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Board to consider Sheriff’s request to purchase several thousand body cams

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Board of Supervisors is slated tomorrow to consider Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s request to secure a long-term contract, valued at more than $30 million, for the purchase of more than 2,000 body-worn cameras for deputies. The board will review the sheriff’s proposed purchasing agreement with Scottsdale, Arizona-based Axon Enterprise

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California joins FTC in suit against Amazon alleging secretly Inflated Prices

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – California and 21 other states today joined the Federal Trade Commission in filing suit against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant secretly engaged in deceptive and unfair practices that inflated prices in its online search advertising auctions, potentially costing customers tens of billions of dollars. The complaint alleges that, for over seven

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Murder charge dismissed against Silvercrest CEO in Cathedral City hit-and-run case

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) –UPDATED: The murder charge against Silvercrest CEO William “Billy” Rodriguez has been dismissed following a preliminary hearing in the case stemming from a deadly 2024 crash in Cathedral City. Judge John Ryan ruled there was not enough evidence for the murder count to move forward. However, Ryan found sufficient evidence for Rodriguez

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Police tape blocks off the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 19.

Teen charged with murder in San Diego mosque shooting for allegedly agreeing to publish shooters’ writings

By Dianne Gallagher, Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A North Carolina teenager has been indicted on murder charges in connection with the deadly mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego earlier this year, after authorities alleged she recorded the livestream of the attack and published the shooters’ writings. A grand jury indicted a

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Vice President JD Vance speaks at a MAGA Inc. super PAC event in Sterling Heights

Vance casts El-Sayed as ‘evil’ and tells him to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance said in Michigan on Monday that “there’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very, evil,” arguing that the state’s Democratic Senate nominee is symptomatic of a growing trend in America of fighting “for one group at the expense of others.” His sharp criticism of

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