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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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Nine new criminal charges were filed today against a youth soccer coach who was already charged with murdering a 13-year-old boy and sex-related crimes involving two other teenage boys. Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino — who is charged with the March 28, 2025, slaying of Oscar “Omar” Hernandez — pleaded not guilty through
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EL CAJON, Calif. (KESQ) – A woman accused of fatally stabbing her wife, a veteran state firefighter, at their Ramona home and then fleeing to Mexico, was ordered today to stand trial for murder. Yolanda Marodi, 54, is accused of killing her spouse of two years, Cal Fire Capt. Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, at the couple’s
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles federal judge today blocked California from enforcing a new law limiting when federal agents can wear masks while engaged in deportation operations, but upheld a second law requiring local, state and federal law enforcement personnel to display their name or badge number while on duty. Senior U.S.
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VAN NUYS, Calif. (KESQ) – A Pasadena Fire Department captain pleaded not guilty today to charges that he sexually abused three children over a period spanning more than two decades in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Christopher James Ramstead, 47, of Thousand Oaks, is charged with nine felony counts of lewd act on a
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Beloved comic actress Catherine O’Hara died of a pulmonary embolism with rectal cancer listed as a secondary factor, her death certificate revealed today. O’Hara, 71, who starred in “Home Alone” and a host of other movies and television shows, died on the morning of Jan. 30 at St. John’s Health Center
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Former Dodger Yasiel Puig was found guilty today of lying to investigators about his involvement in illegal sports betting and obstructing justice. Puig, 35, was convicted by a jury in downtown Los Angeles on the 13th day of trial on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal
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WESTWOOD, Calif. (KESQ) – The driver of a silver sedan struck a bicyclist then careened into a Westwood supermarket today, leaving three people dead and six others injured. The crash was reported at 12:11 p.m. at the 99 Ranch Market at 1350 S. Westwood Blvd., on the corner of Rochester Avenue, according to the Los
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HAWTHORNE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Hawthorne man was arrested today on a federal charge of allegedly sending a bogus ransom demand to relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home on Jan. 31, the victim of an apparent kidnapping. She
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KESQ) – Huntington Beach officials have voted to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a state appellate court ruling that blocked the city’s voter ID law, though a Chapman University law professor said today it has a negligible chance of succeeding. The city council voted Tuesday night to petition the nation’s
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Adrik Vargas IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – A new geothermal project at Controlled Thermal Resources’ Hell’s Kitchen site could provide reliable, round-the-clock power for data centers, factories, and other facilities in Imperial County. The project, called American Data Power, will generate electricity using geothermal heat from beneath the Salton Sea. The facility is designed as a
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new congressional map that will undermine President Donald Trump’s effort to keep control of the House of Representatives, marking a defeat for Republicans who claimed one of the new districts was redesigned based on race rather than politics. There
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn and other elected officials today called on LA 2028 Olympics committee chair Casey Wasserman to resign over a string of racy emails with Ghislaine Maxwell, who’s been convicted of sex trafficking for her role in a widespread sexual abuse scandal involving the late Jeffrey Epstein.
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) – More than a half-billion dollars worth of fentanyl was seized in California over the past five years as part of expanded drug enforcement efforts at the southern border, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday in San Diego. More than 50 million fentanyl pills worth an estimated $506 million and weighing 34,357 pounds
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LANCASTER, Calif. (KESQ) – The parents of a 12-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl who were found decapitated at the family’s home in Lancaster were sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of the two children. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa M. Strassner ordered Maurice Jewel Taylor
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SAN DIEGO (KESQ) – The cities of San Diego and San Jose are suing the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly placing unconstitutional requirements on the cities in order for them to receive funding for the investigation of internet crimes against children. The lawsuit filed Friday in San Diego federal court states that grants for
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