Former OC deputy gets probation after pleading guilty to attacking girlfriend
SANTA ANA – A 32-year-old former Orange County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Thursday to attacking his girlfriend and was immediately sentenced to three years of informal probation. Kyle Edward Pickard accepted a plea deal from prosecutors and admitted three misdemeanor counts of battery, criminal threats and false...
This Charming Restaurant In California Has Fish And Chips Known Throughout The State
Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary experiences come wrapped in the most unassuming packages, and Union Jack Fish & Chips in Fountain Valley is the golden-battered proof of this delicious truth. You might drive past this modest storefront in a Fountain Valley strip mall a hundred times without giving it a...
Two deaths in murder-suicide
UPDATE: Stockton police say that Miguel Lopez allegedly shot another man – who was critically wounded – and killed himself after driving from Garden Grove to Stockton. A 35-year-old resident of Lodi is the suspect in the fatal shooting of his wife in Garden Grove today (Thursday) and is connected to a second shooting...
The Anaheim Police are conducting a DUI and CDL Checkpoint on July 18
ANAHEIM, Calif. (July 17, 2025) – The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Unit will conduct a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, July 18, 2025, in East Anaheim, starting at 6:00 p.m. Checkpoint locations are selected based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. The primary purpose of checkpoints...
RivCo man found with bomb-making materials, firearms, sheriff’s office says
HOMELAND, Calif. (KESQ) - A 38-year-old is in custody after authorities said they found bomb-making materials and long rifles in his home following a stolen vehicle arrest in western Riverside County. According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, the investigation started on the morning of June 8 in Temecula....
Health officials confirm first fatal carfentanil overdose in Riverside County resident
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) - A Riverside County resident has been confirmed to have died as a result of a carfentanil overdose, Riverside University Health System – Public Health announced. The death – a male in his 40s – occurred in March 2025, outside Riverside County. The cause of death was recently confirmed...
Driver dies after violent crash under stalled big rig in Riverside County
One person was killed in a violent collision with a semi-truck on a Riverside County freeway just before midnight Wednesday, according to reports. Footage from stringer service KNN shows a sedan wedged deeply under the semi-truck’s trailer on the right-hand shoulder of the westbound 91 Freeway at La Sierra Avenue....
What I learned patrolling for ICE in Terminal Island
The same federal facility that detained Japanese Americans in 1942 is now the staging ground for immigration raids across Los Angeles. One San Pedro resident documents what he's seen—and why history feels like it's repeating itself.
Anaheim Gives Immigrant Aid Fund a $250K Boost
Anaheim officials are boosting their newly minted immigrant aid fund by $250,000 to help residents reeling from ICE raids – either causing some people to stay home or a household breadwinner getting detained. The fund, created last month along with a city webpage detailing various legal resources for residents,...
Husband suspected of killing wife in Garden Grove; also connected to Central Valley shooting
An investigation is underway after a man allegedly killed his wife in Garden Grove while their two children were home, and was later involved in a shooting hours away in San Joaquin County. Garden Grove police responded to a home on the 11500 block of Morgan Lane Thursday morning after a child called 911 to […]
