IDYLLWILD (KESQ) – Authorities sought the public’s assistance today in locating a 34-year-old woman last seen in Idyllwild. Jennifer Sue Stoltzfus was last spotted on Friday in the 5200 block of Sugar Pine Drive, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. #Missing Jennifer Sue Stoltzfus Last seen on 2/27/26 in the 52000 block of Sugar
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MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – Pretrial motions got underway today ahead of jury selection for the trial of a 35-year-old Arizona woman accused of gunning down a guest at an Indio motel. Carla Sharese Flores allegedly killed 27-year-old Ashley Brito of Thousand Palms at the City Center Motel in 2021. Â Flores is charged with first-degree
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – San Diego County plans to sue Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and private prison company CoreCivic after county leaders say the Trump administration failed to respond to a request to conduct a public health inspection of the Otay Mesa Detention Center. Â Â County officials
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Federal immigration officials today refuted allegations that a Westlake man who died in custody last month was denied medical care, saying he was transferred to a hospital after he reported feeling ill while being held in Adelanto. Alberto Gutierrez Reyes, 48, died Feb. 27 at Victor Valley Global Medical Center in
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath introduced a motion today calling on the county to study the potential economic and workforce impacts of the proposed Paramount Skydance purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. The motion, which will be considered by the Board of Supervisors on March 17, would direct the county’s Department
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A woman vacationing in the Southland in 2025 sued the Los Angeles Dodgers LLC for premises liability and negligence today, alleging she suffered an injured shoulder when a plastic BuzzBallz alcoholic beverage container sold at Dodger Stadium was dropped from above and struck her in her seat. Â Â Jennifer Wagner’s Los
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a fleeing, unarmed man outside the San Diego Central Jail was convicted by a federal jury today.  Aaron Russell was found guilty of federal charges of deprivation of rights under color of law and using and discharging a firearm during
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A federal civil jury was selected Tuesday in the trial of a lawsuit brought against former West Hollywood political donor and now-imprisoned felon Ed Buck by the mother of a man found dead in Buck’s apartment nine years ago. The 71-year-old Buck was convicted in Los Angeles federal court in 2021
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PASADENA, Calif. (KESQ) – A federal appeals panel in Pasadena today upheld the manslaughter conviction of the former captain of the dive boat Conception, which caught fire near Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day in 2019, killing 33 passengers, including two Santa Monica residents, and a crew member. Jerry Boylan, 72, was sentenced in 2024
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Board of Supervisors today approved a 45-day moratorium on the issuance of short-term rental certificates for Thousand Palms and neighboring B-Bar H Ranch to enable Riverside County administrators to review what actions may be needed to prevent negative impacts from future STR properties. “Staff are doing their job. They’re working
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man accused of gunning down a 27-year-old La Quinta partygoer more than two decades ago was charged today with first-degree murder and other offenses.  Alex Anthony Uribe, 46, of La Quinta allegedly fatally shot Hernan Marquez of Indio in 2002. Along with murder, Uribe is charged with sentence-enhancing gun and
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – At least one person remained at large after evading U.S. Border Patrol agents today in Indio, authorities said. Â Â Officers responded to a report of a reckless driver shortly before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on Monroe Street, north of Avenue 42, according to the Indio Police Department. The reporting party told authorities
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BANNING, Calif. (CNS) – An ex-substitute teacher from the Coachella Valley who perpetrated lewd acts during online contact with a female student, as well as sexually assaulted another woman, was convicted today of felony and misdemeanor charges. After deliberating about a day, a Banning jury found Edward Noel Alvarado Valadez, 31, of Coachella guilty of
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The signatures of well over 100,000 Riverside County voters who added their names to a petition calling for a statewide ballot initiative that would require identification before voting in California were submitted to the county Office of the Registrar of Voters today.  “Our democracy relies on confidence in our elections, but
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The driver of a car that blocked federal immigration officers while they were performing their duties last year in South Los Angeles was sentenced today to a year behind bars, while his passenger received probation. Gustavo Torres, 29, the driver, and Kiara Jaime-Flores, 34, each pleaded guilty in December to a
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Mayor Karen Bass said today newly released deposition testimony suggesting fire department officials were aware that a New Year’s Day blaze near Pacific Palisades was still smoldering when crews pulled out of the area was “alarming” and would be examined in an independent investigation. The Lachman Fire, which authorities say was
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two days after his home and office were searched by the FBI, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho was placed on paid administrative leave today. The LAUSD Board of Education met behind closed doors for several hours Thursday evening and again for more than three hours Friday afternoon, ultimately
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter known for such hits as “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Calendar Girl” and “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen,” died today in Los Angeles at age 86.  In a statement posted online Friday, Sedaka’s family said, “Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved husband,
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Plaintiffs in a closely watched lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security today amended their complaint to allege that the Trump administration’s illegal immigration raids in Southern California are not just unlawful, but deliberately designed to target Latino communities.  Residents, workers and advocacy groups sued the DHS in July 2025
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – An alleged Sinaloa Cartel leader has been charged with narcoterrorism and drug trafficking, and a reward of up to $5 million each is being offered for information leading to his capture, as well as the arrest of his brother, federal prosecutors in San Diego said today. Rene Arzate-Garcia, also known
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