LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A judge in downtown Los Angeles indicated today she would reject the Trump administration’s move to terminate a 28-year-old edict governing how immigrant children are detained in federal custody and will continue to enforce safeguards provided under the so-called “Flores settlement agreement.” The agreement — overseen by U.S. District Judge
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – As anticipated, the Trump administration today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a court order barring federal agents from making immigration arrests via raids that a Los Angeles federal judge determined were carried out without probable cause. The emergency petition from the Justice Department comes after an appeals court denied
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Los Angeles man accused of gunning down two brothers in Moreno Valley nearly two decades ago is slated to be arraigned later this month on first-degree murder and other charges. Richard Anthony Ferris, 50, was arrested last week following an investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Cold Case
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order today that established a federal task force to oversee the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. “In my first term, we were instrumental in helping the city of Los Angeles win the bid to bring the Olympic Games back to American soil,” Trump said during
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MENIFEE, Calif. (KESQ) – Menifee Mayor Ricky Estrada, a reservist in the U.S. Air Force, has been summoned for deployment in October, when Councilman Bob Karwin will take over mayoral duties, officials said. “I love Menifee and America, and that is why I have dedicated my life to public service as a mayor, teacher
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By Arit John, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — As Texas Republicans move ahead with redistricting to protect or even expand the GOP’s slim majority in the US House, Democratic-run states, led by California, are pushing forward with their own efforts to draw new maps and add Democratic seats. No Democratic states can shift the balance
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UPDATE 8/5/25 11:45 AM – The fire has been mapped at 936.2 acres by Intel Aircraft BIG BEAR, Calif. (KESQ) – A vegetation fire that broke out Monday morning has burned nearly 350 acres near Big Bear Lake. Gold Fire Update – 348 Acres – 0% ContainedCurrently, the official acreage on the fire is 348
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two people were killed and six people were wounded early Monday morning in a downtown shooting that police said was gang-related. The shooting occurred moments after 1 a.m. Monday at 14th Place and Paloma Street, a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department told City News Service. A 25-30-year-old man
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By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — The New York Post is heading west. The tabloid’s ownership announced that it will launch a sister publication, The California Post, in early 2026. Based out of Los Angeles, the new tabloid will operate separately under the New York Post Media Group, a Murdoch-owned News Corp subsidiary that houses
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FONTANA, Calif. (KESQ)- At approximately 9:32 a.m., a 4.3 magnitude earthquake occurred near Fontana California, with movement being felt in several regions including the Coachella Valley. Residents in the Coachella Valley have reported feeling tremors, described as a rumble. Three other quakes have been reported this morning in the Rialto area. The quakes were reported
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A tsunami watch for all of California’s coast was converted Tuesday night to a tsunami advisory by the National Weather Service following a powerful earthquake measuring a magnitude 8.7 off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. A tsunami advisory is issued when a tsunami with the potential to generate strong currents or waves dangerous to
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KESQ)– Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-41) introduces a new “Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals Act,” called the BOWOW Act, protecting animals used by federal law enforcement agencies. The BOWOW Act would make the assault of an animal used by federal law enforcement a deportable offense under Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ)– Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is set to announce new legislation that will expand a pathway to lawful permanent residency for millions of long-term U.S. residents Friday July 25. The new piece of legislation is being announced in the wake of expansive immigration enforcements from the Trump administration in California and across
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The county Board of Supervisors today voted 4-1 in favor of a program to train owners and employees of small businesses about their rights in the event of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid. Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer said she was prompted to craft the proposal after a
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Erik Menendez, who is imprisoned in San Diego with his brother Lyle for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents, has been hospitalized with what his attorney today called a serious medical condition. “Erik Menendez was transported to an outside medical facility on July 18,” according to the state
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (AP) — The man accused of killing an “American Idol” executive and her husband used the couple’s gun to kill them and later called the police, authorities allege. Los Angeles police previously said they responded to a 911 call about a burglary on the afternoon of July 10, but left after
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Two men accused with three others of gunning down a Mead Valley resident during a home invasion robbery that occurred almost two decades ago are slated to be arraigned Wednesday. DeShawn Cordell Hill, 36, and Kenneth Tucker II, 37, both of Riverside, were arrested in the last two weeks following
Continue ReadingBy Austin Turner Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Officials at Los Angeles International Airport seized hundreds of pounds of illegal drugs in an attempted smuggling operation into New Zealand, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations in L.A. In a post to X on
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 700 active-duty US Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to protests in Los Angeles are being sent home from the mission, the Pentagon said Monday. “With stability returning to Los Angeles, the Secretary has directed the redeployment of the 700 Marines whose presence sent a clear
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ)– The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) along with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) are offering a $10,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of train thieves from early to mid-June. The burglary of the Union Pacific freight trains took place in the Los Angeles
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