HOMELAND, Calif. (KESQ) – A 38-year-old is in custody after authorities said they found bomb-making materials and long rifles in his home following a stolen vehicle arrest in western Riverside County. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, the investigation started on the morning of June 8 in Temecula. Deputies conducted a traffic stop and
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi toured the former Alcatraz prison on Thursday as the Trump administration pushes the idea of re-establishing it as a prison more than 60 years after it was closed. Bondi was there with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to receive a briefing on the facility, a Justice
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition in filing a challenge to a final rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that critics say would create significant barriers to obtaining health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.  “Far from delivering on their promises to
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ)– California is partnering up with the Trevor project to improve behavioral health services and affirming care following the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate specialized suicide prevention support for LGBTQ youth. Just weeks after the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate specialized suicide preventative support for LGBTQ youth through the 988 Suicide and
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (KESQ) – Disneyland marked the 70th anniversary of the park’s opening today, with guests getting the chance to see the first Audio-Animatronics figure of Walt Disney. “Walt Disney — A Magical Life” at the Main Street Opera House begins with a film about Disney’s life, culminates with a visit with Disney in his
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Two Los Angeles-area firefighters were honored at the ESPYs Awards on Wednesday night, receiving the Pat Tillman Award for Service for their response to the devastating January wildfires. David Walters, a Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter, and Erin Regan,
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By Richard Ramos Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — The Trump administration on Wednesday pulled approximately $4 billion in unspent federal funding from California’s embattled high-speed rail project, calling it a “boondoggle” plagued by years of mismanagement, delays, and skyrocketing costs. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the termination
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Assemblymember James C. Ramos will present a symbolic $10 million state-funded check Friday to California Indian Nations College as part of an effort to help the school become the state’s first federally accredited tribal college. The presentation featuring a “blown-up” check is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Agua Caliente
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Half of the California National Guard troops that were federalized and deployed to Los Angeles in response to unrest sparked by immigration-enforcement raids in the area will be returned to their normal duties, the Pentagon announced today. In June, President Donald Trump ordered that 2,000 California National Guard troops be brought
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ENCINO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 22-year-old man was arrested today in connection with the deaths of a married couple — including a music supervisor for “American Idol” — inside a posh Encino home. The bodies were found at about 2:30 p.m. Monday in the 4700 block of White Oak Place during a welfare check, according
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MENIFEE, Calif. (KESQ) – A motorist involved in a road rage confrontation that began on Interstate 15 ended with the suspect fatally shooting the other driver at a Menifee intersection, authorities said today. The suspect, a 47-year-old Menifee resident, was arrested and booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta late Monday night on suspicion
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By Elinda Labropoulou and Lauren Kent, CNN Athens (CNN) — Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing. Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, an economist and professor of marketing at
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By Nicole Comstock, Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story Rancho Cucamonga (KCAL, KCBS) — As authorities continue searching for the 74-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man missing since May, family members now believe that he was likely kidnapped by someone. “He’s kind of a guide to my life, for a very long time,” said
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Trump administration filed court papers today seeking a stay of a Los Angeles federal judge’s orders barring federal agents from detain people without reasonable suspicion beyond their race, ethnicity or occupation. There was no immediate ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on the government’s request for the
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Greater Los Angeles region experienced a second consecutive year-over-year decline in people experiencing homelessness, according to figures released today, but authorities warned that more housing will be needed to continue the downward trend. Â Â The annual point-in-time homeless count showed there was a 4% decrease in homeless people across the
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Tarzana man whom a prosecutor said was expected to enter a guilty plea today in connection with the 2023 killings of his wife — whose dismembered body was found dumped in a trash bin — and his in-laws has died in jail. Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman told Los Angeles
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A slew of Democratic-led states asked a federal court on Monday to lift the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $7 billion in public education money, accusing the Department of Education of unlawfully locking up critical funds Congress set aside to help low-income and immigrant students, among others. The new
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who took part in what prosecutors called a Mexican Mafia operation to smuggle heroin into a Castaic jail in exchange for cash bribes pleaded guilty today to a federal charge. Â Â Michael Meiser, 40, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles to a single
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have allocated $14.5 million to California’s Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program, which includes the Jewish Family Service of San Diego, it was announced today. Â Â According to the JFSSD’s Supporting Our Survivors program, the average age of participants is 89, with more than half living
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Mayor Karen Bass today touted a roughly 20% drop in homicides in Los Angeles in the first half of the year, saying the city is on pace for its lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years. The Los Angeles Police Department reported 116 homicides through June 28, down from 152 during
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