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Athena Jreij BRENTWOOD, Calif. (KESQ) – Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, are dead after an apparent homicide in their Brentwood home Sunday. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to Reiner’s home Sunday after a family member discovered the couple dead with multiple stab wounds. LAPD homicide detectives are now investigating the

Garrett Hottle Update 5:30 p.m. – House passes bill, President Trump expected to sign it into law at 6:45 p.m. PT. The House passed the government funding bill by a vote of 222-209 – sending the measure to President Trump’s desk for final signature to re-open the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

Garrett Hottle Update 11/3/25 Jake Haro was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of his 7-month-old son, Emmanuel. Haro, 32, admitted to assaulting his son, Emmanuel Haro, to the point that it caused his death, according to court documents. Haro pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder and filing a false police report.

City News Service LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The 29-year-old man accused of setting a New Year’s Day fire that prosecutors say smoldered for a week and grew into what became the deadly Palisades Fire was scheduled to be arraigned today in downtown Los Angeles. Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested in Florida on Oct. 7, but has

Garrett Hottle RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) — Jake and Rebecca Haro pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and filing a false police report in the presumed death of their 7-month-old son, Emmanuel Haro. The Haros were in court for their arraignment Thursday morning in Riverside. Both will return to court on Sept. 16 for a

Jesus Reyes RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 7-month-old toddler presumed to have been killed by his parents in Cabazon was a victim of long-term abuse that led to his death, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said Wednesday. Hestrin was joined by Sheriffs Chad Bianco and Shannon Dicus at a news conference on the case

KESQ News Team Update – 6:00 p.m. – 7/14/25 On Monday, News Channel 3 obtained a redacted version of the 911 call. “John. Elway. John, tell me exactly what happened. They were on a golf cart, and he fell off the golf cart. And it’s got a head. That I just want to confirm. Did

María García CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities have identified the two men killed in Thursday morning’s deadly big rig crash on Interstate 10 in Cathedral City. According to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office, the victims are Francisco Sicairos Leon, 58, of Desert Hot Springs, and Miguel Macias, 49, of Santa Ana. Both men died

Jesus Reyes LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The man in federal custody for allegedly aiding in the bombing at a Palm Springs fertility clinic has died. Daniel Park, 32, of Kent, Washington, was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, the Department of Justice confirmed. Life-saving measures were initiated, and Park