California

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Three men who took part in the kidnapping of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen in Tijuana who was later killed by a co-defendant were sentenced to prison terms in San Diego federal court today.    Prosecutors say the victim was abducted from a Tijuana hotel, then beaten and tortured while his

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The final defendant charged in the 2008 shooting death of an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in Cypress Park was among more than two dozen fugitives returned to the United States from Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Roberto Salazar, 38, is the last of six people who

MENIFEE, Calif. (CNS) – A Menifee police officer was taken into custody Tuesday following a complaint involving sexual assault allegations. Investigators determined there was sufficient evidence to support the arrest of Officer Juan Pensina on Tuesday at approximately 12:45 p.m., according to the Menifee Police Department. He has been placed on administrative leave pending the

Karina Bazarte JACUMBA, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – A married couple from Brawley are going viral after claiming they were racially profiled when Border Patrol stopped them. The couple says they were on their way to the dentist in San Diego, but decided to stop in the area Jacumba last week. That’s when George and Esmeralda

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Police sought the public’s assistance today in identifying a suspect in the 1991 killing of a 30-year-old man in a parking lot of a motel in Riverside. Stephen Morgan was discovered by a friend at the driver’s side door of his vehicle, unresponsive, at approximately 2:40 a.m., following being shot at

MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – Attorneys representing four mothers — two of whom are from the Inland Empire — federally challenging California’s denial of religious-based exemptions to vaccination requirements for kids’ admission to public schools filed briefs with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, setting the stage for oral arguments, it was announced today. “Our First

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Three U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers fired rounds at a 59-year-old man as he attempted to flee an inspection at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, nearly striking several agents with his vehicle, authorities said today. The unidentified suspect allegedly tried to evade a secondary border inspection by driving

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A judge in downtown Los Angeles indicated today she would reject the Trump administration’s move to terminate a 28-year-old edict governing how immigrant children are detained in federal custody and will continue to enforce safeguards provided under the so-called “Flores settlement agreement.”    The agreement — overseen by U.S. District Judge

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – As anticipated, the Trump administration today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a court order barring federal agents from making immigration arrests via raids that a Los Angeles federal judge determined were carried out without probable cause. The emergency petition from the Justice Department comes after an appeals court denied

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order today that established a federal task force to oversee the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. “In my first term, we were instrumental in helping the city of Los Angeles win the bid to bring the Olympic Games back to American soil,” Trump said during

MENIFEE, Calif. (KESQ) – Menifee Mayor Ricky Estrada, a reservist in the U.S. Air Force, has been summoned for deployment in October, when Councilman Bob Karwin will take over mayoral duties, officials said.    “I love Menifee and America, and that is why I have dedicated my life to public service as a mayor, teacher