SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in San Diego intercepted nearly 10,000 pounds of narcotics valued at about $24 million and hundreds of thousands of dollars in unreported cash last month, authorities announced today. The seizures included at least 155 separate incidents and more than $340,000 in unreported currency, according
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LAKE ELSINORE (KESQ) – Big questions remain today in the investigation into the death of a 15-year-old girl whose decomposing body was found cut up in a Hollywood tow yard in the front trunk of a Tesla owned by popular singer d4vd. PHOTO: Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 15-year-old reported missing, Photo Date: undated Community members
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SAN FRANSISCO, Calif. (KESQ) The California Public Utilities Commission voted 4-0 to allow Southern California Edison to raise residential power bills by nearly 10 percent starting Oct. 1. The proposal, part of Edison’s 2025 General Rate Case, would add about $17 a month or roughly $200 a year for a typical household using 500 kilowatt
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Cy Young Award-winning Dodger pitcher Clayton Kershaw will retire at the end of this season, the team has announced. pic.twitter.com/Y3wehQaONJ— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 18, 2025 His final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium will be on Friday. Get the News Channel 3 app here.
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The United States federal government and seven states are suing Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, for failing to crack down on ticket resellers, which is forcing customers to “pay substantially more than face value” for popular concerts and and events. The Federal Trade Commission
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is running for governor next year and made a campaign stop in Palm Springs Wednesday. The Democrat addressed the Latino community on a recent Supreme Court decision allowing federal immigration officers to question their immigration status. “Come in military style deportations, covered from head
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – An Orange County Superior Court judge was sentenced today to 35 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his wife during a prolonged argument at their Anaheim Hills home. Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, was convicted in an April retrial of second-degree murder for killing 65-year-old Sheryl Ferguson on Aug.
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By Brian Stelter, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. “Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson said, declining to share any further details. A representative
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A stolen car packed with Labubu dolls and other plush toys crashed head-on into another vehicle early today while being chased by California Highway Patrol officers near downtown Los Angeles. The pursuit began about 3 a.m. in the area of Olympic Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue, according to the CHP.
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities today released the name of a 15-year-old girl who went missing in Lake Elsinore last year before her decomposed body was found in the trunk of a Tesla registered to a popular singer and later impounded in the Hollywood Hills. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office identified her
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A coalition of labor unions and faculty associations representing UC employees today filed suit seeking to stop the Trump administration from suspending research grants and seeking a $1.2-billion fine against UCLA. The lawsuit filed in federal court for the Northern District of California accuses the administration of President Donald Trump of
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Erik and Lyle Menendez, who last month were denied in their bids for parole after serving more than three decades in prison for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents in Beverly Hills, have now lost their bid for a new trial. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Ryan issued a
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles computer game developer who admitted operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire was sentenced today to a mix of prison and home detention. Peter Tripp Akemann, 57, of Culver City, pleaded guilty in February to a federal class-A
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The family of a 13-year-old Sun Valley boy who was sexually abused and killed, allegedly by a youth soccer coach, announced the filing of damages claims today against the city and county of Los Angeles. Attorneys for the family of Oscar “Omar” Hernandez claim the city and county failed to
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Arnold Schwarzenegger, the action star and former Republican governor of California, urged voters in the state to oppose Proposition 50, a ballot initiative backed by Democrats that would allow the party to temporarily redraw the state’s congressional maps. “I hate to get political here, but this is not political.
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A firefighting helicopter crew’s decision to fly an altitude higher than they were cleared for and the subsequent rapid descent led to the deaths of three people in a midair collision in 2023, according to a final report from the National Transportation Safety Board. Thursday’s report concludes the
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MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – A 41-year-old man suspected of attacking his neighbor with a sword at a Murrieta condominium complex, then barricading himself in his residence until a SWAT unit forcibly arrested him, was behind bars today. The suspect was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta Thursday on suspicion of mayhem, assault
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Long-gestating speculation about a sale of Warner Bros. Discovery burst out into public view on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount’s new owners are preparing a bid for the rival media company. Analysts told CNN that the potential offer from Paramount is likely the beginning of
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A “school-aged” child in Los Angeles County has died due to complications from a measles infection acquired in infancy, prompting health officials today to urge residents to ensure they and their families are vaccinated against the illness. According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the child who died
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – In another challenge to the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration raids in Southern California, a federal district court judge in Los Angeles has issued a preliminary injunction today blocking the Department of Homeland Security from attacking, threatening and interfering with journalists, legal observers and protesters. In a 45-page opinion, Judge Hernán Vera
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