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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Paramount Skydance and California Attorney General Rob Bonta have made progress in settlement talks that could resolve the state’s antitrust challenge to Paramount’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, it was reported Friday. The two sides have been quietly negotiating a possible resolution to the lawsuit brought by Bonta and 11
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Despite some sectors of the regional economy fairing well, Riverside County’s unemployment rate rose above 6% last month, according to figures released today by the California Employment Development Department. The countywide jobless rate in August, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 6.2%, compared to 5.9% in July. According to figures, the August
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CHATSWORTH, Calif. (KESQ) – A community vigil was held tonight as the probe continued into the cause of a television news helicopter crash that killed three people and injured two others in Chatsworth, with federal experts gathering evidence in what is expected to be a monthslong process. The vigil honoring the lives of the three
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel member pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court today to overseeing the importation of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States, as well as the laundering of millions of dollars in drug proceeds. Gerardo Julio Rueda Torres, 49, of Mexicali, arranged the importation of
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A San Diego couple flying home from a trip earlier this month watched via a home security app as a burglar broke into their second-story window, snacked from their refrigerator, took a nap, and was greeted by their 4-year-old golden retriever, Nash, who repeatedly offered the intruder a toy. Dante
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County topped the $6 mark for the first time since May 26 today, increasing 3.8 cents to $6.026. The average price has increased 30 consecutive days, rising 50.6 cents, including 3.9 cents Wednesday, according to figures from the AAA and
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MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury selection is slated to get underway tomorrow in the trial of a convicted DUI offender accused of causing a multi-vehicle wreck while intoxicated in Coachella that killed a young man and seriously injured his brother. Antonio Tellez Leon, 41, of Coachella is charged with second-degree murder, four counts of driving
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Sustainability Department is inviting residents and local community members to help shape the city’s shade and heat mitigation plan by participating in listening sessions scheduled to start next month. During the community listening sessions, attendees will be able to voice their concerns, share their experiences and ideas
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles federal judge today granted a preliminary injunction blocking immigration agents in Southern California from conducting warrantless arrests without an assessment of the targeted individuals’ likelihood of escape. U.S. District Judge Maame Frimpong found federal immigration agents are “regularly abstaining from conducting a likelihood of escape analysis at all.”
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SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (KESQ) – The arraignment of a woman charged with murder for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs and at high speed before slamming her SUV into a Metro bus in Chatsworth, killing two people and injuring herself and five others, was postponed today until Monday. Bailee Rios, 36, of Simi Valley,
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FULLERTON, Calif. (KESQ) – Fullerton police asked for the public’s help Tuesday in the investigation of the death of an 18-year-old Cal State Fullerton student who died of possible alcohol poisoning after attending a fraternity event. Police were called to St. Jude Medical Center shortly after midnight Sunday after the unconscious student was dropped
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – A judge today ruled that a former podcaster from Los Angeles charged in connection with death threats against President Donald Trump can be released on bond to await trial, but the defendant will not immediately be set free. Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, of the Westlake neighborhood, was charged in a
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Five airports throughout Riverside County are set to be awarded $8.5 million in total for projects ranging from apron improvements to a new control tower, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The agency released a complete list of 280 Airport Improvement Program grants Monday that will be distributed in the
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – The Board of Supervisors today approved the final budget for an upgraded dispatch center focused on Riverside County Sheriff’s Department operations in the Coachella Valley. In a 5-0 vote without comment Tuesday, the board authorized the department to use $3.3 million in redevelopment agency funds to total out the spending blueprint for
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Riverside County supervisors today signed off on an Executive Office report — and a separate one filed by Sheriff Chad Bianco –that asserted the county will not implement some recommendations from a grand jury to improve jail operations, but will take others under consideration. “The action of the Board of Supervisors today
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INDIO (CNS) – Set times were announced for Head Trip, a two-day electronic music festival scheduled for next month in Indio. The festival will run from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 10-11 at the Empire Polo Club, 81-800 51st Ave. Saturday’s lineup will include Calvin Harris, Peggy Gou back-to-back with Four Tet, Seth Troxler
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PALM DESERT (CNS) – The Board of Supervisors is slated to approve the final budget tomorrow for an upgraded dispatch center focused on Riverside County Sheriff’s Department operations in the Coachella Valley. The sheriff is seeking board authorization to use $3.3 million in redevelopment agency funds to total out the spending blueprint for the Palm
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INDIAN WELLS (CNS) – Coachella Valley’s top decision-makers met today to discuss the region’s economic future, infrastructure and key public policy issues. The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual All Valley Mayors, County and Tribal Chairpersons Luncheon to bring together mayors from all nine valley cities alongside Riverside County leadership and tribal
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SANTA MONICA (CNS) – The inaugural Ocean Way music festival planned for later this month on the beach in Santa Monica has been canceled because storm surf and runoff from Hurricane Marie caused significant beach erosion, organizers announced today. The two-day festival had been scheduled for Sept. 26-27, with headline performances by The Killers and
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man who took part in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to the murders of two people, including a pregnant woman, was sentenced in San Diego federal court today to 40 years in prison. Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, 25, pleaded guilty to his role in the 2022 deaths of Cesar
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