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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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Police Department and Fire Department are continuing to recruit new officers. After the State of Palm Springs, PSPD shared they’ve had a shortage of officers this year making their response tactics more reactive rather than proactive. Since then, the department has shared on social media two officers
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia and convicted war criminal. Personal Birth date: January 28, 1948 Birth place: Arthington, Liberia Birth name: Charles Taylor Father: Nelson Taylor, judge Mother: Zoe Taylor Marriages: Victoria Addison-Taylor (unknown-present); Jewel (Howard) Taylor (1997-2006, divorced) Children: with Victoria
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of media mogul Barry Diller. Personal Birth date: February 2, 1942 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Barry Charles Diller Father: Michael Diller, real estate developer Mother: Reva (Addison) Diller Marriage: Diane von Furstenberg (2001-present) Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles Other
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — As waves of protests have tested the Iranian regime’s ability to manage dissent, the country with arguably the most to gain has been waiting in the wings, reluctant to intervene even when its regional adversary is at its most vulnerable point in years. After months of publicly threatening Iran,
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CNN By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe despite lawmakers’ threat to hold them in contempt. “You will say it is not our decision to make. But we have made it. Now you have to make yours,”
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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.
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe despite lawmakers’ threat to hold them in contempt. “You will say it is not our decision to make. But we have made it. Now you have to make yours,” the
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By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Jurors heard the first explanation from former school district police officer Adrian Gonzales of what he did before the Uvalde massacre when an interview he had with investigators was played in court Tuesday. Prosecutors showed the interview after questioning Texas Ranger Ricardo Guajardo, who
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By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — An intense wave of Russian drone attacks has left hundreds of thousands of households in the Kyiv region without power, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, as temperatures fall well below freezing. Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said about 500 high-rise buildings have no heating, and
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration does not know the whereabouts of 137 Venezuelans it unlawfully deported last year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that attempting to offer them due process would impact US foreign policy interests in the country. “Given the passage of time, the U.S. government does not
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WJLA, FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE, FAMILY PHOTO, FACEBOOK, FAIRFAX COUNTY COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, CNN By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The au pair who was having an affair with Brendan Banfield when he allegedly killed his wife and another man in February 2023 told jurors Tuesday about the killings – and the elaborate scheme she
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The au pair who was having an affair with Brendan Banfield when he allegedly killed his wife and another man in February 2023 told jurors Tuesday about the killings – and the elaborate scheme she said she helped execute. Prosecutors have alleged that plot was hatched with the
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, has apologized for continuing his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of the latter’s conviction. Mandelson, who was fired from his ambassadorial role in September over his ties to the disgraced financier, had faced criticism for
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By Elise Hammond, Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The clock is ticking for the man accused of killing a couple in their Columbus, Ohio, home to be sent back to the Buckeye State to face charges. Michael David McKee was arrested over the weekend in Illinois on two counts of murder in the deaths of
Continue Reading CNN, POOL VIA WIFR, WINNEBAGO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ROB MISLEH, WBNS, WIFR, COLUMBUS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WLWT, WSYX By Elise Hammond, Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The clock is ticking for the man accused of killing a couple in their Columbus, Ohio, home to be sent back to the Buckeye State to face charges. Michael David
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