All eyes are on San Diego as the Menendez brothers plead for freedom before the state parole board. Gov. Newsom will have the last word on whether the brothers are set free or remain behind bars for the 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills.

Erik Menendez, the younger of the notorious Menendez brothers convicted for the 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, was denied parole on August 21, 2025, after making his bid before California’s parole board.