MENIFEE, Calif. (KESQ) – A motorist involved in a road rage confrontation that began on Interstate 15 ended with the suspect fatally shooting the other driver at a Menifee intersection, authorities said today. The suspect, a 47-year-old Menifee resident, was arrested and booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta late Monday night on suspicion
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By Elinda Labropoulou and Lauren Kent, CNN Athens (CNN) — Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing. Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, an economist and professor of marketing at
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By Nicole Comstock, Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story Rancho Cucamonga (KCAL, KCBS) — As authorities continue searching for the 74-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man missing since May, family members now believe that he was likely kidnapped by someone. “He’s kind of a guide to my life, for a very long time,” said
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Trump administration filed court papers today seeking a stay of a Los Angeles federal judge’s orders barring federal agents from detain people without reasonable suspicion beyond their race, ethnicity or occupation. There was no immediate ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on the government’s request for the
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Greater Los Angeles region experienced a second consecutive year-over-year decline in people experiencing homelessness, according to figures released today, but authorities warned that more housing will be needed to continue the downward trend. Â Â The annual point-in-time homeless count showed there was a 4% decrease in homeless people across the
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Tarzana man whom a prosecutor said was expected to enter a guilty plea today in connection with the 2023 killings of his wife — whose dismembered body was found dumped in a trash bin — and his in-laws has died in jail. Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman told Los Angeles
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A slew of Democratic-led states asked a federal court on Monday to lift the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $7 billion in public education money, accusing the Department of Education of unlawfully locking up critical funds Congress set aside to help low-income and immigrant students, among others. The new
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who took part in what prosecutors called a Mexican Mafia operation to smuggle heroin into a Castaic jail in exchange for cash bribes pleaded guilty today to a federal charge. Â Â Michael Meiser, 40, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles to a single
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have allocated $14.5 million to California’s Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program, which includes the Jewish Family Service of San Diego, it was announced today. Â Â According to the JFSSD’s Supporting Our Survivors program, the average age of participants is 89, with more than half living
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Mayor Karen Bass today touted a roughly 20% drop in homicides in Los Angeles in the first half of the year, saying the city is on pace for its lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years. The Los Angeles Police Department reported 116 homicides through June 28, down from 152 during
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A San Diego-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer pleaded guilty this week to federal drug importation charges for allowing vehicles containing drugs to pass through inspection lanes at the U.S.-Mexico border. Jesse Clark Garcia pleaded guilty on Tuesday in San Diego federal court to nine counts related to the
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – The U.S. Department of Justice today sued the state of California, warning that by allowing transgender athletes to compete against biological females in high-school sports, the state was putting billions of dollars in federal educational funding at risk in continuing a practice the Trump administration contends is discriminatory, demeaning and
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A light aircraft that crashed off the coast of San Diego a month ago, killing all six people aboard, abruptly descended hundreds of feet for unknown reasons and then climbed back up almost as far before plunging into the ocean, according to a preliminary accident report released today.  The pilot
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LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (KESQ) – A 13-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly sparking a brush fire in Laguna Beach that threatened numerous homes and forced evacuations. The teen, whose name was not released due to his age, allegedly sparked the Rancho Fire Monday afternoon by lighting fireworks, according to Laguna Beach police. The Rancho Fire
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A day after federal immigration raids and protests in Los Angeles, the county Board of Supervisors today approved a motion to expand health and social services for immigrant families. Â Â Since June 6, the Trump administration has increased immigration enforcement in the county, including Monday’s operation when an estimated 100 or
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two San Fernando Valley residents are awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from their roles in defrauding Medicare of nearly $16 million through sham hospice companies and laundering the illicit proceeds, according to court papers obtained today. Â Â Karpis Srapyan, 35, and Susanna Harutyunyan, 39, both of Winnetka,
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BUENA PARK, Calif. (KESQ) – Charges are pending today against a Buena Park homeowner who allegedly operated an illegal Fourth of July fireworks display that misfired, killing an 8-year-old girl. The homeowner remains under arrest as the Orange County District Attorney’s Office reviews the mishap that resulted in the death of Jasmine Nguyen of Anaheim.
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ALTADENA, Calif. (KESQ) – On the six-month anniversary of the wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles County, members of the Eaton Fire Survivors Network today urged state officials to hold insurance companies accountable for alleged mishandling of claims. At a news conference held at the Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena, the group called on
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By Associated Press Esparto, California (AP) — Authorities in Northern California have found the bodies of all seven people missing since an explosion last week at a fireworks warehouse that caused a wildfire and shook a tiny farming community. The barrage of fireworks that exploded Tuesday caused a massive blaze that led to other spot
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STUDIO CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Officials in Mexico have confirmed they have an arrest warrant pending for former middleweight boxing champion Julio César Chávez Jr. on charges of involvement in organized crime and arms trafficking and have been in touch with U.S. authorities to start extradition procedures, according to a New York Times report. Department
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