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VAN NUYS (CNS) – Billionaire and former gubernatorial candidate Stephen Cloobeck pleaded not guilty today to charges that he tried to dissuade people from testifying in a criminal case against his then-fiancée, a model and social media personality. Cloobeck — a real estate magnate who dropped his bid for governor late last year and threw
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles County and federal law enforcement officials executed a search warrant recovered more than 1,300 pounds of methamphetamine worth approximately $12.5 million during a search carried out last week, authorities said today. According to the Los Angeles Port Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles County man was sentenced today to 27 years in prison for running what prosecutors dubbed a “DoorDash for drugs” that provided same-day delivery of cocaine and fentanyl-laced pain pills to customers, including two who died from overdoses. Erick Estrada, 37, also known as Franco Sanchez and Eric Freddy
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PALMDALE, Calif. (KESQ) – An investigation was continuing today in an exchange of gunfire that left a suspect dead and a San Bernardino County sheriff’s detective injured during an unspecified investigation in the remote Littlerock area in northern Los Angeles County. Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives were working with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – San Diego County’s first jury trial for a DUI case involving nitrous oxide has resulted in guilty verdicts against a 34-year-old man, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office announced today. The defendant was found on March 10 behind the wheel of a car that was partially on a sidewalk,
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A California Highway Patrol road rage investigation has led to the arrest of a 52-year-old Yucaipa man and the seizure of approximately 20 illegal firearms, 20,000 rounds of ammunition, firearm suppressors, and AR-15 manufacturing equipment. The investigation began after the suspect allegedly pointed a handgun at another vehicle on Interstate 10 near Live Oak Canyon
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CAMP PENDLETON (CNS) – A Marine Corps recruit died days after suffering a medical emergency during a routine physical fitness evaluation at Camp Pendleton, officials announced today. The recruit, who was assigned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, was pronounced dead on Wednesday at Tri-City Medical Center, in Oceanside, according to a news release
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta is set to argue two cases before the state Supreme Court against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco regarding the seizure of approximately 650,000 ballots from a 2025 special election.
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UPDATE: 8/5/2026: The Department of Justice announced this morning that Jeanine John Taele, 38, of Downey, the defendant in the Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles federal criminal case, will not make his initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The DOJ says a future court hearing date will be announced soon.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A parolee accused of gunning down a 42-year-old man near a highway junction in Green Acres nearly six years ago was charged today with first-degree murder and other offenses. David Louis Starnes, 46, of Hemet was formally arrested Sunday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Central Homicide Unit investigation into
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LAKE MATHEWS, Calif. (KESQ) – A single-engine Cessna went down today south of Lake Mathews in what appeared to be a forced landing by the pilot, who escaped injury, along with his passenger. The controlled crash was reported shortly before noon Wednesday in the 15100 block of Lake Mathews Drive, near Gavilan Springs Road, according
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Electrical arcing on an out-of-service Southern California Edison transmission tower sparked the 2025 Eaton Fire, the Los Angeles County Fire Department concluded in reports released today. Fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds, the Eaton Fire that erupted Jan. 7, 2025, killed at least 19 people in the Altadena area, while
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CARLSBAD, Calif. (KESQ) – A professional photographer previously sentenced in San Diego County to 25 years in state prison for sexually assaulting teenage girls during modeling sessions at a rented Carlsbad residence was sentenced in Oregon today to 40 years in federal prison. Robert Koester, 59, who was sentenced by a Vista judge in 2019
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (KESQ) – President Donald Trump spent just under 4 1/2 hours in California today to speak at a Republican National Committee event at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. Air Force One touched down at Los Angeles International Airport around 4:30 p.m. A short time later, Trump exited the
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LAGUNA BEACH (CNS) – A 24-year-old man apparently drowned while swimming in Laguna Beach, officials said today. Laguna Beach Public Safety Dispatch received a 911 call at 7:28 p.m. Monday reporting that the victim went under while swimming at Crescent Bay and was missing, according to Kai Bond, marine safety chief of the Laguna Beach
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has set a March 2027 trial date for the antitrust challenges to Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company. The trial timeline is another setback for Paramount, which had wanted to complete the merger this summer. A coalition of state attorneys general and the
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Switching to a vegan diet — even for a month — can physically alter the body’s inflammation and aging markers, according to a report released from UC San Diego researchers. A UCSD team was joined by researchers from University of Freiburg in Germany to run a randomized clinical trial. Participants were
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OTAY MESA, Calif. (KESQ) – A 66-year-old inmate died in his Otay Mesa prison cell this weekend and the death was being investigated as a homicide, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Hector Ozuna was found unresponsive inside his cell at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at 6:07 a.m. Saturday,
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (KESQ) – President Donald Trump will make a rare visit to California Tuesday, speaking at a Republican National Committee event at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. A White House official confirmed to City News Service that Trump will attend the dinner, during which he will discuss his
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles Police Department officer who recorded some of his colleagues allegedly making racist, sexist and homophobic comments was charged today with illegally recording the conversations. Daniel Flores, 43, was charged with 16 felony counts of eavesdropping or recording confidential communications. He is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 10
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