California

BALDWIN PARK, Calif. (KESQ) – A memorial of flowers, pictures and other mementos was growing today outside the Baldwin Park Police Department in honor of an officer who was fatally shot during a gun battle that left a second officer wounded and another man dead. The shooting suspect, who was also struck by gunfire Saturday,

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A state parole board panel today recommended parole for former Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel, who is serving a life prison term for her role in the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.    Krenwinkel, now 77, was convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder in 1971 for participating with fellow Manson family members

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Mexico City attorney who prosecutors say had a leading role in an organization that laundered at least $52.7 million for the Sinaloa Cartel through San Diego-based shell companies has pleaded guilty to federal charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said today. Prosecutors say cash generated across the country through the

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Federal prosecutors have accused two foreign nationals of hiring people to harass and threaten a Los Angeles-based artist who publicly criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Cui Guanghai, 43, of China, and John Miller, 63, of the United Kingdom, were indicted by federal grand juries

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Loretta Swit, who won a pair of Emmy Awards for her portrayal of tough-talking yet big-hearted Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the long-running “M*A*S*H” television series, died today in New York at age 87. Her publicist, B. Harlan Boll, said the actress died just after midnight Friday at her home

IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. (KESQ) – Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, today visited Imperial Beach to see the Tijuana River sewage pollution crisis and demand stronger federal action to address the issue. Booker was invited to South County by Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre and was joined by Rep. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego.    “No one

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles led all U.S. cities in the number of dog attacks on U.S. Postal Service carriers in 2024, according to figures released today to mark the beginning of the agency’s annual USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign. According to the USPS, there were more than 6,000 dog attacks on Postal

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The head of the Riverside County Democratic Party today denounced the treatment of state Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, following a DUI citation in Sacramento, calling it an attempt to intimidate a woman in power. Joy Silver issued a public statement defending Cervantes, who was cited for misdemeanor DUI on May 19

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KESQ) – A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a homeless man and the wounding of another man last year in Long Beach, police announced today. The teen, a Long Beach resident, was taken into custody Thursday, according to the Long Beach Police Department. He was

EL SOBRANTE, Calif. (KESQ) – A property owner fatally shot a man he alleged broke into his El Sobrante home, but authorities said today the matter was still under investigation to sort out exactly what happened and why. The deadly confrontation occurred just after 11 p.m. Thursday, in the unincorporated community situated between Riverside to

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Southern California Edison has reached a record $82.5 million settlement with the United States to resolve claims stemming from the 2020 Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. The U.S. government sued SoCal Edison in September 2023, alleging in Los Angeles federal court that

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Brian Williams, a former Los Angeles deputy mayor, has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge for reporting a fake bomb threat to City Hall last year, prosecutors announced today. Williams, 61, of Pasadena is charged with a single count of threats regarding fire and explosives, a felony carrying a

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was carrying cocaine aboard a small plane that made an emergency landing on state Route 76 in Oceanside last fall was sentenced today to two-and-a-half years in prison.    Prosecutors said Oceanside resident Troy Othneil Smith, 36, tried to hide a drug package