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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Incumbent Karen Bass and City Councilwoman Nithya Raman were in a virtual dead heat tonight in their race for the Los Angeles mayor’s office, with the winner likely to remain unknown for at least a few days as ballots continue to be tallied. Early figures released by the Los Angeles County
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Federal election monitors will be on the ground in the Los Angeles area today as voters head to the polls — part of what the U.S. Department of Justice is calling its largest-ever nationwide effort to ensure “election integrity” — prompting the state to launch its own platoonof observers. According to
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) -The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced today it has taken several steps to allow inmates at several detention facilities to vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Inmate registration began Sept. 2. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office helped prepare voting posters, flyers and registration forms. The forms were delivered Sept.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a motorist who then crashed his vehicle outside an Indio business. Miguel Mejia Cazarez, 44, of Indio, was arrested in 2021 following an Indio Police Department investigation into the slaying of 39-year-old Jose Luis
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A man believed to be the boyfriend of a former “Saturday Night Live” writer’s sister was charged today with murdering the 38-year-old woman, whose body has not been found. Delorean Bijon Brandon, 41, of Los Angeles, was charged with one count of murder involving Christina Downer, with the criminal complaint alleging
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PALM SPRINGS (CNS) – Jeanie Cunningham, a musician and composer, will posthumously receive the 488th star on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars later this month, the Chamber of Commerce announced today. The public dedication ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 16 at 849 N. Palm Canyon Drive.Cunningham will be honored in
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – On the eve of Election Day, the Justice Department today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in and stop California election officials from counting more than 20,000 ballots from people the federal government suspects may be non-citizens. The request comes after a split 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – One adult was displaced today after an RV mobile home was engulfed in flames today in Desert Hot Springs. The non-injury blaze was reported shortly before 4:50 p.m. Friday in the area of Pierson Boulevard and Serendipity Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The Red Cross
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two men, one of whom is believed to be the boyfriend of the sister of a former “Saturday Night Live” writer, were in custody today in connection with the killing of the 38-year-old woman. Christina Downer, sister of Jimmy Fowlie, was reported missing Dec. 18, 2025, after her ex-husband requested a
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who searched a secure computer network without permission, or a legitimate reason, pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor charges and was immediately sentenced to a year of probation. Matthew Enrique Estrada, 53, of Blythe on Friday admitted two counts of unlawfully accessing privileged information via government computers.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Palm Springs man who sexually assaulted multiple girls throughout Riverside, Los Angeles and San Diego counties, enticing them with illegal drugs and using them to make child pornography, was sentenced today to 22 years in state prison. Jesse James Garcia Airada, 29, pleaded guilty in August to two counts of
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Organizers behind Desert X, a biennial outdoor art exhibition held in the Coachella Valley, announced today they have secured $200,000 in donations ahead of its November deadline, making it possible to launch production and have next year’s 10th anniversary free to the public. “Your generosity goes directly into the production
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Justice Department today lost its second bid to have an appeals court stop California election officials from processing more than 20,000 ballots from people the federal government suspects may be non-citizens but are registered to vote in next week’s election. The renewed effort was filed with the 9th Circuit Court
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – An additional 131 vote centers will open Saturday throughout Riverside County for the Nov. 3 general election, bringing the countywide total to 152, election officials said today. Twenty-one vote centers opened last weekend for Riverside County residents who want to cast ballots in person rather than by mail. The locations, listed at
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – After elevated levels of arsenic in the drinking water system at Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal had plagued residents’ lives for numerous years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made a final delivery of bottled water to residents this week. The agency stated it was “prepared to make a determination” that
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PALM DESERT (CNS) – Students at the Cal State San Bernardino Palm Desert campus can directly engage with employers in different career fields as part of an initiative to help them gain insight into different career environments, skills and experiences, it was announced today. Work Local Industry Immersion Days connects students with local organizations to
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Three young men who opened fire on a crowded Thermal home, unleashing numerous rounds in a drive-by attack that continued after sheriff’s deputies arrived, were sentenced today. Eric Orozco Diaz, Guillermo Alexander Martinez and Gustavo Isbojet Barrera Pena, all 19 and from the eastern Coachella Valley, pleaded guilty in August
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from conducting suspicionless and racially discriminatory immigration stops across Southern California, court papers obtained today show. U.S. District Judge Maame Frimpong also partly certified a class of individuals who have been affected by the practice. Following evidence
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The risk of dying in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody is now higher than at any time in the past 15 years except during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a UCLA School of Law analysis released today. The analysis found that death rates in immigration detention facilities reached twice the
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – Three foreign nationals who live in Los Angeles County suspected of knowingly lying on their naturalization applications were indicted today by a federal grand jury sitting in Santa Ana. Sulema de Leon, 35, a Mexican national living in Long Beach, Rouzben Seyamaknejad, 63, a Canadian national living in Rancho
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