Howard Berkowitz is facing allegations of overcrowding and improper husbandry after Riverside County Department of Animal Services accepted the voluntary relinquishment of nearly 500 ducks from his Anza property, as well as a dispute with the Yang family over a property deal gone wrong.
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The founder of The Duck Sanctuary in Riverside County, Howard Berkowitz, has shut down his operation after being overwhelmed, while denying he is an animal hoarder, and animal rescue advocate Sascha Knopf has been fighting for two years to draw attention to the conditions at his properties.
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Kenny Wu was sentenced to two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his wife and another man outside a Palm Desert hotel in 2022, after a jury found evidence of stalking, domestic violence, and infidelity leading to the fatal confrontation.
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The Indio City Council will vote on Wednesday to approve a $500,000 budget for a veterans memorial project at Miles Avenue Park, featuring seven pillars representing the seven branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and an ADA-compliant walkway.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County will not be picking up the tab in the legal battle over Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot investigation. The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday to decline to hire or pay outside counsel to defend Bianco in four lawsuits tied to his ballot seizure investigation. A county spokesperson confirmed
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) California Congressman Eric Swalwell announced Monday he plans to resign from the U.S. House of Representatives, capping a rapid political collapse triggered by sexual assault and misconduct allegations from multiple women.= Swalwell, a Democrat who represents California’s 14th Congressional District east of San Francisco, posted a statement on X saying he
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El Centro, Calif. (KESQ)braham Feinbloom, the 51-year-old Salton City man charged with murdering 17-year-old T’Neya Tovar, appeared in Imperial County Superior Court Monday morning, where a judge set his preliminary hearing for April 28. The hearing will determine whether prosecutors can present enough evidence to establish probable cause and hold Feinbloom for trial. It was
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KESQ) Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell, suspended his campaign for California governor Sunday night following sexual assault and misconduct allegations from multiple women, including a former congressional staffer. “I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” Swalwell wrote on X. “I will fight the serious, false allegations that have
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) The four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday evening, completing the first crewed journey to the moon in more than half a century. The Orion capsule, named Integrity by its crew, touched down at 5:07 p.m.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco have jointly asked a Riverside Superior Court judge to freeze all proceedings in their legal battle over hundreds of thousands of seized election ballots, according to a stipulation filed Friday. The agreement, signed by attorneys for both sides, asks Judge O.G.
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SALTON CITY, Calif. (KESQ) Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the creation of the Salton Sea Conservancy on Friday, marking the state’s first new conservancy in more than 15 years and a step the governor called a turning point for communities that have long borne the health and environmental consequences of the shrinking lake. “For too long,
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Coachella Valley Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz made the case that the sky above 125-thousand festival goers is not fully protected. He is now pushing a federal bill that would restrict aircraft over large outdoor concerts. This isn’t the first time this bill has been introduced, but it comes after a plane towing a banner crashed last
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Cloud cover helped give us some relief with our temperatures this afternoon, but we will were still well above average with our high temperatures landing in the lower 90s. Temps will cool into the 70s and 60s overnight, and it will be slightly breezy. Our high temperatures will be 10-20 above normal for Tuesday, but
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Wind speed should gradually diminish for most of us as we head overnight. Still, there will be isolated gust between 35-45mph possible into Saturday afternoon. High pressure has built into the region, easing winds and raising temps a bit for your weekend. High temperatures today were close to seasonal, but were in for a warm-up
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The founder of the Conversion Therapy Survivors Network has expressed disappointment at the Supreme Court’s decision to side against Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, but has urged the community not to give up hope and to continue fighting for survivors.
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A Riverside County judge granted an expedited briefing schedule in Attorney General Rob Bonta’s lawsuit against Sheriff Chad Bianco over his department’s possession of ballots from the November 2025 Proposition 50 special election, setting an April 13 hearing on the merits.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pressing his case in court to stop Sheriff Chad Bianco’s investigation into the November 2025 special election, while Bianco is seeking the appointment of a special master to oversee the investigation.
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Rebecca Haro’s preliminary hearing has been set for May 29 to determine if there is enough evidence to move the case forward against her in connection with the death of her son, Emmanuel Haro.
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William Frank Rodriguez, the founder of Silvercrest Advertising, had his hearing delayed until April 6 due to defense attorneys still waiting on key discovery in the criminal case against him for an alleged deadly hit-and-run DUI crash.
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Original Report 3/24/26 – 5:30 p.m. California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal has denied AG Rob Bonta’s request to try to halt Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s investigation into the November 2025 special election Original Report 3/24/26 – 10:30 a.m. INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has gone to court to try
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