West Coast Wrap, Monday 10/19/2026

A Southern California man is back home tonight after this intense confrontation with ICE agents many in his community left rattled. It reminded me of like Floyd, that Floyd incident, right? So, okay, they're going to kill this man. I think that was DHS conducting their immigration enforcement. And good evening, everyone. Welcome to West Coast Wrap. I'm Alex Savage. Video of ICE detaining that man in Long Beach is getting a lot of attention online. The man's family says he's a U.S. citizen who was targeted for no reason. Fox 11's Cristina Gonzalez has reaction from the community as well as the Justice Department. Video of ICE agents detaining Long Beach resident Ricardo Gonzalez Sunday. Neighbors on Ellis and Locust Street say the federal agents had been driving around and Gonzalez rode up on an e-bike when they focused on him. He was just, he stopped right there and he's like, I'm a U.S. citizen. And then next thing I know, I went back, and then next thing I know, he's on the ground. He had the arm on the curb, and it snapped. Like I said, it reminded me of, like, Floyd, that Floyd incident, right? So, okay, they're going to kill this man. The guy is screaming, I'm a citizen, I'm a citizen. No reporting that he was doing anything wrong, no public reporting. Certainly, I have not received any information from our own police department that he was somehow causing some sort of criminal activity. California Representative Robert Garcia confirming Long Beach police responded to the incident and took Gonzalez to a fire station from where he was transported to a hospital for treatment. We're going to be investigating the incident. It should be investigated. I did see some of the video, and I have to say I'm really disappointed that there are members of Congress encouraging people to confront our men and women in uniform out on the streets. Talking about the incident, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Asseili. I think that was DHS conducting their immigration enforcement. There may be charges coming out of that. I'm not sure. It has not been presented to my office yet. Immigrants in this neighborhood are afraid, regardless of their immigration status. Because the guy is screaming, I'm a citizen, I'm a citizen. And they still, you know, beating the way, you know, his blood and his face. so and you've been here legally for how long oh for 1970 i came in the 60s but you know i'm came legal in 72 there's veterans like myself my brother and there's a lot here and you know even they get pulled from ice you know uh it's not right this is yeah it's just terrible it's a terrible feeling you know we reached out but have not yet heard from the Department of Homeland Security to find out if this man was actually targeted or he became involved somehow we'll let you know when they do respond in Long Beach I'm Cristina Gonzalez Fox 11 News the Coast Guard has called off its search for 11 people believed missing after a boat capsized about 140 miles off the coast of Baja, California, on Friday. Rescuers saved 16 people, including several who had suspected shark bites. The Mexican consulate in San Diego said all of those rescued are Mexican nationals. The Coast Guard says Customs and Border Protection is now interviewing the survivors. Well, the mayor of a city in California's Central Valley is being accused of following and confronting someone she believed was an ICE agent. But I got you. We got you. We got you. Eric Bridges says that was the interaction he had with Kern Mayor Maria Pacheco on October 14th. The hairstylist says Mayor Pacheco thought he was an ICE agent and followed his car in West Fresno for 25 minutes. He also says she eventually blocked his car and accosted him. Bridges' attorney filed a complaint with Fresno Police and the Fresno County District Attorney's Public Integrity Unit today. He also issued a written statement saying, quote, as an elected official and a representative for a California legislator, Ms. Pacheco isn't a peace officer and has no business role playing as one for social media clout or political favor. Mr. Bridges has been seriously harmed as a consequence of Maria Pacheco's careless politicking, and he will pursue every avenue available for justice. Now, we did ask Mayor Pacheco to comment on the complaint. We're still waiting for a response. In the Bay Area, police in San Jose searching for suspects after an officer was injured during a traffic stop in which police opened fire. It happened early this morning near Roosevelt Park. Police say one officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover. A second officer fired at least one shot before that suspect vehicle drove off. Police have not said what prompted the shooting. Investigators are now asking anyone with information to reach out to San Jose police. Well, there is a potential twist in the O.J. Simpson murder case to tell you about, and it's raising new questions more than 30 years after the killings of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. The New York Times reports someone may have helped Simpson dispose of the alleged murder weapon. The Times reports the brother of that possible accomplice claims he saw his sibling come home on the night of the 1994 murders with bloody hands and toss a heavy bag into a dumpster at a construction site. TMZ talked with LA police involved in the case who say they don't put much weight on this report. The guy is not really credible. He was broken out of prison. He's a mafia guy. It seemed, you know, this was a guy if they put him on the stand would have been torn apart by the defense. Simpson pleaded not guilty to those murders and was acquitted by a jury. He was later found liable in a civil suit, but paid very little of the $33 million penalty. Simpson died in 2024. The singer who's accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl made a brief appearance in L.A. today for a status conference. 21-year-old David Burke was with his new public defenders after his private attorneys withdrew from this murder case back in August. The singer who recorded as David pleaded not guilty to murdering and dismembering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Her remains were found in the trunk of his Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard last year. The community of Bend, Oregon is honoring the life of Megan Lambert, the teacher who was killed in last week's school shooting. Lambert and three students died in the attack. Fox 12's Vince Ibarra shows us how Lambert is being remembered. The kindness and the open-heartedness, the genuine love and care for the people around her, it shows. Remembering Megan. The Bend Police Department says 25-year-old Megan Lambert was one of four victims and the only adult killed in the mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday. The 25-year-old started working as a special education teacher at the elementary school this year. But those who knew her say her love for people reached beyond the classroom. She used this as a space to read her books, do her lesson plans, etc. And that alone is nice to know that she had a spot here and a safe place here. Dudley's Bookshop Cafe in Bend is honoring Lambert with this makeshift memorial. Mason Smith, an employee at the Bookshop Cafe, says this was her favorite spot to sit and work. We're all going through it and if we can shed a little bit of light and give her you know just a spot that reminds the community of her and gives her memory that's what we wanted to do flowers notes filled with love and even her favorite drink an iced matcha now fill the space upstairs at Dudley's Smith says it's a space open to everyone don't feel obligated to spend money don't feel like you have to buy a book buy coffee drop off flowers if you feel like that's something that you want to do even though this space here is that something that you need and you need to get away from please come here and sit here in Bend, Vincey Bar of Fox 12 Oregon and investigators say a school parent shot the 16 year old shooter to death on that campus the teenager who opened fire was a former student according to authorities an investigation into the motive for last week's shooting is still ongoing the gun that teenager used was purchased by his mother legally it's unclear exactly how he got access to the weapon. One way is way over there. I'm just going to tell you, these pilots saved our lives. Up next here on West Coast Rap tonight, a close call for actor Donnie Wahlberg. After the break, his reaction to some scary moments on board a plane in Las Vegas. And in weather, here's our live camera in Yuma County, Arizona, San Luis. We're going to update the West Coast Rap forecast. We're talking about some rain for parts of the West Coast this week, and we'll have the update coming up. Runways way over there. I'm just going to tell you, these pilots saved our lives. That's what actor and singer Donnie Wahlberg posted to social media after his private jet skidded off the runway in Las Vegas. The accident happened yesterday, prompting a brief ground stop at Harry Reid International Airport. The plane crashed into a perimeter fence. Wahlberg says no one was hurt. What caused that jet to overrun the runway is still under investigation. An effort to solve one of aviation's biggest mysteries is suffering a setback in the South Pacific. Researchers looking for Amelia Earhart's plane about 1,800 miles southwest of Hawaii say they've come up empty-handed. Fox's Caroline Elliott reports that another group wants to conduct a search of its own. The journey to find Amelia Earhart's plane is looking more and more like Mission Impossible. After Purdue University announced the latest search came up empty. This mystery has been ongoing for 90 years and the mystery continues. Researchers first spotted on satellite what looked like it could be the plane's wreckage in a remote lagoon in the South Pacific. The team then traveled to the search area, a location researchers have been looking at for years now. We think that it's very likely that Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan did in fact end up here on Nikumaroro Island. The island has been holding on to its secrets and it continues to do so. Instead of the missing plane, the team found what looked like a collection of large trees that were covered with a hardened crust of coral sand that made the wood look like metal from above. Despite the setback, researchers are staying optimistic. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find that smoking gun, but I think we were, again, proud of what we accomplished. uh and you know amelia herself said adventure is worthwhile in itself and this search for Earhart's plane probably will not be the last deep sea exploration company Nauta Coast is now raising money for its own expedition and New York Caroline Elliott Fox News today the justice department announced charges against more than two dozen foreign nationals in California amid an escalating fight between the federal government and the state over voter rolls. The Trump administration says it's seeking to root out voting by non-citizens ahead of next month's midterm elections. That's despite the fact that data shows the problem is extremely rare and difficult to prove. Among the 28 people charged, four of them are from the Bay Area. Working with information provided by Homeland Security and comparing it to voter information that we subpoenaed from the California Secretary of State and from various counties within our individual districts. We were able to identify individuals who allegedly registered to vote and voted when they had no right to do so. Last week, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against California alleging that more than 20,000 people on the state's voter rolls are likely non-citizens and were sent ballots for the midterms. California Secretary of State said the Trump administration has provided no evidence to support that claim. California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office said today the AG has repeatedly said, quote, any allegation of voter fraud should be taken seriously and investigated. The 28 individuals charged this morning represent a tiny fraction of California's more than 23 million registered voters. That's not evidence of widespread voter fraud, even if the allegations are true. We have safeguards in place to protect election integrity and they're working. While many people have questioned conditions inside ICE detention facilities, reporter Adric Vargas spoke with a public defender and a rabbi who is meeting with detainees about 50 miles west of Yuma, Arizona. The Imperial Regional Detention Facility holds hundreds of people in immigration custody. But behind these walls are people with basic needs for medical care for safety and even spiritual support sometimes it's as simple as just wanting to sit down and have a conversation about you know why life happens and why they're dealing with this particular challenge at this time Daniel Rosenberg is an assistant public defender in Imperial County but before becoming an attorney he became a rabbi for Rosenberg sometimes care starts with something as simple as making sure someone knows they're not alone there's a group of people that care about me. They shouldn't care about me. They have no connection to me whatsoever, but these people care about me, and that means that somebody loves me. But spiritual support and community connection are just one part of care inside a detention facility. Management and Training Corporation, or MTC, operates and manages the facility. I ask the company what standards are in place to protect the people inside. The Imperial Regional Detention Facility operates under Immigration and Customs Enforcement's performance-based national detention standards. While ICE sets the detention standards, MTC says its role is to operate the facility according to those requirements. The questions about detention standards often come down to oversight and who makes sure those requirements are actually being followed. ICE personnel provide daily on-site oversight of facility operations. I asked what happens when a medical emergency occurs. When a medical emergency occurs, trained staff begin an immediate on-site response. If the individual requires a higher level of care, staff coordinate with outside emergency responders and arrange ambulance transportation or transfer to a hospital. Rosenberg tells me care inside a detention facility is more about the human connection people have while they wait. When you can go to a place of darkness and you can go ahead and light a spark in that place, that little teensy spark has the ability to dispel massive amounts of darkness. The standards may be written on paper, but for the people inside, What matters most is how those standards are carried out every day. Reporting in studio, I'm Adric Vargas. Well, leaf-peeping season has arrived here in the West, and people in Colorado were enjoying the change of seasons at Denver's Washington Park. Extreme drought conditions are leading to a shorter-than-usual fall foliage season, but that hasn't stopped people from enjoying the sight of the state's signature autumn leaves, the quaking aspen trees. I think the Colorado fall colors are wonderful. You know, a lot of yellow and stuff and the quaking aspens here and the contrast between that and the green and the pond next to us is just amazing. In Seattle, the turn of the season is coming along with some beautiful weather. One father took his kids out for a photography session at Green Lake, capturing the magical moments of the fall colors and family memories. So I enjoy photography in general and the colors, the diversity you get, and of course the end of the day family moments, right? But I took my day off today so I could be with the kids because it was their day off. And just spending time together with them, taking some, you know, memories. All right. And we want to talk more about the fall forecast here with KTVU's chief meteorologist, Mark Tamayo. But, you know, Mark, we also do want to take this opportunity to welcome in some new viewers here on West Coast Wrap, watching us on Fox 26 in Medford, Oregon, as well as Fox 9 in Yuma, Arizona. That's exciting stuff. It's exciting stuff. Yeah, bringing more folks into the fold. The West Coast-wrapped family is just getting bigger. I love it. I absolutely love it. All right, so how's the weather looking in Yuma and southern Oregon? A lot to talk about. Yeah, yeah, a couple cities we'll talk about right now. First in Oregon for Medford, we are expecting, it will feel like fall out there. You can see some clouds increasing, at least for the morning hours. And here's the plan tomorrow. Temperature is starting out the day in Medford, Oregon, 41 degrees, partly cloudy skies in the afternoon, mid-70s out there. And then in Yuma, Arizona, not talking about any fall chill there. You can see the afternoon highs tomorrow after temperatures start out the day in the 60s, approaching the lower 90s. 91 degrees up for tomorrow afternoon for the Yuma forecast coming up for your Tuesday. So this was the view in Seattle today, showing you with some high clouds out there moving in. 62 degrees earlier this afternoon. Some more neighborhoods for you. The San Francisco Bay Area looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge. A much cooler day, 63 degrees in San Francisco. And then as you can see, Los Angeles, 86 degrees. Remember a few days ago, we had all the extreme heat and the red flag warnings, a high fire danger. The weather pattern has shifted around quite a bit. And then in Phoenix, 91 degrees, showing you some blue sky up above. By tomorrow night, though, the shower chances could be on the increase for the Phoenix area for tomorrow evening. Current numbers out there right now, we do have Portland, Oregon, 62 degrees. Reno checking in 71, checking out to Las Vegas, 78. And Phoenix has cooled off to 86 degrees. showing you this the satellite and the radar now here's the system you'll be hearing a lot about a cooler system impacting especially California over the next few days and here's that circulation dropping in from the north so with that we're talking about some rain showers for the San Francisco Bay Area not for most of your Tuesday by Tuesday night and into Wednesday and eventually for Southern California in the Wednesday forecast and out toward Phoenix as well right now though looks like we have a band of clouds moving into the north coast of California and also southern to Oregon, some cloud cover, even some radar activity in the Medford area. As we back out the map, once again, you can see this big trough moving into the West Coast, and this will be the main feature we are watching over the next few days. So here's kind of the game plan. As you can see, some sunshine for Seattle, increasing clouds for Medford, chances of showers later in the day for the San Francisco Bay Area, clouds to start things off for Southern California, and then partly sunny skies for Phoenix, but we could be tracking some shower chances. In fact, here's a look at the updated forecast model. This is 6 o'clock. It does bring in some clouds out toward portions of Arizona. You'll see that circulation is dropping down the coast as we continue to put this into motion. And then this is into your Wednesday. Some scattered rain showers showing up. But look at the Phoenix area. Look out toward the Bay Area, Central California, and Southern California. Looks like the activity does ramp up. So here's the plan over the next three days, as you can see coming up here. We'll kind of split the forecast for you. Seattle, temperatures mainly in the 60s. Medford, kind of a sun-cloud mix. For San Francisco, once again, we'll thicken up the cloud cover. It looks like Wednesday will be an active weather day with some lingering showers into Thursday. Checking out some more areas for you. Los Angeles, once again, showers for Wednesday and into Thursday. The threat of some thunderstorms, the possibility of some flood watches, and it looks like we could be talking about some more active weather in the Phoenix area as well. So it looks like this pattern, that area of low pressure, will be the key feature in our forecast over the next few days. All right, Mark, thank you. Much more to come here on West Coast Rap tonight. A hero's homecoming for a disabled military veteran here in the West after the break, the special gift that's making his life easier. In southwest Wyoming, conservationists are turning to beavers to help protect the West from drought and wildfires. At one ranch in Green River, more than 100 human-made beaver dams are slowing water flow and creating habitat for native fish. These starter homes are piles of wood and brush placed in streams to attract beavers, encouraging them to move in and build their own dams. Conservationists say the dams help keep water on the land longer and can act as natural fire breaks. These beaver dams can act, they can spread the water out laterally, slow the water down, and in extreme droughts they can store water and squeeze that sponge so that there's more water later in the season. The effort comes as climate change and heavy water use make the American West increasingly dry. Experts hope beavers can help make these ecosystems more resilient. Well, a wounded military veteran who sacrificed so much for his country was honored with a special gift. Seth Wakeling, his wife Adriana and their three sons received a brand new accessible home in San Diego County. In 2013, Seth lost his leg after stepping on an explosive device in Afghanistan. Now their new home features wide doorways, grab bars in the bathroom, and automatic doors. It's been a very long time since I've been able to reliably use a wheelchair and not hit both sides of a door frame going through it and tear up my hands or my walls. The home was built thanks to the non-profit organization Homes for Our Troops. And you're watching West Coast Rap. Crews in Southern California are close to fully containing a wildfire that burned half a dozen homes. The Norte Fire started on Friday in the middle of red flag conditions. Fox 11's Rachel Aragon has more tonight from Orange County. Containment of the Norte Fire continues to grow, but crews will be busy for the next several days, not only putting out hotspots to make sure the fire is completely out, but also working on fire suppression and repair to prevent further erosion. Right now, the fire is holding at 570 acres, as it has been for the last day or so. Over the last 48 hours, first responders making big progress containing the Norte fire. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a puff of smoke and I'm like oh my god. The blaze breaking out Friday and damaging and destroying several homes and forcing evacuations in parts of San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano. But now all evacuation orders related to the Norte fire have been lifted. The Orange County Fire Authority says at its peak there were about 800 people from multiple agencies fighting this fire. Now it's close to about half that number. We had many resources, you know, pre-positioned and we deployed a very, very robust response. For the next few days, Greg Barta with the Orange County Fire Authority says crews will continue to mop up hot spots to make sure the fire is completely out. But on top of all that, they'll also be doing some fire suppression repair. We mix up the ground out there. We change the natural layout as part of our firefighting effort so now we go and try to do as much reversal of that as we can because we want to reduce the risk of erosion. Barta says with El Nino and more storms expected to come our way erosion prevention is critical. We're trying to put the dirt back in its normal layouts if we can any type of vegetation that's been adjusted if we can kind of get it back to its normal spot it's pretty much trying to get the natural lay of the land back to what it originally was before the fire occurred. And the The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and while things could change, fire officials tell me the weather, though, seems to be in their favor, with the winds here dying down and rain looking to be in the forecast this coming week. Reporting in San Juan Capistrano, I'm Rachel Aragon, Fox 11 News. And today marks 35 years since the devastating East Bay Hills firestorm in the Bay Area. That deadly wildfire tore through neighborhoods in the Oakland and Berkeley Hills, forever changing the lives of people who live there, and the methods that fire departments use to protect the region. Let's bring in KTVU's Heather Holmes, who's here in the studio now. And Heather, this firestorm, the East Bay Hills firestorm, remains one of the worst fire disasters we've seen in this country. Yeah, I mean, a significant disaster right here in our backyard and a lot of lessons learned, Alex. It is hard to overstate the impact that this fire had on the San Francisco Bay Area and really the rest of the state. And all 25 people were killed, 150 others were injured, and thousands of homes were destroyed. Now back on this day, October 19th, 1991, a small vegetation fire began in the Oakland Hills. Authorities say they believe the fire was extinguished, but it reignited the next day. The wildfire blew through the Oakland and Berkeley Hills, sending residents running for their lives. More than 3,000 homes were destroyed. The fire was fueled by dry offshore winds of up to 70 miles an hour. This created extreme fire behavior. The flames also destroyed pumping stations in the Oakland water system, making it difficult for firefighters to get water on the flames. Communications between first responders, that was also a really big challenge. We know communications was a problem in terms of everybody being able to talk to each other as crazy as that sounds, channels. We had multiple command posts. You had East Bay Regional Parks, the fire department, police department had different command posts, so there wasn't unification. We know in just terms of hardware, the hose sizes were different, so they weren't compatible to be able to utilize that. So there were a number of things that took place, but we've made some changes, which is the good news, too. But we still have a long way to go. Now, there was also the challenge of evacuating so many people down winding, narrow streets, some of which were blocked by fire trucks. Some people just abandoned their cars and tried to escape the flames on foot. The fire fundamentally changed California's approach to emergency response, communication and vegetation management. Residents are now educated on evacuation routes in their neighborhoods and encouraged to have go bags to grab in case they receive an evacuation order. There is also a focus on the type of building materials used, such as untreated wood shake roofs now banned in new construction. The Oakland Fire Department joining the community just yesterday to commemorate that day and remember the lives lost. The event was held at the Oakland Hills Fire Memorial Park near the site of that original fire. It was organized by the North Hills Community Association, one of the neighborhoods destroyed by that fire. Now, the financial loss was estimated at more than $1.5 billion. That's about $3.7 billion in today's dollars. So you really cannot underscore, Alex, the significance of what happened on this day, all those decades ago. Yeah, just such a tragedy for everyone who was involved here. And you talk about the way things have changed, the lessons that have been learned. Another thing I think about is just how fire departments jump on these smaller fires. You talk about the fact that this was a small fire that they thought they had put out, and then it reignited. But the approach seems to be different now for these smaller fires. You and I talk often whenever we come on the air with breaking news of a fire, just how quickly those resources respond. They throw everything at it. Right, which I don't know that that was the case all those decades ago, but now that is certainly the tactic. Yeah, absolutely. Okay, Heather, thank you very much. All right, let's turn back now to a major shift in the weather pattern. Here in the West, we are tracking. Here's a live look at Santa Barbara, California. After extreme heat and elevated fire danger in many places over the past week or so, we are now headed toward cooler conditions in many spots, and there is also rain that we're tracking in the forecast. So let's bring in KTVU Chief Meteorologist Mark Tamaya, who is tracking the chance for showers. Where do you expect we're going to see rain, and how much should people expect? Yeah, San Francisco Bay Area, especially southward toward the central coast and down toward Southern California. So, yeah, this is not typically in October that the first system might be a little weak cold front that just falls apart. And people say, what was that? Right. But this is a dynamic little system that's developing offshore. It's going to move down the coast and it's going to pack somewhat of a punch. So it's not going to be a chance of some rainfall. It's going to be a rain event for portions of the state. So rain returns Wednesday and the possibility of some thunderstorms out there. And, you know, Alex, you were just talking about these fires in Southern California just a few minutes ago, a few days ago. right if you're adding you know some intense downpours to that you know we'll have to keep an eye see if the weather service issues flood watches or flood warnings or anything like that yeah are we going to be have to be concerned with some of these burn areas especially some of these more recent ones like in orange county so this is not a storm it's going to stall over a certain area produce inches of rainfall but in instantaneous rainfall rate it could go up quite a bit so that's the key concern they keep an eye on the radar returns to get a better idea of what's happening so here's the system itself you can see that that area of low pressure and it's going to move just down the coast so you can see that the rain showers favoring central and southern california especially so this was you see as that low moves to the the south this could set up an environment that could trigger some thunderstorm chances and maybe some lightning strikes and there's even some talk that you know it's we still don't know everything for sure but there is the possibility that there could be some rotating cells just offshore and it gets that close to the coastline that's something we have to keep an eye on for sure all right so what does a storm like this mean for the the threat of wildfires moving forward when we're moving into this time of year where we have seen some of the most destructive fires in the west the peak of fires yeah i mean how much is this less than the fire threat it's not going i don't think it's going to completely we're not racing yeah i'm not a fire expert but i you know i so if we were to get another strong santa anna wind event after this i i still think there could be be somewhat of a concern out there but at least for right now uh we are seeing these these soaking conditions out there we're not just talking about a few sprinkles right now that helps a lot though these numbers adding up yeah it's definitely a huge step a significant step in the right direction you can see that the storm itself on the satellite right right now beginning to make its approach in uh into at least approaching california and that'll be the key factor for wednesday thursday across especially central and southern california but even some rain showers could be an active day in the bay area as well so we're not talking about three to four inches but still you know a quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch that's a that's a for an early season storm that's a good amount of rainfall yeah so decent um hopefully that'll help the containment numbers go up but if we can you know if we were to um custom order a forecast we don't want those rainfall rates to go crazy because that's when they could issue flood watches absolutely good point and it is remarkable the the turnaround we have seen we've gone from yeah hot dry you know elevated fire danger and now we're talking about rain and what's interesting that these are all connected right you had that one pattern kind of setting up this pattern that's moving in right now and um so yeah it definitely bears watching it's going to be a very active radar setting up all right you'll keep tracking that i'm sure mark thank you appreciate it all right much more to come here on west coast wrap tonight after the break it was a stunning upset in LA over the weekend the Arizona Cardinals get the win over the LA Rams we'll break it all down for you after this taking a live look at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California where the 49ers are looking to keep their winning streak going this season. They are going up against the Washington Commanders right now in this week's Monday Night Football matchup. And now we want to talk about a stunning upset in the NFC West as the Arizona Cardinals beat the L.A. Rams in L.A. on Sunday. The Cardinals kicked a walk-off game-winning field goal in this one. Arizona was driving in the final minute of the game with a controversial unnecessary roughness call on Rams quarterback Josh Wallace. Put the Cardinals in field goal range the Cardinals wound up winning 18 to 16 Rams head coach Sean McVay says the team has to control the unforced errors while Cardinals head coach Matt LaFleur says his team still has a lot of room for improvement our guys I thought they did a great job getting their cleats in the ground like when you play this team they're going to jump the ball they're going to get up they're going to snap it you know and it's it's it's really what we want to become at some point um but um they uh I thought the defense did a great job of just being ready at all times and it's something that you know it's like it's one game it's a it's a total reset next week congrats to the Cardinals you know we won't win a game unless we figure out how not to beat ourselves um you know just so many unforced errors so many things that are not in alignment with what we want to do specifically on the offensive side of the ball give up a big return to be able to start um lose the kicker um covering on that kickoff coverage and uh that comes out for a big gain and so um you know we didn't we didn't do enough and unfortunately some more bad news for the Rams head coach Sean McVay says star wide receiver Davante Adams has ruptured his hamstring and will be sidelined for six to ten weeks kicker Blake Grub has also suffered a season ending ACL tear now the rams who were preseason super bowl favorites are now last place in the NFC West with a 2-4 record. The Cardinals also with a 2-4 record because of a tiebreaker. They land in third place. The Seattle Seahawks are in second place at 3-3 and the San Francisco 49ers at the top of the division. But of course, that record changes potentially or will change after tonight's Monday Night Football showdown with the Washington Commanders. Now, here are the standings for the AFC West. The Kansas City Chiefs still undefeated at 5-0. The Denver Broncos in second place at 4-2 The Las Vegas Raiders at 3-3 in third place. And the L.A. Chargers in last place, still looking for their first win of the season. All right, let's turn now and talk about the WNBA Finals. The Golden State Valkyries taking on the Atlanta Dream in San Francisco tonight in game two of this best-of-seven series. The Valkyries took game one on Saturday, and the head coach wants to keep that momentum going, saying that winning on the road is hard and winning on the road in the finals is even harder i think when you win one obviously uh the team then goes back and looks at film like you know every possession obviously matters i mean we talk about that but you then know you're gonna face a team with a high emotions um a high fight their fight is going to be probably the biggest fight uh we've ever seen uh this season because like this is a game they really want to take so just getting the team to understand like we got to play our best we didn't play our best last game. And again, so this is an opportunity for us to come out punching first. That is a non-negotiable tonight. Like we have to punch first and we have to play four quarters. So we definitely learned our lesson. Game three of the WNBA finals is set for this Thursday, October 22nd in Atlanta. Much more to come here on West Coast Wrap tonight. Investigators say it's a case of new technology meeting good old-fashioned police work. Up next, we'll tell about the arrest that was made in Arizona. Meta is apologizing after temporarily suspending the No Kings Instagram account during a weekend of nationwide protests. The company says its automated security system mistook a surge in activity for bot traffic, taking the account offline for more than an hour. Meta says the suspension was a mistake and the account has been restored. Organizers say the suspension disrupted their push to encourage early voting in the upcoming midterms. A San Francisco judge will decide whether to detain a former OpenAI engineer who allegedly installed a secret recording device in a company conference room. Federal prosecutors say 35-year-old Abdul Rahman AlFazan was reportedly close to fleeing the country for Saudi Arabia when he was arrested. His wife and son left the U.S. the day after with tickets paid for by a Saudi military official. His defense attorneys are arguing for home confinement, saying he is pursuing U.S. citizenship and has been a legal resident since 2020. AlFazan faces a five-year sentence if convicted. Now to Arizona, where a police drone helped lead to the seizure of drugs as well as a firearm as officers were investigating a domestic violence call. Fox 10's Megan Spector shows us the evidence that was captured by the department's eye in the sky. Mesa police tell me drones have become a critical crime fighting tool. And if it wasn't for a drone in this case, officers might have missed a key part of this investigation. On October 7th, police responded to a domestic violence call near Mesa Drive and Brown Road. Before officers arrived, the suspect took off on foot and the victim warned he was armed. A few blocks away, a drone crew spotted him. The drone and officers located the suspect nearby in a canal area. But the drone eye in the sky caught something else on camera. The drone captured what appeared to be the suspect throwing something which later on officers were able to locate what we believe he threw and it's a bag of suspected fentanyl. Officers did locate a firearm nearby there as well. The suspect, 42-year-old Brandon Harris, was taken into custody and now faces heavy charges. He was arrested for possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. It's a class four felony. Assault and disorderly conduct as class one misdemeanors. The drone as first responder was was vital in this case especially for getting that footage of this person throwing something otherwise we don't know if officers would have located that and it can be very dangerous. Mesa police have been operating their drone program for about two years now. Officers say this technology is changing the way they respond to calls. The drone can get you know a wider shot it can get a different view It can help locate anybody in that area. It's just got a better vantage point than maybe just an officer on the street. It can get there ahead of time and get information out for officers. It can help them with the decision-making as far as where to approach or what to do or just what's happening before they get there. It's information that we didn't used to have. Mesa police want to make it very clear these drones are only used for active scenes and investigations. Reporting in Mesa, Megan Spector, Fox 10 News. Up next here on West Coast Wrap tonight, a new way for students to cut the cost of higher education. See how this program in Montana works after the break. You're watching Fox Local Los Angeles. We now join Live Now.