LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to provide Endangered Species Act protections for the imperiled Joshua tree is unlawful, according to court papers obtained today. U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu ruled Monday that the USFWS decision to not provide ESA
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Motown legend Smokey Robinson is under criminal investigation over allegations that he sexually assaulted four of his former housekeepers over the course of roughly two decades, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed today. In a statement, the sheriff’s department said its Special Victims Unit is “actively investigating criminal allegations involving
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A bid for parole by Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have served about 35 years behind bars for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents, was expedited this week following a judge’s decision to reduce their sentence, with a parole hearing now set for the brothers in mid-June. On Tuesday, Los
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – A 16-year-old student was arrested after allegedly attacking two school district employees in Twentynine Palms, authorities announced. The incident was first reported at around 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday at the PLUS Program at a campus in Twentynine Palms. “Deputies learned a 16-year-old male student violently battered two female Morongo Unified
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Update 5/14/25 The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against foster parents and their adult daughter, accused of torturing six children. “It is alleged that the foster parents and their adult daughter subjected all six children (aged four – sixteen), to years of physical, emotional, and mental abuse,” reads a DA’s office news
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Long Beach Cruise Ship Terminal seized 749 cartons of illegally imported cigarettes from two women arriving on a cruise ship from Ensenada, Mexico, authorities announced today. The seizure occurred April 17, when officers discovered 10 pieces of luggage packed with cartons of cigarettes
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — In-N-Out is removing artificial coloring from two of its drinks and changing its ketchup. The moves come a few weeks after the US government said it will ban some synthetic dyes because of health concerns. The burger chain is eliminating artificial dyes from its strawberry milkshakes and
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – An indictment was unsealed today charging multiple alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism, in what was described as the first indictment returned in the nation levying terrorism charges against the cartel’s leadership. The indictment follows an executive order issued by President Donald Trump
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today the distribution of $3.3 billion in Proposition 1 grant funds to organizations and government agencies across the state to expand available behavioral health treatment beds and mental health services. Among the projects receiving funding a $65 million grant for Los Angeles County to convert unused buildings
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – The Attorney General’s Office is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a woman who sued the California State Lottery Commission, alleging she is entitled to the $1.08 billion jackpot from the July 19, 2023, Powerball drawing. In court papers filed Thursday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Upinder
Continue Reading VAN NUYS, Calif. (KESQ) – Roughly two years after an effort began to have Erik and Lyle Menendez released from prison, a re-sentencing hearing will begin tomorrow for the brothers, who are serving life prison terms without the possibility of parole for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. The
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Five people were stabbed today at a sober living home in Riverside, leaving one man in critical condition and a suspect in custody, according to Riverside police and reports from the scene. Â Â The stabbing was reported just before 4 a.m. in the 3800 block of Fourth Street, near Fairmont Boulevard
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California Senate leader Toni Atkins is hoping to be the state’s first female and LGBTQ governor. The San Diego Democrat made history as the first out lesbian to be assembly speaker, as well as the first woman and LGBTQ person to lead the senate. Atkins is hoping her long resume in elected office, coupled with
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Santa Ana High School students who were allegedly involved a fight that ended in a fatal stabbing at the campus surrendered to police overnight, but there were no immediate reports of any arrests. The fight and the triple stabbing occurred around 3:20 p.m. Wednesday in the shared parking lot
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ALTADENA, Calif. (KESQ) – A transmission tower suspected of starting the Eaton Fire in January has been removed by Southern California Edison and the parts are being moved to a warehouse today to be tested in a lab. Â Â A helicopter lifted a part of a transmission tower out of Eaton Canyon on Wednesday, footage
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Pilot error was the root cause of a helicopter crash that killed five Miramar-based Marines last year, according to a report released today by the Marine Corps. The CH-53E helicopter carrying the Marines departed Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada on Feb. 6, 2024, and was headed back
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Motown legend Smokey Robinson said today he is “appalled” by a lawsuit accusing him of repeated acts of sexual assault and rape against four of his former housekeepers. Speaking by phone to the British newspaper Daily Mail Wednesday morning, the 85-year-old singer/songwriter said only, “I am appalled” when asked about the
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what happened with the SARS outbreak in 2002, according to a study by UC San Diego researchers and colleagues published today. According to the paper, published in Wednesday’s edition of Cell,
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Five people were facing federal charges today in connection with an alleged maritime human-smuggling event that killed three people — including a teenage boy — off the coast of northern San Diego County and left a 10-year-old girl missing and presumed dead. Emergency crews responding to the mass-casualty boating accident
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A San Diego-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer is facing federal charges for allegedly allowing vehicles containing undocumented migrants across the U.S.-Mexico Border, joining two other local CBP officers charged earlier this month. A grand jury indictment alleges the officers allowed certain vehicles through while they manned inspection booths
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