PASADENA, Calif. (KESQ) – Los Angeles County and the city of Pasadena both filed lawsuits today against Southern California Edison alleging the utility’s equipment sparked the deadly Eaton Fire that scorched more than 14,000 acres and destroyed thousands of structures. “The county’s complaint against SCE alleges that witnesses, photos, and videos indicate the fire started
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 39-year-old trucker accused of sexually assaulting a Jurupa Valley girl was charged today with forcible rape of a minor and other offenses. Nestor Fabian Gonzalez was arrested Friday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation. Along with rape, Gonzalez is charged with sexual battery and annoying a child under
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – San Diego has joined a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s threats to withhold federal grant funding from jurisdictions that won’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. The lawsuit originally filed in Northern California last month by a coalition of cities and counties was amended last week to add several new
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – In a contentious and emotional hearing, the Los Angeles City Council today denied former Fire Chief Kristin Crowley’s appeal of her firing by Mayor Karen Bass over what Bass characterized as leadership failures related to January’s deadly Palisades fire. The council voted 13-2 to sustain Crowley’s termination after she gave
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Thirty Los Angeles County probation officers were charged with multiple offenses including child abuse and endangerment following an investigation that detected cases of “youth-on-youth violence” at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, officials announced today. As part of the indictment, prosecutors allege the officers staged “gladiator fights” among the
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – Jurors considering the fate of an Orange County Superior Court judge accused of fatally shooting his wife in their Anaheim Hills home reached an “impasse” today on second-degree murder, prompting the judge in the case to ask them to keep working and offering more help. Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, is charged
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Four men are facing federal charges, accused of smuggling thousands of people into the US from Guatemala in what officials call “one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation.” Federal agents are still pursuing one of the four men, who they say threatened to kill an investigative
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (KESQ) – U.S. Border Patrol agents seized 19 cellophane-wrapped packages of cocaine that were removed from a car and tested near Camp Pendleton, it was announced today. Around 5:45 p.m. Thursday, agents from the San Clemente station stopped a sedan traveling northbound on Interstate 5, according to U.S. Customs and Border
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (KESQ) – Six teens in an allegedly stolen vehicle were injured today when they led police on a short chase and crashed the car into barriers near the front gates of Camp Pendleton. The pursuit occurred around 12:30 a.m. Monday when officers noticed a Hyundai Sonata being driven suspiciously in the area
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, jailed more than 30 years ago for the brutal murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, may be just weeks away from answers in their bid for freedom. But the actions of a newly installed district attorney have cast doubt on whether
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County man has agreed to plead guilty to filing false income tax returns after selling Stan Lee-signed memorabilia and receiving more than $1.2 million in proceeds which he never reported to the IRS, officials announced today. Mac Martin Anderson, 59, of Corona will enter a plea in downtown Los
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Kristin Crowley, who was fired by Mayor Karen Bass as chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department last week, notified the city today she is appealing her termination to the Los Angeles City Council. Crowley announced the decision in an email sent to City Council members Thursday afternoon. In
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Border officials in San Diego today said they’ve seen a recent, significant increase in travelers attempting to bring raw eggs and other prohibited food items into the United States from Mexico. Since fiscal year 2024, there has been a 158% increase in “egg interceptions” by the U.S. Customs and
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Last month’s Palisades and Eaton wildfires caused between $28 billion and $53.8 billion in property damage, with business disruptions projected to result in economic losses of up to $8.9 billion in Los Angeles County alone over the next five years, according to a study published today. LAEDC-2025-LA-Wildfires-StudyDownload The report commissioned
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RAMONA, Calif. (KESQ) – A Cal Fire captain allegedly murdered by her wife at their Ramona home sought to leave her marriage shortly before she was killed, according to an arrest warrant declaration issued for the veteran firefighter’s spouse. The declaration from a San Diego County District Attorney’s Office peace officer states Yolanda Marodi, 53,
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By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles International Airport bound for Sydney on Saturday was forced to return after smoke was detected on board. The flight, DL43, which took off shortly after 9:00 p.m., returned to LAX around 30 minutes later, according to data from FlightAware. The Airbus
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By Josh Campbell, Jamie Gangel, Norma Galeana and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — US immigration officials launched a new round of enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area Sunday, according to two people familiar with the effort. The new effort in Southern California follows recent operations ordered by the Trump administration to apprehend individuals unlawfully
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Calling it essential for public safety, the state Senate minority leader and other advocates, including Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, unveiled a proposed overhaul of California’s “sanctuary state” law today. Speaking at a news conference in downtown San Diego, Sen. Brian Jones, R-San Diego, said Senate Bill 554 would do two
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said today his office will oppose a motion by defense attorneys seeking a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life in prison without parole for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents in Beverly Hills. “The people believe it
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Mayor Karen Bass fired Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley today — citing what the mayor called failures in leadership ahead of the January windstorm that led to the deadly Palisades Fire, as well as what Bass said was Crowley’s refusal to prepare an after-action report on the firefight.
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