California

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Making improvements to Riverside County’s parks and other publicly accessible recreational sites is the subject of a survey and workshops that residents are invited to participate in through early October.    The county’s Regional Parks & Open-Space District is hosting the sessions as part of preparation of the agency’s Long Range

TEMECULA, Calif. (KESQ) – A man backing out of his driveway in a Tesla Cybertruck struck and killed his 6-year-old son just east of Temecula, authorities said today. Preston El Guindy was fatally hit just before 9 p.m. Saturday outside his family’s residence, near Highway 79, according to the California Highway Patrol.   Officer Jesus Garcia

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws today that feature “some of the strongest rate payer protections and environmental protections from data center costs in the country,” according to the San Diego- area senator who sponsored them. Sen. Steve Padilla, D-San Diego, introduced Senate Bills 886 and 887 and said the

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Paramount Skydance and California Attorney General Rob Bonta have made progress in settlement talks that could resolve the state’s antitrust challenge to Paramount’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, it was reported Friday. The two sides have been quietly negotiating a possible resolution to the lawsuit brought by Bonta and 11

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (KESQ) – The arraignment of a woman charged with murder for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs and at high speed before slamming her SUV into a Metro bus in Chatsworth, killing two people and injuring herself and five others, was postponed today until Monday. Bailee Rios, 36, of Simi Valley,

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A Riverside man and his girlfriend have been arrested on federal charges alleging they forged a federal judge’s signature on a court order seeking the return of their four children. Alan David Cadena, 43, and LayCee Shyann Sprouse, 34, are charged with misuse of federal judicial signatures, according to the U.S. Department

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel member pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court today to overseeing the importation of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States, as well as the laundering of millions of dollars in drug proceeds. Gerardo Julio Rueda Torres, 49, of Mexicali, arranged the importation of

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles federal judge today granted a preliminary injunction blocking immigration agents in Southern California from conducting warrantless arrests without an assessment of the targeted individuals’ likelihood of escape. U.S. District Judge Maame Frimpong found federal immigration agents are “regularly abstaining from conducting a likelihood of escape analysis at all.”

FULLERTON, Calif. (KESQ) – Fullerton police asked for the public’s help Tuesday in the investigation of the death of an 18-year-old Cal State Fullerton student who died of possible alcohol poisoning after attending a fraternity event.    Police were called to St. Jude Medical Center shortly after midnight Sunday after the unconscious student was dropped

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – A judge today ruled that a former podcaster from Los Angeles charged in connection with death threats against President Donald Trump can be released on bond to await trial, but the defendant will not immediately be set free. Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, of the Westlake neighborhood, was charged in a

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A Loma Linda man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in a fatal overdose in January 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced. Alexander Nihar Biswas, 42, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Kenly Kiya Kato and ordered to pay $1,701 in restitution. He pleaded

SANTA MONICA (CNS) – The inaugural Ocean Way music festival planned for later this month on the beach in Santa Monica has been canceled because storm surf and runoff from Hurricane Marie caused significant beach erosion, organizers announced today. The two-day festival had been scheduled for Sept. 26-27, with headline performances by The Killers and

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man who took part in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to the murders of two people, including a pregnant woman, was sentenced in San Diego federal court today to 40 years in prison.    Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, 25, pleaded guilty to his role in the 2022 deaths of Cesar

LONG BEACH (KESQ) – Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, hailed the signing today of legislation he authored barring social media platforms from offering certain addictive features to users under 16, part of a package of new California laws aimed at protecting children online. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1709 in Marin County along with

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 56-year-old woman was arrested today after being charged in a federal indictment with defrauding a nonprofit set up to assist a high school football team.   Julie Hanway Molina was arrested at her home and made an initial court appearance in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on Thursday to

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A 47-year-old man arrested today was among three defendants facing federal charges for allegedly paying people on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles to sign petitions using stolen identities of registered voters to qualify initiatives on ballots in California elections. James Brass of Victorville was charged in Los Angeles federal court