By Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a 9-year-old California girl who vanished during their road trip last month was arrested Friday on a felony charge of false imprisonment –—but it’s not directly related to the search for her daughter, officials said. Investigators were looking into the disappearance of Ashlee Buzzard’s
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – More than a dozen people connected to the San Diego County chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang have been sentenced for their roles in a hate-related stabbing and attack on three young Black men in Ocean Beach, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced today. Â Â The prosecution
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Activist Shane Harris was joined today by family members of the late Bill Walton to announce twin proposals to rename a street in San Diego and a memorial area in La Mesa after the basketball legend. Â Â Hall of Famer Walton, the greatest basketball player San Diego produced, died in
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The annual mission to erect miniature American flags alongside tens of thousands of graves at Riverside National Cemetery on the weekend before Veterans Day was nixed this year because of challenges stemming from the federal government shutdown, organizers said today. “Due to the ongoing government shutdown, our official flag placement ceremony
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Just days after a pest control company branded Los Angeles the nation’s “rattiest” major city, health officials delivered another blow this morning, announcing 61 rabid bats had been found so far in 2025, the second-highest total ever recorded in the county. The total is the most since 2021, when 68 rabid
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County woman who was convicted of second-degree murder for injecting silicone oil into a woman’s buttocks just over a year after being found guilty of a lesser charge stemming from another woman’s death under similar circumstances was sentenced in Los Angeles today to 15 years to life in prison.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A registered sex offender accused of pimping out a teenager for call girl services in the Riverside metropolitan area and elsewhere posted her pictures and other information via internet classified advertisements, arranging for her to meet men near a mall and other places, according to court documents obtained Tuesday. Â Â Deirdrick
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – One day after California voters approved Proposition 50, redrawing the state’s congressional district lines to boost Democratic representation in Washington, state Republicans filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles today challenging the constitutionality of the measure. Assemblyman David Tangipa, R-Fresno, the California Republican Party, and 18 district voters brought the lawsuit,
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – California voters today approved Proposition 50, the statewide congressional redistricting proposal. By 10 p.m., the proposition had nearly 65% of the vote. Live Coverage from ABC News: 9:00 p.m. President Donald Trump reacted to today’s election results with a short post on Truth Social. Earlier this morning, Trump threatened legal
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Update 11/5/25 The suspect, Angelo Jose Saldivar, appeared in court on Wednesday, pleading not guilty to all charges. He is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 10 and Nov. 12. Original Report 11/3/25 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KESQ) – Prosecutors filed charges against a man accused of killing a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy responding
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A big blue mass of joyous Dodger fans lined the streets of downtown Los Angeles today to celebrate the team’s World Series victory, filling the parade route with confetti and screams of appreciation.  More than 200,000 people attended last year’s World Series parade, and officials said even more were expected this
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, and fellow Republican Congressman Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, have filed a lawsuit challenging California’s efforts to redraw its congressional maps. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Texas alleges Proposition 50, which goes before California voters in a special election on Tuesday, is unconstitutional and
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Businessman Mark Walter — who already owns part of the Dodgers, Sparks and Chelsea Football Club — has finalized a $10 billion purchase of the Lakers, the team announced today following unanimous approval of the deal by the NBA Board of Governors. “The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Navy police officer who allegedly drove drunk and fatally struck a La Mesa police officer who was responding to a crash on Interstate 8 pleaded not guilty today to charges of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Antonio Alcantar, 38, is accused in the Oct. 20 death of
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By Associated Press (CNN) — The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed tens of millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials have issued subpoenas and at least one
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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. (KESQ) – Firefighters who were mopping up a New Year’s Day brush fire that authorities now say flared into the deadly Palisades Fire warned a battalion chief there were signs the blaze was still smoldering, but they were directed to leave the area anyway, it was reported today. Citing text messages among
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Hollywood producer who was convicted of first-degree murder for the drug overdose deaths of a model and her friend, along with charges that he sexually assaulted seven other women, was sentenced today to 146 years to life in prison. Jurors deliberated about 2 1/2 days before finding David Brian Pearce,
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Federal charges have been filed against a dozen defendants who allegedly engaged in violence and civil disorder during immigration enforcement actions in Southern California earlier this year, officials announced today. Ten defendants were arrested Wednesday, including Isai Carrillo, who prosecutors say is an anti-ICE activist who threw rocks at government vehicles
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Bill Essayli was continuing today to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, but he will have to do so under a different job title following a judge’s ruling that he could not legally be called the acting U.S. attorney. Â Â The ruling came
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The county Board of Supervisors today approved an $828 million settlement with 414 plaintiffs who claim they were the victims of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of county workers. The settlement is on top of an earlier $4 billion settlement reached on behalf of roughly 11,000 claimants. That settlement has
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