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Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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SAN DIEGO - A lengthy overnight police pursuit that began near Mission Valley and ended early this morning on Interstate 5 in San Onofre turned into a standoff that shut down the freeway for hours before the domestic violence suspect who had led the chase fatally shot himself inside his SUV. The events that prompted the cross-county pursuit began about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when the San Diego Police Department received a call regarding an assault victim in the 3600 block of Central Avenue, SDPD Lt. Carmelin Rivera said. When dete...
Rogowski, who was convicted of raping and murdering a woman in Carlsbad 30 years ago, will make his fourth plea for parole today. Rogowski was sentenced to 31 years to life behind bars for the 1991 killing of 22-year-old Jessica Bergsten, who was struck over the head with a metal steering wheel lock, raped and suffocated. Her skeletal remains were found buried in a shallow grave in a remote part of the desert in Imperial County. Rogowski confessed to the killing weeks later. Now 54, Rogowski was denied parole in 2011 and... Full story
ORANGE - The Orange County Board of Supervisors is expected today to approve a request by Supervisor Don Wagner to offer a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in the road-rage fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Orange. Wagner's request would match a reward the family has offered through a GoFundMe page. The page had raised more than $164,000 as of Sunday, but was taken down by Monday. Another page was set up for the father of 6-year-old Aiden...
VISTA (CNS) - A 31-year-old Vista man was behind bars today on suspicion of multiple felony weapons charges after he led deputies on a short pursuit to his Vista home, where authorities allegedly found multiple guns and tools to modify guns. Deputies spotted Jeremy Brink, a convicted felon with a history of carrying concealed home-built firearms, possibly driving impaired on Mercantile Street, north of state Route 78, at about 2 a.m. Saturday, said San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Backouris. Brink failed to pull over...
ESCONDIDO - A man who allegedly forced his way into an Escondido home today and stabbed four members of his extended family, including a 16- year-old boy, was arrested a short distance from the scene of the attack. One of the victims made an emergency call about 10:45 a.m. to report that the armed man was trying to break into the residence in the 800 block of West Lincoln Avenue, according to police. By the time patrol personnel arrived, the assailant had gotten into the home and stabbed the teenager and three adults, all of...
BONSALL - A small brush fire was extinguished today in a riverbed near eastbound state Route 76 and South Mission Road, the North County Fire Protection District said. At 2:35 p.m., the district said the forward rate of spread had been stopped and fire crews would remain on scene to perform mop-up. The riverbed contained heavy fuel and crews with chainsaws and other equipment would thin out the vegetation for the next hour, according to Capt. John Choi of the NCFPD. He said the fire was difficult to get to because of so much... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego County public health officials have reported 108 new COVID-19 cases as the county's state-calculated, adjusted case rate fell to 3.4 per 100,000. The data were released Tuesday. Last week's adjusted case rate was 3.7 per 100,000. Both numbers place San Diego County firmly in the orange tier of the state's color-coded reopening plan. The county's positivity rate declined to 1.6% from last week's 1.7% and the health equity positivity rate -- how the state measures a county's most vulnerable or underserved...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today discussed how to move forward on a land use and transportation plan that could impact future building development in unincorporated regions. The county needs to comply with state Senate Bill 743, which changed how jurisdictions analyze transportation impacts from private and public projects under the California Environmental Quality Act. That analysis must now use miles traveled instead of road congestion to evaluate a project's environmental impacts. According to...
The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for San Diego and Riverside Counties from 11 am this morning to 11 pm Friday. West winds are expected to reach 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. Isolated gusts to 55 mph. In mountains and deserts there will be the strongest winds and along the desert slopes of the mountains. Use extra caution around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. There will be areas of blowing dust...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego businesses will be able to continue outdoor operations on sidewalks, city streets and private parking lots through July 13, 2022, under action taken today by the City Council. The council voted 8-0 -- with Councilman Chris Cate absent -- to extend previous urgency ordinances allowing for outdoor business as the city seeks to develop a more robust and permanent process allowing for them. A ``Spaces as Places'' plan, still in development, would extend...
VISTA - A young man who was under the legal drinking age when he drove unlicensed and drunk, causing a head-on crash in Escondido last fall that killed an 85-year-old man, pleaded guilty today to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and other charges. Celso Solano Rojas faces more than 10 years in state prison when he is sentenced next month for the Sept. 25 crash that caused Richard Woolsey's death. Rojas' blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.24% -- three times the legal limit -- Deputy District Attorney David U...
SAN DIEGO - Nearly 2,500 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of medical supplies was seized in Otay Mesa this weekend, border officials said today. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the drugs, contained in 120 packages concealed amid medical supplies, were onboard a tractor trailer that entered the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility at around 9:45 a.m. Saturday. After ``anomalies'' were discovered during an X-ray screening of the truck, a further...
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 today to approve proposals for a pilot guaranteed income program, one of which calls for $1,000 per month to be paid to 1,000 residents for at least three years. Supervisor Kathryn Barger was the dissenting vote, expressing concerns about lack of research into the plans and the potential for fraud. Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Sheila Kuehl co-authored a motion declaring that poverty and economic o...
RIVERSIDE – The number of coronavirus patients under intensive care in Riverside County is now fewer than a dozen, though five additional virus-related deaths were reported today. According to the Riverside University Health System, 54 people countywide are hospitalized with COVID-19, unchanged from Monday, and 11 of those patients are in ICUs, down three from a day ago. The ICU count is the lowest since RUHS began publishing COVID-19 hospital data in April 2020. The agency s... Full story
RIVERSIDE - California Highway Patrol officers today asked for the public's help developing leads on a rash of freeway attacks in which vehicle windows have been shattered throughout the Southland since last month. "What we're asking from the public is victims of this immediately call 911 and give us their exact location and time and description -- even if it's just a description of the vehicles around them,'' CHP Officer Florentino Olivera said. Many victims have waited to... Full story
San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher is "not optimistic" the county will graduate into the least-restrictive of the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy tiers before June 15, the date Gov. Gavin Newsom has set to lift remaining restrictions set up to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The county is in the orange tier of the color-coded system due to an adjusted case rate of five new daily cases per 100,000 people. That is a significant improvement over the week before,...
San Diego County supervisors Wednesday, May 5, unanimously approved policies focused on environmental sustainability, and offered residents and businesses new tools to expand the natural habitat. Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer teamed up with board Chairman Nathan Fletcher and Vice Chairwoman Nora Vargas to propose reorganizing county departments around sustainability, including a formal plan, and creating a native plant policy to preserve regional biodiversity. "Sustainability is not just something we need in our communities,...
A deputy shot and killed a man who allegedly advanced toward a deputy while wielding a crowbar during a confrontation west of Perris, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at 7:21 p.m. May 7, in the 22000 block of Margarth Street and learned that a man had struck another person with a crowbar during an argument, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. When deputies arrived at the location, they found the man in a nearby field still in possession of the cro...
About 20 people attended a protest May 8, at SeaWorld San Diego, part of the ninth annual “Empty The Tanks Worldwide Event” seeking to bring awareness to the plight of captive whales and dolphins. The protest began at SeaWorld Drive and SeaWorld Way at 11:30 a.m. and was among more than 70 similar events planned around the world, organizer Ellen Ericksen said. She said the group was also trying to get the San Diego City Council at its next meeting to stop the SeaWorld fireworks show, happening now on Fridays and Sat...
Loyola Marymount University professor Cheryl Grills and attorney Lisa Holder of Los Angeles were among the five people appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom May 7 to the newly formed Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The task force will inform Californians about slavery and explore ways the state might provide reparations. Its members will meet over the next year and conclude their work with a written report on their findings, along with recommendations which will be provided to the...
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - A man in his 50s was found dead by Oceanside police in a canoe in the riverbed inlet between the beach and Interstate 5, authorities said today. Police responded to a radio call of a possible body in a canoe at about 6 p.m. Friday, according to spokesman Tom Bussey of the Oceanside Police Department. The department's Investigations Division and the Medical Examiner's Office responded to the scene, Bussey said. The cause of death was undetermined as of Saturday and the medical examiner will conduct an...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Loyola Marymount University professor Cheryl Grills and attorney Lisa Holder of Los Angeles were among the five people appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom today to the newly formed Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The task force will inform Californians about slavery and explore ways the state might provide reparations. Its members will meet over the next year and conclude their work with a written report on their findings, along with recommendations which will be...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher is “not optimistic” the county will graduate into the least-restrictive of the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy tiers before June 15, the date Gov. Gavin Newsom has set to lift remaining restrictions set up to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The county is in the orange tier of the color-coded system due to an adjusted case rate of five new daily cases per 100,000 people. That is a significant improvement over the week before, when that adjusted case rate...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County's Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer recommended spending $7.03 billion in fiscal year 2021-22 for the running of the county government Thursday, May 6, a 7.3% increase from this year. The recommended budget represents a net increase of 660 additional staff years, excluding staff from the Air Pollution Control District which became an independent agency March 1. ”I have fought since 2019 for our budgets to reflect the needs of our community and year-after-year we have s...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The alleged captain of a boat that crashed in coastal waters near Point Loma during an apparent human smuggling operation, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, made his initial court appearance Thursday, May 6. According to a complaint filed in San Diego federal court, 39-year-old Antonio Hurtado, a U.S. citizen, was steering the vessel that crashed about 50 yards from the shore around 10 a.m. Sunday. He is charged with attempted bringing in of aliens at other than a port of entry a...
