RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A former solar power developer sued by Riverside County and other jurisdictions over deficient business practices settled the legal action in a pretrial agreement requiring the remnants of the enterprise to pay $4.3 million in restitution and penalties, it was announced today. Vivint Solar Inc., previously headquartered in Lehi, Utah, reached
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit today against gaming platform Roblox, alleging the company engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices that exposed children to sexual content, exploitation and online predators. The civil complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, alleges Roblox failed to implement adequate moderation and age-verification
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Eight close friends and experienced skiers had long planned a backcountry trip in the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains, but their trek ended in tragedy as a football-field-sized crush of snow and ice overtook their tour group. A skier cried “avalanche!” in the remote stretch
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The former chief operating officer of a nonprofit that contracted with San Diego County to distribute the anti-overdose medication Narcan has been charged with embezzling funds from the organization. Amy Knox, ex-COO of Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego, is accused of taking over $130,000 in public funds to
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The city of Malibu today sued the state, the city and county of Los Angeles and other entities today, accusing them of various failures that led to the start and proliferation of the Palisades Fire that destroyed hundreds of Malibu homes along with municipal facilities and infrastructure. “This decision was not
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Trump administration today moved to join a lawsuit alleging that Los Angeles Unified School District discriminates against white students under its decades-old desegregation policy. Brought by the 1776 Project Foundation, a Billings, Montana-based conservative group, the federal civil rights suit contends the district’s allegedly racially discriminatory policies systematically disadvantage certain
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By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The widow of “Playboy” founder Hugh Hefner has called for an investigation into her late husband’s foundation, which she alleges possesses his personal scrapbooks and diary containing troves of highly sensitive information and explicit photographs of women and, “possibly,” underage girls. The announcement was made Tuesday at a news
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By Martin Goillandeau and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Eight skiers buried by snow and debris near California’s Lake Tahoe amid dangerous conditions were killed in what is now the deadliest avalanche in the state’s recorded history, authorities said Wednesday. One skier is still missing and presumed dead, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said at
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – An alleged Sinaloa Cartel member indicted on charges of trafficking cocaine from South America through Mexico and into the United States made his initial appearance in San Diego federal court today. Miguel Angel Valdez Ruiz, 36, of Sinaloa, allegedly used a fleet of private aircraft to move cocaine from
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Mayor Karen Bass today called on Casey Wasserman, chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to step down from his position — joining other Democratic elected officials who have urged for his resignation due to salacious emails he exchanged years ago with Jeffrey Epstein
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Jessamyn Dodd EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA) – A group of activists from San Diego and El Centro convened in front of the El Centro Public Library Saturday to protest the homecoming of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Greg Bovino. Bovino returns to his post in El Centro following his role as Commander at
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VAN NUYS, Calif. (KESQ) – A judge today set bail at $3.25 million for a Pasadena Fire Department captain who is charged with sexually abusing three children over a period spanning more than two decades in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The prosecution objected to the defense’s request that bail be set for Christopher James
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man landed behind bars today after allegedly grabbing the manager of a University City-area fast-food restaurant, calling him an illegal alien, telling him he was under arrest and dragging him out of the business. Joshua Walter Cobb, 40, entered the McDonald’s in the 4200 block of Nobel Drive at
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A federal judge has ruled that the city of Los Angeles violated the constitutional rights of homeless people when their property was confiscated in hundreds of encampment cleanups, according to court papers obtained today. The ruling stems from a seven-year-old lawsuit in which seven unhoused residents living in neighborhoods from Van
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Three alleged Sinaloa Cartel associates have been arrested and indicted for allegedly coordinating an attempted murder perpetrated in Chula Vista by two teenagers, whom the defendants are accused of hiring because they thought the boys were too young to face criminal charges. An indictment unsealed Thursday accuses Poly Antunez, Antonio
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A settlement with the Walt Disney Co. in which the entertainment giant will pay $2.75 million to resolving allegations it failed to completely honor consumers’ requests to opt-out of the sale or sharing of their data was approved today by a judge. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel M. Crowley’s order
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Kristi Noem, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, visited the Otay Mesa detention facility today to tout the border’s security and denounce Democrats for failing to fund her department, likely leading to a shutdown Saturday. Mike Banks, chief of the United States Border Patrol, joined Noem, along with San Diego County
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The state Attorney General’s Office today announced a civil rights investigation into the response to the January 2025 Eaton Fire, questioning whether race, age or disability discrimination contributed to delays in emergency notifications and evacuations in the historically black West Altadena area. Attorney General Rob Bonta noted that the 14,000-acre
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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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By Clare Duffy, Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Lawyers for a now-20-year-old woman argued that addictive features harmed her mental health as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial against Meta and YouTube, the first of hundreds of similar cases to go to trial. The plaintiff — identified by her first name,
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