California

ALHAMBRA, Calif. (KESQ) – The driver of an allegedly stolen SUV that collided with a police cruiser, killing one of his passengers and a 28-year-old Alhambra police officer, was charged today with murder and other counts.    Steven Ara Zapata, 27, of El Monte, was charged with two counts of murder, one count of reckless

Alissa Orozco LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – Today, a Lompoc judge dismissed a felony case against Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of missing nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard, one day after she appeared in court on her felony charge of false imprisonment. Buzzard was charged with false imprisonment after reports that she refused to let a man named Tyler Brewer

ALHAMBRA (CNS) – A 28-year-old police officer and a woman were killed and two others injured today in a high-speed two-vehicle crash during a chase in Alhambra. Officers responded to the area of Valley Boulevard and Fremont Avenue around 3 a.m. Thursday regarding a pursuit, according to police. It was unclear where the chase began

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Federal agents have seized what they described as a massive cache of a drug that’s used to tranquilize large animals, including elephants, but has made its way into the illegal narcotics trade in the United States, authorities announced today. An operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Los Angeles Field Office

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles County health officials today confirmed the county’s first flu-related death of the season.    According to the county Department of Public Health, the patient was an “older person” with underlying health conditions, who had not received a flu vaccination. No other details about the patient were released.    Health

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – One of five people charged by federal prosecutors for their roles in a maritime human-smuggling event that led to the deaths of four people — including two children — off the coast of northern San Diego County earlier this year was sentenced today to 16 months in prison.    The

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A man who livestreams immigration raids on social media and is purportedly living in the U.S. illegally — and who was shot and arrested during a confrontation with federal agents in South Los Angeles — pleaded not guilty today to an assault charge. Carlitos Parias, 44, better known as Richard LA,

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The estate of the late O.J. Simpson has accepted a nearly $58 million claim from the family of Ron Goldman, who was slain alongside Simpson’s ex-wife in 1994, possibly signaling an end to the family’s decades-long quest to collect a civil judgment. Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in the

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The U.S. Department of Justice today sued the state of California, its governor and attorney general, challenging what the DOJ claims is an “unconstitutional” attempt to impede federal law enforcement by imposing a mask ban and identification requirement on officers. In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws making California the first

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The former executive vice president for a Virginia-based defense contractor who bribed a San Diego-based Navy civilian employee in exchange for his help in securing millions of dollars in government contracts was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, plus one year of home confinement.    Russell Thurston, 53, was