RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Housing affordability slightly improved in California in the fourth quarter of 2025, as moderating prices and cooling market competition lowered borrowing costs and allowed more Californians to qualify for mortgages, the California Association of Realtors announced today. Eighteen percent of California households could afford to purchase the $869,300 median-priced home in
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Nine new criminal charges were filed today against a youth soccer coach who was already charged with murdering a 13-year-old boy and sex-related crimes involving two other teenage boys.  Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino — who is charged with the March 28, 2025, slaying of Oscar “Omar” Hernandez — pleaded not guilty through
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EL CAJON, Calif. (KESQ) – A woman accused of fatally stabbing her wife, a veteran state firefighter, at their Ramona home and then fleeing to Mexico, was ordered today to stand trial for murder. Yolanda Marodi, 54, is accused of killing her spouse of two years, Cal Fire Capt. Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, at the couple’s
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CATHEDRAL CITY (KESQ) – A free, weekly concert series will begin today and continue weekly through the end of next month at the Cathedral City Community Amphitheatre. The third season of “Taste and Sounds” will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday through March 31 at 68526 Avenida Lalo Guerrero. Â Â The concert
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A man involved in carjacking and killing a 24-year-old was convicted of murder and other charges, while the jury for his alleged conspirator, a Desert Hot Springs resident, was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, resulting in a mistrial, court records confirmed Monday. Trezell Lamone Heckard, 30, of Vallejo was convicted
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles federal judge today blocked California from enforcing a new law limiting when federal agents can wear masks while engaged in deportation operations, but upheld a second law requiring local, state and federal law enforcement personnel to display their name or badge number while on duty. Â Â Senior U.S.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Overnight construction work this week will prompt a road closure on Jackson Street in Indio, it was announced today. Â Â Crews will perform trench repairs to stabilize the roadway and complete final paving following earlier settlement repairs, officials said. Â Â The closure is scheduled from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday
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VAN NUYS, Calif. (KESQ) – A Pasadena Fire Department captain pleaded not guilty today to charges that he sexually abused three children over a period spanning more than two decades in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Â Â Christopher James Ramstead, 47, of Thousand Oaks, is charged with nine felony counts of lewd act on a
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County web portal designed to provide enhanced access to resources for public education students and their parents and guardians went live today.  The Office of Education’s revamped website at www.rcoe.us provides various options for users seeking details on a range of topics, including career development, online tutorials for learning
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Cathedral City will receive the Human Rights Campaign Community Leadership Award during next month’s LGBT+ Days celebration, officials announced today.  The award recognizes the city’s commitment to LGBTQ+ equity and its consistent perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index, which evaluates cities on non-discrimination laws,
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Beloved comic actress Catherine O’Hara died of a pulmonary embolism with rectal cancer listed as a secondary factor, her death certificate revealed today. O’Hara, 71, who starred in “Home Alone” and a host of other movies and television shows, died on the morning of Jan. 30 at St. John’s Health Center
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A man and woman responsible for supplying a deadly dose of fentanyl to a 35-year-old Riverside resident pleaded guilty today to felony charges, while trial proceedings were tentatively scheduled next week for a third defendant. Jaclyn Christine Sherman, 32, of Riverside and David Ray Mullins, 48, of Jurupa Valley both reached
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Former Dodger Yasiel Puig was found guilty today of lying to investigators about his involvement in illegal sports betting and obstructing justice. Puig, 35, was convicted by a jury in downtown Los Angeles on the 13th day of trial on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who perpetrated felony and misdemeanor crimes involving his former fiancée and a female volunteer was sentenced today to six years in state prison.   Alexander Ravy Vanny, 35, of Hemet, was convicted in December of stalking, possession of child pornography, unauthorized use of protected electronic data,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The 28th annual Tour de Palm Springs will bring possibly thousands of bicyclists to the downtown area this Saturday, prompting numerous street closures. The event, themed “Honoring Military, First Responders and Veterans,” will span the Coachella Valley with a number of routes available for riders of all levels. Motorists and
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Gunfire today in a Banning park prompted an immediate police response, but the parties doing the shooting fled before officers arrived, with no indications of injuries. The “shots fired” call was received shortly before noon Thursday in Repplier Park, adjacent to the Playhouse Bowl in the 300 block of West George
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WESTWOOD, Calif. (KESQ) – The driver of a silver sedan struck a bicyclist then careened into a Westwood supermarket today, leaving three people dead and six others injured. The crash was reported at 12:11 p.m. at the 99 Ranch Market at 1350 S. Westwood Blvd., on the corner of Rochester Avenue, according to the Los
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HAWTHORNE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Hawthorne man was arrested today on a federal charge of allegedly sending a bogus ransom demand to relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. Â Â Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home on Jan. 31, the victim of an apparent kidnapping. She
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A free, family-friendly resource fair will be held next month in Indio for Coachella Valley residents looking for essential services and fun activities from local service providers and community organizations. Â Â The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 7 at the Riverside County Department of Child
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – After claims on social media that an aircraft suspected of carrying 100 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents landed yesterday at Thermal Airport, Fourth District Supervisor Manuel Perez dispelled the information today as “unfounded.” Perez said in a press release Thursday that after checking with the county’s Aviation Division and Desert
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