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A 58-year-old woman suspected of recording a series of mechanics liens on properties in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Riverside County, some as high as $24.6 million, pleaded not guilty Monday to more than two dozen felony charges. Rita Ortiz was arrested Thursday following an investigation by the Los Angeles...

Residents concerned about the possible poisoning of Orange County waterways with herbicides have been making their voices heard on Instagram and pressured the county into holding a meeting on the issue. Their effort has exposed tensions between people who see the waterways as natural creeks and county officials who...

A La Quinta man suspected of fatally shooting a 27-year-old man during a 2002 house party in La Quinta was behind bars Monday following a decades-long cold case investigation. Alex Anthony Uribe, 46, was arrested Friday and booked into the Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of murder, according to the...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) - The signatures of well over 100,000 Riverside County voters who added their names to a petition calling for a statewide ballot initiative that would require identification before voting in California were submitted to the county Office of the Registrar of Voters today. "Our democracy...

At approximately 12:48am on March 2nd, 2026, California Highway Patrol, Riverside Fire Department, and Cal Fire Riverside County personnel responded to a rollover traffic collision at Gavilan Road and Multiview Drive in Perris. Upon arrival, crews located a vehicle with two occupants inside, one of whom required...

A woman from Orange County has been arrested in connection with an incident in Fullerton in which a toddler fell onto a roadway from a moving vehicle, after video of the moment spread widely online. Police say the child, aged 19 months, was hurt in the fall and was treated at hospital, but is expected … The post...

Another Orange County is looking to introduce restrictions on whippets, with Garden Grove officials eying a ban of the inhalant. Recreational nitrous oxide, known as “whippets” or “galaxy gas,” can be inhaled to create a high and can lead to “neurological, hematologic [related to blood], and psychiatric...

An Orange County family whose home was surrounded by FBI agents and SWAT Team members after “suspicious” items were found in its garage says there is nothing nefarious about the discovery. The investigation started on Feb. 23 when the landlord of the property, located in the gated Altair community near Cartwheel...

Far fewer people with mental illness are getting help in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court program than expected. This week, he blamed local governments for shortcomings.

Fortino Morales III, Riverside’s sustainability manager, has been named a member of the Center for Community Investment’s 2026–2027 cohort of the California Climate Leaders Fellowship. That program supports individuals in California “who are advancing community-centered climate resilience through equity, community...