jennifer Guerra’s sister Vivian.

“Vivian died suddenly, basically Memorial Day 2015, I ended up getting her kidney,” said Burns.

“If anybody would have ended up with my sister’s kidney I am so glad it was you,” said Guerra.  

He is now like a family member.

Westmont College nursing students helped out with the event.

Some of the students said they had the pink donor dot on their license.

Donors can request it online or at the DMV.

Donor recipients said it is a good idea to let your family and friends know your wishes.

For more information visit https://onelegacy.org

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Chowderfest benefits Channel Islands Martime Museum

KEYT on September 20, 2026

Tracy Lehr

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) The 7th annual Chowderfest included live music and lots of chowder tasting.

The band Kelly’s Lot helped kicked off the festival that serves as a fundraiser for the Channel Islands Maritime Museum.

More than a dozen restaurants and a yacht club gave out samples of all kinds of chowder in hopes of winning the People’s Choice award.

The festival also had its first Sea Lion Imitation Contest.

“What is a sea lions favorite subject at school and the answer is art, art, art,” said Capt. Dave Colker, ” Captain Dave’s in a jolly good mood.

The Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club restaurant served up Manhatten Clam Chower and let guests know about the Youth Foundation that helps children learn to sail.

“It is all about making sure that every child that lives in Oxnard has an opportunity to be on the water so we just remind everybody today why we are serving our delicious manhattan clam chowder there is a lot more to pcyc than just great clam chowder,” said Donna Gaddis.

The museum offered free admission all day.

About 600 people attended the 2026 Chowderfest this year.

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Spectacular Spud Days saturates Shelley with all things potato

KIFI on September 20, 2026

Max Gershon

SHELLEY, Idaho (KIFI) – Spud Days in Shelley is bringing all the fun to the City of the Russets.

All the potato-themed activities were in full swing at Shelley City Park, and thousands of people showed up for the festivities.

Saturday was the car show, potato picking contest, the Spud Run and the children’s parade.

But the culmination was the infamous 2026 Spud Tug.

Teams like the Smiling Spuds, Scott’s Tots, Tons of Cousins, Elders of Israel, the Potato Skins, Garden Variet, Lucy’s Angels and the Stud Tugs competed in a vigorous tug-of-war contest ending in a massive pit filled with 500 gallons of mashed potatoes.

Teams tugged back and forth, sometimes for minutes on end, until one person slid into the mashed potato mess.

The spec-taters roared each round – celebrating 99 years since Spud Days’ founding in 1927.

Ultimately, in the championship match, Team Hailey’s Comet emerged victorious after a furious 8-second tussle with Five Guys with Extra Fries.

“We had pulled pork sandwiches before this, so that was a big help, honestly,” said winning teammate Ethan Corbett. “We’ve been training for years for this moment. Everything we do, we do it for our Grandma. We’ve been training for her, so shout out to Grandma right over there. But, yeah, it’s honestly been fun. It was kind of unexpected, but we came out on top.” 

Fellow tug-of-war contestant, Hailey Sorensen, is a repeat Spud Tug champion.

“I had no idea we were going to win. I won on our team four years ago, so this just feels nostalgic in a way,” Sorensen said. “I’m excited to do this with my husband, my cousin and my brother.”

Her husband Bodie Sorensen shared a secret behind their success.

“We really got our rhythm down. We didn’t really even talk about the rhythm beforehand, but once we started, I feel like we got very unified as we were pulling,” he said. “Got a good rhythm together, and that really got us the win.”

Colter Carlson and Nathan Ball anchored the team for the victory.

“This was amazing, and I’m so happy to be here,” Carlson said.

Miss Russet crowned Hailey’s Comet as champions, and the team eagerly awaits next year’s competition in Spud Days’ 100th year.

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