SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – An alleged Guatemalan drug kingpin has been arrested in San Diego, where he is facing federal charges related to the distribution of cocaine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Eugenio Dario Molina-Lopez, 61, also known as “Don Dario,” had at one time a $10 million reward offered by the U.S.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – California voters, including those in Riverside County, will decide in November whether to impose new voter identification and citizenship verification requirements under a proposed constitutional amendment that qualified for the November ballot, state officials announced today. Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber said Friday the initiative cleared the signature threshold needed
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By Allison Gordon, Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — A former staffer who accused former California Rep. Eric Swalwell of raping her is now cooperating with an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, she told CNN. The woman, who said Swalwell raped her in a New York City hotel in April 2024, shared her story
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The eldest child of Rob and Michele Reiner wrote in an online post today that he is still in a “living nightmare” following the deaths of his parents, allegedly at the hands of his brother Nick, in the family’s Brentwood home. “My world, as I knew it, had collapsed. I was
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Jessamyn Dodd IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – The First Amendment Coalition has filed a lawsuit on behalf of freelance investigative reporter Joey Scott, seeking the release of records related to the county’s dealings with federal immigration agencies. The lawsuit was filed after the county refused to provide documents requested by Scott under the California Public
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two contract workers at Los Angeles International Airport who were arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling were scheduled to make their initial appearance in court today. The arrested suspects were identified by the U.S. Attorney’s Office as Alejandro Medina Beltran, 23, of Compton, and Luis Armando Valenzuela, 29, of Inglewood. Both
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Andi Babineau, Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — Child pornography is among the key evidence Los Angeles prosecutors say will bolster their case against alt-pop singer d4vd, who has been charged with murder and prolonged sexual abuse of a middle school-aged girl whose remains were found in the trunk of his car last
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A San Diego man pleaded guilty today in downtown Los Angeles to federal charges for impersonating an immigration agent in order to con tens of thousands of dollars from Orange County immigrants who sought “green cards” and U.S. citizenship. Davyd George Brand Jimenez, 55, of San Ysidro, entered his plea to
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Jessamyn Dodd IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – Imperial County Board of Supervisors District 3 Peggy Price was served with a Notice of Intent to recall. The notice was served during a the public comments of a regularly scheduled board meeting Tuesday. A video posted on Facebook shows resident Belen de Fajardo speaking to the board
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PASADENA, Calif. (KESQ) – A Pasadena appeals court today temporarily blocked California from enforcing a law limiting when federal agents can wear masks. The No Vigilantes Act, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year, came in response to the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Southern California over the summer, during
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl whose dismembered remains were found in the trunk of a Tesla registered to singer D4vd, died of “multiple penetrating injuries” with an object or objects, the county Medical Examiner’s Office announced Wednesday. Celeste Rivas The autopsy was performed on Sept. 8, 2025, the day the
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WESTMINSTER, Calif. (KESQ) – A 63-year-old Costa Mesa woman will be sentenced in October for registering her dog to vote in what she claimed was an attempt to expose election fraud. Laura Lee Yourex pleaded guilty April 10 to misdemeanor knowing registration of a nonexistent person to vote. As part of her plea deal with
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The San Diego City Council today officially removed the name of César Chávez from a city holiday and a street in Barrio Logan, following last month’s shocking sexual abuse allegations against the deceased labor leader. The City Council approved an amendment to the San Diego Municipal Code to rename the
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Jessamyn Dodd EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA) – An El Centro man accused of threatening the developer of a planned data center was arraigned Monday and is now facing felony charges. 22-year-old Diego Joe is charged with making criminal threats which is a felony, along with a misdemeanor charge of cyber harassment. Joe is accused of
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – World Cup tickets for all 104 matches will go on sale tomorrow to mark the 50-day countdown to the start of the international soccer tournament, which will include eight matches played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The ticket drop can be accessed at FIFA.com/tickets, starting at 8 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Los Angeles City Council today authorized $9.5 million to support sidewalk repairs near 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues, fan zones and key routes. The council unanimously voted to allocate nearly $5.3 million for repairs, construction management and engineering support, as well as to cover consultant services. Nearly $4 million
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has been working for nearly a year on an effort to weed out noncitizens from voter rolls using a faulty data system while keeping those plans hidden from courts and Democratic election officials, internal Justice Department communications obtained by CNN show. The White House was kept
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Woodland Hills woman charged with trafficking arms on behalf of the Iranian government was behind bars today awaiting a detention hearing later this week in federal court. Shamim Mafi, 44, made her first appearance before a judge Monday but did not enter a plea to allegations she plotted to violate
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Leaders of culture, justice, and law all meet at College of the Desert in Palm Desert on Thursday. The Mobius Conference is a two-day event connecting local students with those figures. At the event on Thursday is a Democratic candidate for California governor, Xavier Becerra. We asked his opinion on
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