LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A court hearing for a 29-year-old former Pacific Palisades resident suspected of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and destroyed much of the exclusive community was postponed this morning. Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested Tuesday in Florida and made his initial appearance in an Orlando federal courtroom Wednesday. He
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MALIBU, Calif. (KESQ) – Legendary Kiss member Gene Simmons is doing OK today after his SUV smashed into a parked vehicle on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, according to a broadcast report. The crash occurred around 1 p.m. Tuesday in the 25000 block of PCH, according to NBC4, which cited information from the Los Angeles
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 27-year-old man who arranged to meet women for dates via the internet and then robbed and sexually assaulted them during meetings in Riverside and San Bernardino counties was convicted of more than a half-dozen charges and now faces a sentence of more than 20 years in state prison. After
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the devastating Palisades Fire that swept through Los Angeles in January 2025, claiming twelve lives and destroying thousands of homes and structures. Federal authorities identified the suspect as Jonathan Rinderknecht, a former resident of Pacific Palisades who had relocated to Florida after
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – On top of extreme weather conditions and dry vegetation that fueled the devastating Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and leveled much of the community, leadership and communication challenges, exacerbated by limited resources, impeded the Los Angeles Fire Department’s initial response to the conflagration, according to a city-commissioned review released today.
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma and contended that the company’s baby powder products caused her cancer. Mae K. Moore died in 2021 at age 88, the same year her Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — California made history Wednesday by enacting the first law in the United States to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, from what’s projected to be over 1 billion meals served to California schoolchildren in the 2025-26 school year. By signing the “Real Food, Healthy Kids Act”
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has presented a new argument to a federal appeals court for why the panel should block President Donald Trump’s continued federalization of the state National Guard, according to court papers obtained today. Since Trump first federalized California National Guard troops in early June, the administration has
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By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Theme park fans dread what has become an expected annual price increase for US Disney parks. But the new prices that hit Wednesday morning — along with some of the best discount offers in years — suggest the media and entertainment giant is being strategic in
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A former Los Angeles deputy mayor who admitted reporting a fake bomb threat to City Hall last year was sentenced today to community service and fined $5,000. Brian K. Williams, 61, of Pasadena was ordered to complete 50 hours of community work and to pay the fine during a year of
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Karina Bazarte CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA) – A Chinese national has died after being held in ICE custody in Imperial County. ICE confirms the man died on September 29 at the El Centro Regional Medical Center after he suffered an apparent seizure while in custody at a detention center in Calexico. A full report on the
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — This isn’t the first time Charles Munger Jr. has fought to safeguard California’s independent redistricting. When a suit filed by Arizona Republicans to disband their state’s commission threatened to topple California’s five-year-old panel, Munger rallied his former allies and braced for battle. “I’m a redistricting reform zealot,” he told
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s order to send hundreds of California National Guard troops to Portland to replace troops from Oregon’s National Guard after the same judge blocked that deployment. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, an appointee of Trump’s from his first term, said the order basically flouted
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EL CAJON, Calif. (KESQ) – The California Attorney General’s Office sued the city of El Cajon today for allegedly violating state law by sharing automated license plate reader data with federal authorities and law enforcement officials in more than two dozen other states. The lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges El Cajon has
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BLYTHE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palo Verde Healthcare District has filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in an attempt to stabilize its longstanding financial struggles and preserve services at Palo Verde Hospital in advance of its planned Nov. 23 closure. The district’s board of directors voted on Sept. 22 to file for bankruptcy and the petition
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom today vowed to cut all state funding for any universities in California that sign onto a compact circulated by the White House asking major institutions to agree to a series of conservative ideals in exchange for more favorable treatment as they seek federal money. The Trump administration sent
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A former Navy detective and El Cajon police officer sentenced earlier this year for using excessive force on a detained sailor at Naval Base San Diego pleaded guilty today to a federal count of conspiracy to distribute child sex abuse material. Prosecutors filed sex crime charges against Jonathan Christopher Laroche,
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The city of Los Angeles has joined more than two dozen local governments across the nation that challenges alleged Trump administration attempts to place conditions on emergency and disaster preparedness funds, the City Attorney’s Office announced today. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Northern California alleges the federal government has
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Karina Bazarte CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA) – A two-month-old baby was pronounced dead at the Calexico Port of Entry Tuesday morning. The Calexico Fire Department (CPD) says they received a medical call at the Calexico Port of Entry and once they arrived, Border Patrol agents were performing CPR on a two-month-old baby. “Our paramedics on scene
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KESQ) – The 34-year-old who started the destructive Line Fire last year near Highland has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, of Norco, was officially sentenced on Wednesday in San Bernardino. He had been convicted of seven counts related to the Line Fire, and two
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