Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors today paused a proposed ban on weed-killers that have been linked to certain cancers, but also voted to spend $60,000 for a pilot program to use organic alternatives on county-owned properties. Board members voted unanimously to maintain the county policy of using the chemical glyphosate, which can be found in commercial weed-killing products, including the Roundup brand, on county properties and infrastructure. As suggested by Supervisor Jim Desmond, board members will receive a...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The remains of seven Marines and a Navy sailor who died two weeks ago when an amphibious assault vehicle sank in the ocean near San Clemente Island were transferred today from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to Dover Air Force Base, the Marine Corps announced. Six military pallbearers escorted each of the late servicemen's caskets aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 bound for the Delaware base for final preparation for burial, after which they will be released to their families for final arrangements. The amphibio...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Temperatures will near triple digits today in the San Diego County mountains and foothills, as a heat wave that will last through the weekend begins to grip the region. A ridge of high pressure will continue building over the southwestern United States through Monday, ushering in the scorching heat, according to the National Weather Service. Tropical moisture from Hurricane Elida -- currently centered roughly 380 miles southwest of southern Baja California...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A coalition of social justice, environmental, labor, faith-based and small business organizations Monday, Aug. 10 announced the beginning of a campaign championing a regional Green New Deal. The ``San Diego Green New Deal Alliance'' announced its goal of creating a Zero Carbon region ``that creates clean air, good jobs and more just communities'' at a virtual event Monday featuring elected officials and community leaders. ``The climate crisis, ever-growing income disparity exacerbated by COVID, and...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials today reported 228 new COVID-19 infections and five community outbreaks, raising the county's cumulative caseload to 32,975 and bringing to two dozen the number of outbreaks in the past week. No new coronavirus fatalities were reported Monday. The total death toll remains at 594. Locally, Bonsall has reported 36 cases, Pala 53 and Fallbrook 348, three more than the day before. The latest outbreaks were reported in a... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials have reported 551 new COVID-19 infections and seven additional fatalities, raising the county's totals to 32,330 cases and 593 deaths since the onset of the pandemic. The new deaths reported Friday -- four men and three women -- occurred between July 29 and Thursday, and ranged in age from 49 to 90. All had underlying medical conditions, according to the health department. The county reported 9,472 tests Friday, 6% of which...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Military officials today were preparing to transfer the remains of seven U.S. Marines and a Navy sailor to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware over the next few days to be prepared for burial. The remains were recovered Friday after going missing near San Clemente Island when their amphibious vehicle sank during a training mission last month. "Our hearts and thoughts of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are with the families of our recovered Marines and Sailor," said Col. Christopher Bronzi, commanding...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A bill by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, setting standards on the use of "less lethal" weapons by law enforcement officers, passed the Senate Public Safety committee today by a 5-1 vote. "We've watched in horror as rubber bullets and tear gas have been used on protesters exercising their First Amendment rights, causing serious life-threatening injuries," Gonzalez said. "It's time that we have a statewide standard on these uses of force, and ensure police officers are not endangering the lives...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials reported 652 new COVID-19 infections and three additional fatalities today, raising the county's totals to 31,779 cases and 586 deaths since the onset of the pandemic. The new deaths - a woman and two men - occurred between July 29 and Wednesday, and they ranged in age from 60 to 77. All had underlying medical conditions, according to the health department. The county reported 11,501 tests Friday, 6% of which returned...
Drug use among teens booked into San Diego Juvenile Hall reached its highest rate since 2000, with 62% of those interviewed testing positive for an illicit substance last year, up 4% from the previous year, according to a report released Monday, Aug. 3. According to the San Diego Association of Governments, 57% of 109 juveniles interviewed in 2019 tested positive for marijuana, also the highest rate since 2000, and an increase of 2% compared to 2018. Ninety-two percent of interviewees reported trying marijuana, compared to...
An anthropological museum in Balboa Park that was known as the Museum of Man for more than 40 years has a new name – the Museum of Us. The renaming of the museum is part of a broader effort to reassess its role in the community and “a new identity that better reflects our work toward equity, inclusion and decolonization,” according to a museum statement. Discussion of changing the name began as far back as 1991 after community members said the gendering of the museum’s name made some feel unwelcome. The name change announceme...
The California Public Utilities Commission will hold a remote public briefing Monday, Aug. 10, regarding utility officials’ preparations for the possibility of public-safety power shut-offs in the San Diego area during times of high wildfire risk. Officials with the state agency will be joined on a “virtual dais” by representatives of San Diego Gas & Electric, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and Cal Fire during the discussion, according to CPUC public affairs. While a quorum of commissioners and their staff m...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials today reported 263 new COVID-19 infections and five additional fatalities, raising the county's totals to 31,127 cases and 583 deaths. The three men and two women died between July 23 and Aug. 4 and ranged in age from 57 to 87. All had underlying medical conditions, according to the health department. The county reported 11,106 tests Thursday, 2% of which returned positive. The 14-day running average is 4.9%. The state's...
The U.S. military announced that it has located an amphibious assault vehicle that sank last week off the coast of San Diego County, killing nine young servicemen, and confirmed the presence of human remains where the vessel came to rest on the sea floor. The Naval Undersea Rescue Command made the discovery near San Clemente Island Monday, Aug. 3, using video systems remotely operated aboard the HOS Dominator, a merchant vessel whose crew specializes in undersea search and...
The U.S. military released the names, Monday, Aug. 3, of a 20-year-old Marine who was killed and eight other young service members presumed dead after an amphibious assault vehicle sank during a training mission recently near San Clemente Island. Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez of New Braunfels, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to Marine Corps officials. Perez was a rifleman with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The eight lost service members were...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego Superior Court judge has ruled that a Pauma Valley residence proposed to house a 75-year-old convicted sex offender is not a suitable placement for his supervised release, and another location will be considered. San Diego County Superior Court Judge Howard Shore issued the ruling Tuesday regarding Joseph Bocklett, who was convicted of three sexual offenses over a 19-year period involving victims between the ages of 4 and 9, according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. He was...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to immediately open up county-owned parks for worship and fitness activities, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Supervisor Dianne Jacob made the proposal, saying it will "lend a helping hand" to both religious facilities and gymnasiums or fitness-oriented businesses unable to hold indoor services under a state order issued last month. Jacob said that restaurants have created outside dining areas on sidewalks and parking lots, in response...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A county supervisor's proposal to allow recreational cannabis products to be sold in unincorporated areas failed to advance today, after no other board member supported it. Nathan Fletcher asked the board to approve zoning ordinances that would allow cultivation and retail sale of cannabis and related products, including edibles, in commercial and industrial areas, a cannabis permitting program that would include a "social equity" component, and to set up a t...
San Diego County public health officials have reported 306 newly confirmed cases today and no additional deaths from COVID- 19, bringing the county's totals to 29,883 cases and holding the death toll at 565. No new community outbreaks of COVID-19 were identified Saturday. In the past seven days, 37 community outbreaks were confirmed. Of the 5,655 tests reported Saturday, 5% were positive. The 14-day rolling average percentage of positive cases is 5.3%. The state's target is...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials have reported 529 newly confirmed cases and four additional deaths from COVID-19, bringing the county's totals to 29,577 cases and 565 deaths. Three new community outbreaks of COVID-19 were identified Friday, raising the number of outbreaks in the past week to 40. One outbreak was in a restaurant/bar, another in a gym, the other in a government setting. The number of outbreaks far exceeds the county's goal of fewer...
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND (CNS) - Seven Marines and one Navy sailor are presumed dead today after the military called off its search for the troops, who went missing after an amphibious vehicle sank during a training mission Thursday. One additional Marine was rescued, but later died, and two others remain in critical condition, in the aftermath of the incident that occurred 80 miles off the coast of Encinitas. "It is with a heavy heart that I decided to conclude the search and...
Racing resumed at Del Mar Friday, July 24, after three racing dates were canceled because 15 jockeys tested positive for the coronavirus. The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club responded to the positive tests that wiped out racing from July 17-19, by instituting new travel restrictions to include only permitting jockeys based in California to ride and prohibiting all jockeys who leave the track to ride elsewhere from returning to Del Mar for the remainder of the summer racing season. Del Mar also reconfigured and expanded its...
A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy is behind bars on suspicion of molesting three minors, authorities said. Officers with the Chula Vista Police Department arrested Jaylen Devon Fleer, 27, Wednesday, July 22, following a nearly four-month-long investigation, CVPD Lt. Dan Peak said. Fleer, who is assigned to the sheriff’s jail and court-services unit, was booked into Vista Detention Facility on suspicion of 15 felony charges, including lewd acts with a person 14 or 15 years old, luring a minor for purposes of committing a s...
A San Diego-based biotech company agreed to pay $49 million to settle allegations it fraudulently billed federal health insurance programs and offered kickbacks to physicians and patients to use its services Thursday, July 23. Progenity Inc. formerly known as Ascendant MDx Inc. admitted to billing Tricare – which covers military service members and their dependents and the Federal Health Care Employee Benefits Program for clinical tests neither program covered. The Justice Department said Progenity offered genetic testing f...
A Chula Vista church that challenged California’s COVID-19 restrictions in a legal fight that went before the U.S. Supreme Court has filed an amended complaint in its bid to see churches reopened during the pandemic. South Bay United Pentecostal Church and its pastor, Arthur Hodges III, filed the new complaint in San Diego federal court recently, nearly two months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold COVID-19 restrictions placed on religious gatherings by Gov. Gavin Newsom. At the time, the church accused the stat...
