PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Leaders of culture, justice, and law all meet at College of the Desert in Palm Desert on Thursday. The Mobius Conference is a two-day event connecting local students with those figures. At the event on Thursday is a Democratic candidate for California governor, Xavier Becerra. We asked his opinion on
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Singer D4vd, real name David Anthony Burke, has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the front trunk of his Tesla when it was impounded at a Hollywood tow yard last year, police said today. Los Angeles police said Burke, 21,
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Research led by UCLA suggests climate change and natural disasters are driving increases in homelessness across the United States, with experts warning that housing stability must be a central focus of disaster response, it was announced Thursday. The findings come from four recently published peer-reviewed studies examining homelessness nationwide and in
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The city of San Diego is suing a handful of companies it alleges took over the market for fire trucks, leading to exorbitantly inflated prices for the vehicles and their parts, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office said. The complaint filed Wednesday in San Diego federal court alleges the
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — More than five years after he pushed a plan to help Donald Trump cling to power after losing the 2020 election, the president’s former election lawyer John Eastman has lost his license to practice law in the state of California. Eastman devised a multi-step plan for then-Vice President Mike
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Glendale firefighter who allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death inside their North Hollywood home pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge. Andrew Jimenez, 45, who remains jailed without bail, was scheduled to return to court in downtown Los Angeles May 12, when a date will be sent for a
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Jessamyn Dodd IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – A handful of residents gathered at Elks Lodge in Brawley to hear a presentation on Imperial County’s Lithium Valley Project. The presentation, hosted by Los Amigos de la Comunidad, touched on lithium uses for electric vehicle batteries, cellphones, and energy storage systems. They discussed job creation, new tax
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Marcos Icahuate IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – The Imperial County Board of Supervisors released an op-ed discussing context in its role for a possible data center project. Previously, a meeting was held on April 7 in El Centro where a lot merger was approved in a 4-1 vote by the Board of Supervisors. A protest
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By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — As one California Democrat prepared to formally endorse Rep. Eric Swalwell for governor this spring, the lawmaker hesitated. They had heard rumors the married father of three slept around in Washington and worried about putting their name behind him in a crucial contest. This member, who spoke on the
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LANCASTER, Calif. (KESQ) – The FBI served search warrants today at Lancaster City Hall and other locations, but the nature of the investigation was not immediately disclosed. “Affidavits in support of the warrants have been sealed by the court and I’m unable to comment as to the nature of the investigation,” Laura Eimiller, spokeswoman for
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly in its dominance of the live events and ticketing industry, validating complaints that the industry giant was stifling competition and driving up fees for fans. The verdict was reached following a lengthy trial in New York federal court
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Cal State Northridge anthropologist and an international team of researchers have found that a lack of genetic diversity among the last Neanderthals in Europe may have contributed to their extinction, according to a study announced today. The research, led by CSUN’s Helene Rougier, found that late Neanderthals descended from a
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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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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Two men pleaded guilty to federal charges today for piloting a panga boat that capsized during a human-smuggling attempt off the coast of Del Mar, leading to the deaths of four people, including two children. The mass-casualty accident involved a boat loaded with 19 people that left Mexico on
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By Casey Tolan, Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — A woman on Tuesday accused Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexually assaulting her, saying at a news conference that the congressman raped her in 2018 at a Los Angeles-area hotel. Lonna Drewes and her lawyer, Lisa Bloom, said they planned to report the assault to the Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Levi Vargas, who died from a medical emergency suffered during the Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay Race, was remembered today as a calm, loyal and deeply compassionate man who made others feel valued. The 30-year-old was an 11-year department veteran who died on March 28,
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Three Los Angeles County residents were among four suspected Sinaloa Cartel-linked defendants arrested today on federal charges alleging they trafficked fentanyl, large quantities of methamphetamine and firearms, including so-called “ghost guns” lacking serial numbers. The defendants — all members of the same family — are: — José Luis Salazar-Cruz, 44, of
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Watch Live Coverage of the Splashdown from ABC News(Coverage scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. PT) SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – NASA’s Artemis II mission, piloted by a Southern California native, made a triumphant return to Earth today, splashing down off the coast of San Diego after traveling around the far side of the moon
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AVALON, Calif. (KESQ) – A small plane crashed on Catalina Island today, killing both people aboard. The plane crashed around 12:30 p.m. in a remote area on the south side of the island, according to county Supervisor Janice Hahn, citing information from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Hahn said county paramedics were the first
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Charges have been filed against 21 suspects in what California Attorney General Rob Bonta described today as the “dismantling” of a major hospice fraud scheme that siphoned $267 million from the state. The announcement comes a week after federal officials in Los Angeles trumpeted their own crackdown on $50 million in
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