DEL MAR, Calif. (KESQ) – Two people have been arrested after allegedly being caught riding on top of a train near Del Mar, authorities said today. Deputies from the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station responded about 5 p.m. Friday to multiple reports of two individuals on top of a northbound COASTER train, according to the
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NORWALK, Calif. (KESQ) – Starbucks has fired a barista who drew an image of a pig on a coffee cup that was served to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, it was reported today. The incident occurred Jan. 9 at a Starbucks in Norwalk. The deputy reported it to the store manager, who said he
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A leader of a Riverside County-based gang was sentenced today to nine years behind bars for ordering — while already behind bars for attempted murder — the 2023 kidnapping of a woman in Riverside as punishment for losing the gang’s extortion proceeds. Luis Ramirez, 49, formerly of Jurupa Valley, was sentenced
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A women’s flag football league launched today, with franchises in each of Southern California’s eight counties: Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Imperial. The So Cal Women’s Pro Flag Football League is the brainchild of sports entrepreneur and longtime sports promoter Roy Englebrecht, and aims
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TORRANCE, Calif. (KESQ) – A woman who was allegedly driving drunk when she fatally struck an 18-year-old Loyola High School tennis star in Manhattan Beach just weeks before he was set to graduate pleaded not guilty today to murder and other charges. Jenia Resha Belt, 33, was initially arrested shortly after the crash that occurred
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Scott Adams, the creator of the popular comic strip “Dilbert,” has died, according to an announcement on his social media pages. Adams, who was 68, announced in May that he’d been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. “Dilbert,” a chronicle of the indignities of American office work,
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A registered sex offender who pimped out a teenager for call girl services in the Riverside metropolitan area and elsewhere was sentenced today to 90 days in jail and two years’ felony probation. Deirdrick Dayvon Bradford, 31, of Rosamond pleaded guilty in November to human trafficking following a preliminary hearing.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A former San Diego-based U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling military secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer was sentenced today to over 16 years in prison. Jinchao Wei, 25, who worked as a machinist’s mate aboard the USS Essex, sent sensitive information pertaining to U.S. Navy ships to a person
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A San Fernando Valley man pleaded guilty today to federal charges involving his role in a “crime tourism” ring that dispatched thieves from Central and South America to various parts of the United States to shoplift, burglarize homes and businesses, and steal credit cards before laundering millions of dollars in illicit
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KESQ) – The Trevor Project, a West Hollywood nonprofit known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, has received a $45 million donation from philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott after the Trump administration cut its funding, it was announced today. The organization’s national suicide-prevention hotline has been accessible by dialing 988 since 2022.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro pleaded guilty today to workers’ compensation fraud. Claustro, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and agreed to resign as a judge, authorities said. Claustro made his initial appearance in court Monday morning, entering an obligatory not guilty plea, but
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles International Airport got a rare visit by the federal government’s “Doomsday Plane” this week. Conservative social media personality Laura Loomer posted photos of the plane, which arrived at LAX on Thursday. She was among the plane’s passengers, the most notable of whom was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his final State of the State address Thursday to frame his state as a “beacon” of democracy and innovation, seeking to draw a sharp contrast with what he called the “carnival of chaos” in Washington under President Donald Trump. “In California, we’re not silent.
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – It’s been a year of hurdles, roadblocks, and varying emotions for Dave Skabinski, losing his home of 32 years in the Eaton fire. Taking it one day at a time, he’s hit his stride with a positive attitude and rebuilding with a take action approach. “But I decided Very quickly that I
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By Nick Watt, Alli Rosenbloom, Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Nick Reiner made no plea Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom, where he was expected to be arraigned on murder charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner. Instead, Reiner’s high-profile attorney,
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SAN DIEGO (KESQ) – The city of San Diego has filed a lawsuit against the federal government that alleges the construction of a razor wire fence near the U.S.-Mexico border constitutes trespassing on city property and has caused environmental harm to the land. The complaint filed Monday in San Diego federal court states that razor
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By Andy Rose, Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — In the days after Christmas Eve, a Texas family clung to desperate hope they would be reunited with their missing teenager — even as they waited in grueling uncertainty while investigators worked around the clock searching for her. That hope gave way to grief on
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Karina Bazarte IMPERIAL VALLEY, Calif. (KYMA) – A press conference began Monday morning after a well-known Imperial Valley farmer was arrested for murder. The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) shared that 59-year-old Kerri Ann Abatti‘s nephew found the victim shot at her home in Pinetop, Arizona. She was pronounced dead at Show Low Hospital in
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Hundreds of bills signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom are set to take effect in California in 2026. The list of new laws, most of which take effect Thursday, include a minimum wage increase, a ban on plastic grocery bags and new ingredient for tortillas. Other new laws among
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is urging everyone to plan ahead by having a sober driver get them home safely. ABC is also partnering with other agencies to make safety a top priority. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with ABC’s public information officer Devin Blankenship
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