LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a proposed $13.9 billion municipal budget for fiscal year 2025-26 today, including a 1,647 layoffs and the consolidation of four city departments in an effort to eliminate a nearly $1 billion deficit. Despite the cuts, the proposed budget would be an 8.2% increase over the adopted spending
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MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – Attorneys representing four mothers — two of whom reside in the Inland Empire — challenging California’s denial of religious- based exemptions to vaccination requirements for kids’ admission to public schools are federally appealing a lower court’s decision siding with the state that there’s no bar to mandating the shots. “This law
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Camp Pendleton-based Marines who were killed earlier this week in a vehicle accident while deployed in New Mexico, including one from Riverside, were publicly identified today. Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, of Riverside, and Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, of Fresno, died Tuesday following a solo vehicle crash
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A hearing that could give brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez their first chance at freedom in more than three decades hit a snag Thursday amid disagreements over a Los Angeles court’s access to “comprehensive risk assessments” conducted by a parole board. The long-awaited
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Rams are honoring Southern California firefighters as they take their draft headquarters on the road this year. The team will conduct their 2025 NFL draft operations from Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Air Operations, honoring first responders following the wildfires that swept across the Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Dodgers legend Manny Mota was recovering in a hospital today from a stroke. Mota, 87, suffered the stroke Monday night, according to the team. “He is in recovery, where he is responsive to commands and is resting comfortably,” according to a social media post by the Dodgers. Mota’s son
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – Federal prosecutors are reconsidering whether to pursue the death penalty for reputed Orange County Mexican Mafia boss Johnny Martinez, it was revealed today in a federal courtroom as defense attorneys sought a dismissal of charges against Martinez and multiple others in a wide-ranging racketeering case targeting the gang. Four other
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By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — A heated email exchange between Richard Grenell, the interim head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and one of its artists left the musician “shocked” by what she called a “bizarre” interaction. Grenell seemed “aggressively upset” during the exchange on Tuesday, musician Yasmin Williams told
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella Valley woman is among four Californians accused of perpetrating a seven-figure insurance scam that involved falsifying insurance policies, state officials said today. An investigation was launched by the California Department of Insurance following a consumer complaint regarding alleged forgery and insurance fraud in insurance policies. The scheme
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two Indio residents were among a trio arrested in connection with a train theft in Los Angeles County back in 2022. Nathan Munoz, 28, and Karla Torres, 28, both of Indio, along with David Palmer, 47, of Long Beach were arrested. They have been charged with multiple felonies, including Grand Theft
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A youth soccer coach charged with murder in connection with the death of a 13-year-old boy found in Oxnard and also facing charges of assaulting two other teenage boys was ordered today to be held without bail. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Theresa R. McGonigle ordered Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43,
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a waiver of environmental regulations today to speed up construction of more than two miles of border wall in San Diego County. The waiver is the first under the new administration, which will forgo laws such as the National Environmental Policy
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two Los Angeles County prosecutors sued Los Angeles County and District Attorney Nathan Hochman today, alleging they were wrongfully demoted for their support of a resentencing of the Mendendez brothers while the office was under George Gascón. Deputy District Attorneys Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford each filed their own complaint in
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – State legislators today touted a proposed bill aimed at creating so-called “hospitality zones,” allowing cities to extend last call times to 4 a.m. on certain days. Currently, state law prohibits bars and nightclubs from selling alcohol past 2 a.m. However, Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, wants to extend alcohol service until
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – In a move to combat substance use, the City Council today called for a new pilot program for the distribution of naloxone, an opioid reversal medication, in South Los Angeles neighborhoods. In a 10-0 vote, council members instructed the chief legislative analyst to report on the resources such a
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BIG BEAR, Calif. (KESQ) After tens of thousands of submissions, we’ve now got the names of the two eagle chicks at the Big Bear nest. The chicks hatched from their eggs on March 2. It’s the first egg hatching in three years. On Wednesday, the nonprofit, Friends of Big Bear Valley, officially introduced the world to
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NORCO, Calif. (KESQ) – Ex-Riverside Assemblyman Bill Essayli was sworn in today as the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California following his appointment Tuesday by Attorney General Pam Bondi Essayli, 39, was sworn in during a private ceremony by Chief U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in downtown Los Angeles. Essayli now oversees the
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GLENDALE, Calif. (KESQ) – A U.S. Army sergeant from Glendale was formally identified today as one of four soldiers who died in a training accident in Lithuania. The soldiers, who were aboard an M88 Hercules vehicle, disappeared March 25 during the training exercise in the town of Pabradé. They were found dead after a roughly
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – One person was killed and another person was injured after they fell from a 30-foot wall along the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego, authorities said today. San Diego agents discovered two suspected migrants around 11 p.m. Monday after they fell from the wall, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Five men accused of laundering money on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel were charged in a pair of grand jury indictments unsealed today in San Diego federal court. The indictments were originally returned in 2022 against the defendants, all of whom remain at large and face drug trafficking and money
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