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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Southern California residents looking for state jobs can use a new artificial intelligence-powered tool today to identify career opportunities that match their skills and experience. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the Skills Matching tool Monday. The new feature is available through the state’s CalCareers website, allowing job seekers to upload their resumes and
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – High-tech fraudsters aren’t just targeting elders, law enforcement throughout California is seeing a sharp rise in reports of Gen-Z — or people born from 1997 to 2012 — being preyed upon by cryptocurrency rip-off artists on platforms like Twitch, TikTok and Instagram, officials said Monday. Crypto scams use the same psychological
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By Julianna Bragg, Celina Tebor, Sarah Dewberry, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A former Long Beach city employee was injured during an incident involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday, officials said, with an unmarked SUV driving the wrong way down a one-way street before the scene escalated, according to surveillance footage and witnesses. Ricardo
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LOS ANGELES —(KESQ) — Federal authorities announced the arrest of 11 foreign nationals in California on federal charges alleging voter registration fraud, illegal voting in U.S. elections, and false statements in naturalization applications. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the arrests are part of Operation Protect the Vote, a coordinated effort involving all four
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A San Diego County man accused of assaulting a sheriff’s deputy and trying to grab the lawman’s gun during a confrontation in Corona, culminating in the defendant’s girlfriend being fatally shot, must stand trial for murder, a judge ruled Friday. Eric John Nourani, 35, was arrested in 2024 after the shooting
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A pro-voter coalition including the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP moved today to intervene as defendants in an 11th-hour case brought by the Justice Department seeking to prevent election officials in Los Angeles County and across the state from tallying mail ballots submitted by roughly 20,000 suspected non-citizens in the
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MALIBU, Calif. (KESQ) – Driven by fierce winds, a brush fire raced through open terrain in Malibu today, prompting the evacuation of Campus Vernon Kilpatrick probation camp and the issuance of evacuation orders and warnings. The Bryson Fire broke out shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday near the camp on Encinal Canyon Road west of
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Three Moreno Valley residents accused of ripping off seniors in an estate fraud scheme, stealing thousands of dollars, were charged today with forgery, grand theft and multiple other offenses. Darnell Thompson, 73, Danielle Thompson, 22, and Nakethia Jacquin Taylor, 53, were arrested earlier this week following a Riverside County Sheriff’s
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration made good on threats that it would sue California over unvetted non-citizen voter claims, with a lawsuit legal experts are describing as a “long shot” and “a press release masquerading as litigation.” The new lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles seeks to block state election officials
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CALIFORNIA (KESQ) – The U.S. Department of Justice has sued California, alleging that more than 20,000 individuals believed to be noncitizens are registered to vote and may have received mail-in ballots for the November 3, 2026, federal election. Federal officials say they identified the individuals by analyzing voter registration records and comparing them with federal
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A 75-year-old woman believed to be living in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has been added to the FBI’s newly formed Most Wanted Fraudsters list for allegedly bilking banks in Los Angeles and Orange counties out of millions of dollars, officials said today. A reward of up to $150,000 is
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A man who engaged in a gunfight with Los Angeles police outside a Trader Joe’s store in Silver Lake after a pursuit and crash, leading to a store assistant manager being fatally shot by an officer, was sentenced today to more than 200 years to life in state prison. Los Angeles
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BIG BEAR, Calif. (KESQ) – The final necropsy report on Jackie the Big Bear bald eagle’s death was released on Wednesday, revealing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza as the underlying primary cause of her decline. “The necropsy, performed by veterinary pathologists at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, along with extensive additional laboratory and toxicology testing,
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By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration threatened to take legal action against California election officials if they did not review a list of alleged noncitizens on Los Angeles’ voter rolls within 48 hours, according to Tuesday letters from the Justice Department obtained by CNN. The letters, signed by
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Netflix is preparing to cut about 5% of its workforce in a restructuring that could eliminate hundreds of jobs, according to a report published today. The entertainment industry news outlet Puck reported Friday that the layoffs could be announced as early as next week, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans.
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BLYTHE, Calif. (KESQ) – The ongoing turnaround plan for bankrupt Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe continue today to net successes with the help of Riverside County administrators and medical staff, who were dispatched to the financially ailing facility earlier this year under a Board of Supervisors-approved rescue plan. “Riverside University Health System was brought in
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KESQ) – A judge ruled today that a model and social media influencer accused of stealing from people she met through dating apps is mentally competent to stand trial. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi announced Friday that psychiatrist Dr. Phani Tumu found Adva Lavie, 29, “presently competent,” according to media
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JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (KESQ) – Investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department were in the Joshua Tree area continuing their search for a woman missing since December. LAPD officials confirmed to News Channel 3 that Detectives from its Robbery-Homicide Division were conducting a search in the Joshua Tree area for evidence related to the disappearance
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NEWPORT BEACH (CNS) – The city of Newport Beach declared a local emergency today in response to coastal flooding that inundated streets on the Balboa Peninsula, with officials warning that high surf and elevated tides could cause additional flooding through the weekend. The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood warning Friday afternoon for Orange
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (KESQ) – Long Beach activated a new automated speed enforcement system today that will use cameras to identify speeding vehicles, beginning with a 60-day warning period before fines take effect. The program, administered by the city’s Department of Public Works, will use up to 18 speed detection devices at locations selected
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