California

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Los Angeles City Council today gave its final approval to a proposed ordinance that would create a Metal and Wire Theft Reward program, which city officials hope will curb crimes against public infrastructure such as copper wire theft. In an 11-2 vote, council members approved the ordinance, which now heads

LA MESA, Calif. (KESQ) – A 25-year-old La Mesa police officer and a driver were killed when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle while the officer was assisting two motorists involved in a traffic collision on the freeway, authorities announced today.    Around 10:25 p.m. Monday, Officer Lauren Craven stopped to assist a person

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Citing a spike in Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and arrests, the San Diego City Council unanimously gave tentative approval to an ordinance today intended to prevent local law enforcement from joining certain federal task forces. The Due Process and Safety Ordinance will set “clear legal boundaries that protect residents,

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A former Los Angeles Police Department officer who fatally shot an unarmed homeless man in Venice in 2015 was behind bars today following his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport.    Clifford Proctor, now 60, was arrested at the airport Thursday, according to police and jail records. He was being held

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The former chief financial officer for a downtown Los Angeles-based affordable housing developer and a Brentwood man who prosecutors say defrauded lenders are facing unrelated federal criminal cases for allegedly taking advantage of funds allocated to assist the homeless, officials announced today.    Cody Holmes, 31, of Beverly Hills, was arrested

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – California has become the first and only state to make its own affordable insulin, with the medication expected to be available for purchase starting Jan. 1., Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in Los Angeles today. Through a state-backed deal with Civica Rx, a nonprofit generic drug manufacturer, and Biocon Biologics, California residents

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Authorities today were seeking any additional possible victims of a former USC graduate student who is charged with using drugs to incapacitate and sexually assault three women. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Chinese national Sizhe Weng, was arrested Aug. 28, police said a news conference Wednesday morning outside Los Angeles Police

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A coalition of legal organizations and undocumented immigrants has filed suit in Los Angeles challenging an ICE policy that authorizes the “routine” jailing and deportation of noncitizen survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, according to court papers obtained today.   The suit filed Tuesday by the Center for Human Rights and

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom denied parole today for former Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel, who is serving a life prison term for her role in the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. Krenwinkel, now 77, was convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder in 1971 for participating with fellow Manson family members Charles “Tex”

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The county Board of Supervisors declared a local state of emergency today in response to ongoing federal immigration enforcement raids, alleging the actions are preventing people from going to work and forcing some businesses to close. Supervisor Lindsey Horvath introduced the motion calling for the drafting of the emergency proclamation in

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – An early cryptocurrency evangelist once dubbed “Bitcoin Jesus” reached a tentative deal today with the U.S. Justice Department to pay nearly $50 million to resolve federal charges alleging he evaded tens of millions of dollars in taxes.   Under the agreement, Roger Ver would pay the IRS $49.9 million in back taxes,