California Senate leader Toni Atkins is hoping to be the state’s first female and LGBTQ governor. The San Diego Democrat made history as the first out lesbian to be assembly speaker, as well as the first woman and LGBTQ person to lead the senate. Atkins is hoping her long resume in elected office, coupled with
Continue Reading
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Santa Ana High School students who were allegedly involved a fight that ended in a fatal stabbing at the campus surrendered to police overnight, but there were no immediate reports of any arrests. The fight and the triple stabbing occurred around 3:20 p.m. Wednesday in the shared parking lot
Continue Reading
ALTADENA, Calif. (KESQ) – A transmission tower suspected of starting the Eaton Fire in January has been removed by Southern California Edison and the parts are being moved to a warehouse today to be tested in a lab. A helicopter lifted a part of a transmission tower out of Eaton Canyon on Wednesday, footage
Continue Reading
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Pilot error was the root cause of a helicopter crash that killed five Miramar-based Marines last year, according to a report released today by the Marine Corps. The CH-53E helicopter carrying the Marines departed Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada on Feb. 6, 2024, and was headed back
Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Motown legend Smokey Robinson said today he is “appalled” by a lawsuit accusing him of repeated acts of sexual assault and rape against four of his former housekeepers. Speaking by phone to the British newspaper Daily Mail Wednesday morning, the 85-year-old singer/songwriter said only, “I am appalled” when asked about the
Continue Reading
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what happened with the SARS outbreak in 2002, according to a study by UC San Diego researchers and colleagues published today. According to the paper, published in Wednesday’s edition of Cell,
Continue Reading
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Five people were facing federal charges today in connection with an alleged maritime human-smuggling event that killed three people — including a teenage boy — off the coast of northern San Diego County and left a 10-year-old girl missing and presumed dead. Emergency crews responding to the mass-casualty boating accident
Continue Reading
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A San Diego-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer is facing federal charges for allegedly allowing vehicles containing undocumented migrants across the U.S.-Mexico Border, joining two other local CBP officers charged earlier this month. A grand jury indictment alleges the officers allowed certain vehicles through while they manned inspection booths
Continue Reading
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A newborn dropped next to a dumpster outside a Riverside apartment complex was in stable condition today, as authorities initiated a search for his mother, encouraging her or anyone who may know her to come forward. The infant was discovered at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the 3800 block of Jackson
Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson sued the Motown legend and his wife today, alleging repeated acts of sexual assault and rape by the singer dating back nearly 20 years. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit includes allegations of sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, negligence, hostile work environment and intentional infliction
Continue Reading
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 44-year-old man is in custody today after allegedly driving a vehicle into the Lake Elsinore sheriff’s station. The incident was reported at around 5:10 a.m. Monday at 333 Limited Ave., according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. According to Sheriff’s Sgt. Brad Foster, deputies discovered through surveillance footage
Continue Reading
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) – The man convicted of starting a fire near Cabazon that killed five firefighters will remain on death row, after the California Supreme Court ruling published Monday found no validity to his arguments challenging procedural and other aspects of his trial. Raymond Lee Oyler, 54, of Beaumont, was sentenced to death
Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A group of UCLA students and community members is suing the California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Police Department and dozens of unidentified employees from both agencies over law officers’ alleged “violent attack” on participants in a pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA last spring, according to court papers obtained today. According to
Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health declared today a community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A, citing a sustained rise in cases and elevated virus levels in wastewater. Though the risk to the general public remains low, county officials urged residents to take action and reduce spread of the virus.
Continue Reading
DEL MAR, Calif. (KESQ) – At least three people died today and several others were injured when a small vessel involved in a suspected human-smuggling attempt overturned in the ocean off the coast of Del Mar. The deadly boating accident occurred at about 6:30 a.m. just north of Torrey Pines State Beach, according to
Continue Reading
By Brian Stelter, Jamie Gangel and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Filmmakers and Hollywood financiers are baffled, to say the least, by President Trump’s announcement that he wants a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States. Several movie studio and streaming industry executives who spoke with CNN are downright apoplectic because, they believe,
Continue Reading
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (KESQ) – Manhattan Beach-based shoe giant Skechers USA announced today it will be acquired by the 3G Capital global investment firm, which will take the company private. Under the deal, estimated at about $9 billion, the company will continue to be led by Chairman/CEO Robert Greenberg, President Michael Greenberg and COO David
Continue Reading
By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday that he is directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, as a place to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” “I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department
Continue Reading
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – James B. Milliken, chancellor of the University of Texas system and a veteran leader in higher education, has been named the next president of the University of California’s 10-campus system, which includes Riverside, it was announced today. Milliken’s appointment follows a six-month search to find a successor to UC President Michael
Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Trump administration today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a lower court’s order preserving Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants, including a Culver City woman, who contend they are unable to safely return to Venezuela. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attempted to end
Continue Reading