California

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A man who gunned down a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy at a stoplight in Palmdale three years ago was legally sane at the time of the crime, a jury decided today. The jury’s verdict — reached after about 1 1/2 days of deliberations — means Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 32,

RIVERSIDE (CNS) – A union-organized labor action outside an Amazon warehouse in south Riverside today sought to spotlight “workers’ rights,” but the corporation said the action caused no disruption and appeared to be part of an ongoing campaign to “mislead” the public. Teamsters Local 1932 said a work stoppage was initiated Wednesday morning at the

ONTARIO, Calif. (KESQ) — A preliminary magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck the Inland Empire early Wednesday morning near the city of Ontario, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at approximately 5:37 a.m., with the epicenter located about a few miles southeast of Ontario, according to the USGS. The shaking was felt across parts of Southern California.

Jessamyn Dodd IMPERIAl, Calif. (KYMA) – A judge ruled that the county must conduct a full environmental impact report for a new data center complex rather than reviewing its components in isolation. The court found sufficient evidence of potential environmental impacts, rejecting the county’s attempt to treat permits as ministerial actions. Alene Taber, attorney for

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles today announced a multinational operation to dismantle the resilient Russian botnet and malware ecosystem Sality, which is known for enabling cryptocurrency theft and cyberattacks on victims in the United States and abroad. As part of the effort, the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and Defense Criminal

GLENDALE, Calif. (KESQ) – A man with a history of arrests for allegedly smelling women’s behinds was being held without bail today following his arrest on similar accusations in Glendale.   Calese Crowder, 39, was arrested Friday, according to the Glendale Police Department.   Officers responded around 3:30 p.m. Friday to a store in the 1500 block

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Teenagers and soon-to-be drivers in Southern California and across the state can use a new free online driving simulation designed to help young motorists practice making safe decisions behind the wheel, state officials announced Monday. The California Office of Traffic Safety and Caltrans released “The Road Ahead,” a web-based game that

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A longtime Los Angeles County ballot initiative signature collector was sentenced today to 18 months of probation and 120 hours of community service for paying people, including homeless people in downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row, between $2 and $3 to register to vote. Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina del

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Following similar action by the state, Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit today against State Farm insurance company, alleging widespread mishandling of claims by policyholders in the Eaton and Palisades fire burn zones. “Wildfire survivors have spent far too long fighting to receive the benefits they paid for and counted on,”

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – California and 21 other states today joined the Federal Trade Commission in filing suit against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant secretly engaged in deceptive and unfair practices that inflated prices in its online search advertising auctions, potentially costing customers tens of billions of dollars. The complaint alleges that, for over seven

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two Chinese nationals living in the Inland Empire were sentenced to federal prison today for participating in a scheme in which counterfeit iPhones and iPads were imported from China and exchanged at Apple stores across the Southland for genuine devices, causing the tech company at least $16.2 million in losses. Wenhui

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – An aspiring Los Angeles County rapper was among three defendants charged with allegedly having illegally obtained and possessed stolen checks totaling more than $8.1 million, including more than 50 U.S. Treasury checks, officials announced today. Ada William Obayuwana, 31, also known as “ColdheartedAC,” of Quartz Hill, is charged in federal court

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Honduran national living in the San Fernando Valley was arrested today on charges of fraudulently registering to vote in United States elections and authorities in Los Angeles predicted it would be the first of many such prosecutions to come in the months leading up to the midterm elections.    Darwin

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A San Diego man who sent a threatening letter to a conservative political commentator following Charlie Kirk’s killing was facing 11 months in federal prison today after being sentenced by a Florida judge.    George Isbell, 70, admitted to mailing the letter last fall to right- wing media personality Benny