RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) – The man convicted of starting a fire near Cabazon that killed five firefighters will remain on death row, after the California Supreme Court ruling published Monday found no validity to his arguments challenging procedural and other aspects of his trial. Raymond Lee Oyler, 54, of Beaumont, was sentenced to death
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A group of UCLA students and community members is suing the California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Police Department and dozens of unidentified employees from both agencies over law officers’ alleged “violent attack” on participants in a pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA last spring, according to court papers obtained today. According to
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health declared today a community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A, citing a sustained rise in cases and elevated virus levels in wastewater. Though the risk to the general public remains low, county officials urged residents to take action and reduce spread of the virus.
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DEL MAR, Calif. (KESQ) – At least three people died today and several others were injured when a small vessel involved in a suspected human-smuggling attempt overturned in the ocean off the coast of Del Mar. The deadly boating accident occurred at about 6:30 a.m. just north of Torrey Pines State Beach, according to
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By Brian Stelter, Jamie Gangel and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Filmmakers and Hollywood financiers are baffled, to say the least, by President Trump’s announcement that he wants a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States. Several movie studio and streaming industry executives who spoke with CNN are downright apoplectic because, they believe,
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MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (KESQ) – Manhattan Beach-based shoe giant Skechers USA announced today it will be acquired by the 3G Capital global investment firm, which will take the company private. Under the deal, estimated at about $9 billion, the company will continue to be led by Chairman/CEO Robert Greenberg, President Michael Greenberg and COO David
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By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday that he is directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, as a place to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” “I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – James B. Milliken, chancellor of the University of Texas system and a veteran leader in higher education, has been named the next president of the University of California’s 10-campus system, which includes Riverside, it was announced today. Milliken’s appointment follows a six-month search to find a successor to UC President Michael
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Trump administration today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a lower court’s order preserving Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants, including a Culver City woman, who contend they are unable to safely return to Venezuela. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attempted to end
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Los Angeles City Council today instructed the City Attorney to explore potential legal action against Southern California Edison over the Hurst Fire, which burned nearly 800 acres in the Sylmar area earlier this year. In a unanimous vote, council members approved a motion introduced April 2 by Councilmembers Monica Rodriguez
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The U.S. Coast Guard today announced the offloading of 8,500 kilograms of cocaine, nearly 19,000 pounds, worth over $200 million, seized in a joint effort by the Kimball and Coast Guard Cutter Forward crews from February 2025 to April in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The drugs
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that it will revive a lawsuit from fuel producers challenging California’s strict vehicle emission rules, with both conservative and liberal justices signaling that the companies have standing to sue. Several of the justices suggested a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, erred when it
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – After years of debate over the welfare of the animals, the Los Angeles Zoo announced today it will relocate its two remaining Asian elephants to a newly expanded preserve at the Tulsa Zoo. The elephants — 40-year-old Billy and 59-year-old Tina — will be moved to the Elephant Experience and
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was convicted today of second-degree murder for shooting his wife at their Anaheim Hills home following an hours-long argument. A previous jury deadlocked on the charge against the 74-year-old Ferguson, prompting a retrial. Jurors in the retrial began deliberating at about 2:45
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a cabin cruiser involved in an apparent human-smuggling attempt gone awry off the coast of Oceanside today, taking 19 suspected undocumented immigrants into custody. Crew members of the USCG cutter David Duren boarded the 25-foot private boat about 25 miles offshore from northern San Diego
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a proposed $13.9 billion municipal budget for fiscal year 2025-26 today, including a 1,647 layoffs and the consolidation of four city departments in an effort to eliminate a nearly $1 billion deficit. Despite the cuts, the proposed budget would be an 8.2% increase over the adopted spending
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MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – Attorneys representing four mothers — two of whom reside in the Inland Empire — challenging California’s denial of religious- based exemptions to vaccination requirements for kids’ admission to public schools are federally appealing a lower court’s decision siding with the state that there’s no bar to mandating the shots. “This law
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Camp Pendleton-based Marines who were killed earlier this week in a vehicle accident while deployed in New Mexico, including one from Riverside, were publicly identified today. Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, of Riverside, and Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, of Fresno, died Tuesday following a solo vehicle crash
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A hearing that could give brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez their first chance at freedom in more than three decades hit a snag Thursday amid disagreements over a Los Angeles court’s access to “comprehensive risk assessments” conducted by a parole board. The long-awaited
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Rams are honoring Southern California firefighters as they take their draft headquarters on the road this year. The team will conduct their 2025 NFL draft operations from Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Air Operations, honoring first responders following the wildfires that swept across the Los Angeles
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