Popular nationwide coffee chain closing over 2 dozen locations
California-based Peet’s Coffee is closing more than two dozen locations – including two reportedly in Southern California. The Los Angeles Times reports that Peet’s locations in Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach will shut down in the coming days, along with several others across the region. In a social media post,...
Large cache of illicit items seized by federal officials in upscale SoCal community
Federal officials seized a large cache of illicit items, including identification documents, access devices and dozens of firearms, from a convicted felon in an upscale Southern California community. The Homeland Security Task Force Los Angeles Financial team conducted a search warrant in the Calabasas-Hidden Hills...
Southern California man could get life in prison after conviction in couple’s fentanyl OD...
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the day of the conviction. A Long Beach man faces a possible sentence of life in prison after he was convicted Friday of selling cocaine laced with fentanyl that killed an engaged couple in 2023. Stephen Johnson, who is also known as “Stephen Jo,” was convicted on […]
Aluminum Auctions Set in Riverside After Seizure of More Than 22,000 Tons
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Roughly 22,000 tons of high-grade aluminum alloys that were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 2017 will be sold at auction beginning next month in Riverside, with the proceeds supporting domestic manufacturing, recycling and federal law enforcement missions. CWS Marketing Group and...
Riverside County woman arrested for deadly 2025 shooting in Moreno Valley
Deputies arrested a 47-year-old woman in connection with a deadly shooting in April 2025 that left a 22-year-old man dead.
Protests planned in LA, OC and IE against funding for ICE
After increasingly aggressive tactics employed by federal immigration enforcement agents across the country, thousands are expected to protest Friday in Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire, seeking to stop funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. What is likely to be the area's largest rally...
Person airlifted to safety after car flies 200 feet of Southern California cliffside
A person had to be airlifted to safety after the car they were in careened 200 feet off the side of a cliff in Orange County on Friday evening. The Orange County Fire Authority posted on social media that they received reports of a single-vehicle crash in the area of Corsica Road and Napoli Way in Mission Viejo...
Coachella Valley Water District address Thousand Palms flooding concerns
THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) - Coachella Valley Water District officials attended a community meeting in Thousand Palms on Thursday to address ongoing flooding concerns. This comes after residents in the Amity Lane area have been urging Riverside County to fix the problem they say has been ignored for years....
Massive Crackdown on Retail Theft Nets Arrests and Seizures Across Los Angeles, Riverside, and...
A major crackdown on organized retail theft has culminated in a series of raids and arrests across Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, the Santa Monica Police Department announced yesterday. The expansive operation, which has been in the works for three months, was spearheaded by the SMPD's Criminal...
Navy crew helped rescue F-16 pilot after ejection over California
A U.S. Navy search-and-rescue team known as the “Dust Devils” played a pivotal role in the rescue of an Air Force pilot who safely ejected from an F-16 fighter jet that crashed in Southern California last month, Navy officials said Wednesday. The team assigned to Air Test and...

















