LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – A Culver City man pleaded guilty today to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire last month. Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, entered his plea to a federal class-A misdemeanor count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, according to
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A military fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Bay near Shelter Island Wednesday morning, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The crew members aboard the NAS Whidbey Island-based EA-18G Growlerejected from the aircraft before it went down near Shelter Island at about 10:15 a.m., according to Navy public affairs. The U.S. Coast Guard told
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A former counselor at a Christian academy in Riverside was sentenced today to 30 years in prison on federal charges for having possessed child pornography and producing it by secretly recording students using the boys’ restroom across from his office at the private school. During a March 2020 search of his
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It’s a day News Channel 3 anchor Karen Devine said she won’t soon forget. Karen traveled to Altadena to meet up with a friend who lost her home in the Eaton Fire. A friend who made a last-minute decision that saved her life. “I’ll be safer if I stay, I’ll be safer if I stay,
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An immigration protest turned violent today in downtown Los Angeles, when a fight broke out and a 17-year-old boy was stabbed. Â Â The protest, largely involving high school students, began earlier Friday morning, with various groups ultimately converging on Los Angeles City Hall, then marching on streets in the area and later gathering in Grand
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SYLMAR, Calif. (CNS) – Southern California Edison officials conceded in a regulatory filing today that it’s equipment may be associated with the ignition of the Hurst Fire, which burned nearly 800 acres in the Sylmar area during the height of the January Southland firestorm. The Hurst Fire, which erupted Jan. 7 and was fully contained
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A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was found guilty today of using excessive force when he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a supermarket in Lancaster.  Trevor James Kirk, 32, of Santa Clarita was convicted in downtown Los Angeles of one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) – Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, who admitted stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodger slugger’s bank account to pay off illegal gambling debts, was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Ana to 57 months in prison. In addition to the four years and nine months in prison, Ippei Mizuhara was
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LOS ANGELES, Calif (CNS) – Customs and Border Protection agents seized over three dozen live beetles being smuggled inside Japanese snacks at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said today. CBP agriculture specialists examining an air cargo shipment in January discovered the beetles concealed inside multiple packages of snacks, potato chips and chocolate, the agency said.
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As Los Angeles recovers from the devastating January fires, a city official today encouraged visitors to come to the city, saying tourism can be a “lifeline” for local businesses and workers. Adam Burke, board president and CEO of the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention, noted more than 540,000 residents work in the tourism industry, and
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PASADENA, Calif. (CNS) – Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, today honored Altadena resident Edgar McGregor with a Certificate of Congressional Recognition for his “quiet but dogged heroism” during the night the Eaton Fire erupted. Â Â McGregor, a climate scientist, saw flames just blocks away from his home on Jan. 7. While evacuating his family, he also
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNS) –Â Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles today, continuing protests for a second day against President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration policies. Demonstrators assembled at the steps of City Hall, close to the Hollywood (101) Freeway Monday morning, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Around 11 a.m., protesters were marching
Continue Reading A former active-duty lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps pleaded guilty today in downtown Los Angeles to a felony drug offense for his actions involving a 2020 fentanyl transaction that resulted in the death of another U.S. Marine. Â Â Anthony Ruben Whisenant, 24, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to the use of a
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1/31/25 – Palisades fire, Eaton fire, Hughes fire, Border 2 fire are 100% contained. 1/28/25 8:25 a.m. – The Border 2 Fire is now 74% contained 8:00 a.m. – California fire victims could recover damages from oil companies under proposed law. It would create a new pathway for victims of wildfires and insurance companies to
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Attorneys for two high school students who faced repercussions for wearing T-shirts expressing opposition to a transgender student receiving accommodations on the girls’ track-and-field team announced today that a lawsuit targeting the Riverside Unified School District has expanded to include state agencies. Â Â The plaintiffs, identified only as “K.S.,” a ninth-grade cross country competitor, and
Continue Reading A Culver City man has agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire earlier this month, federal authorities announced today. Â Â Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to enter a plea on a date to be determined to a federal misdemeanor
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Firefighters working to snuff out all remaining hot spots at the site of a wildfire that scorched some 10 square miles of remote terrain in the far southern reaches of the San Diego area over the past week had the sprawling burn zone fully contained today. Â Â “No fire activity was observed yesterday or overnight,
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Two young girls who authorities say were abducted by their father in Kings County after he allegedly killed their mother, prompting an Amber Alert across much of Central and Southern California, were found safe and the man taken into custody, officials said today. Â Â The Amber Alert issued Wednesday included Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego
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A man who was onboard a small plane that made an emergency landing on state Route 76 in Oceanside last fall has pleaded guilty to federal counts of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. Prosecutors allege Oceanside resident Troy Othneil Smith tried to hide a drug package from police shortly after the plane
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