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
Sorted by date Results 176 - 200 of 2002
SAN DIEGO - A 76-year-old man was convicted of first-degree murder today in the death of a City Heights woman more than a half-century ago. John Sipos was found guilty following about a day of jury deliberations for the Nov. 20, 1969, slaying of 23-year-old Mary Scott, who was found dead inside her apartment in the 4000 block of 39th Street. Scott was a go-go dancer at the Star & Garter, a club located near her apartment, while Sipos was a former Navy sailor living in San Diego. Prosecutors alleged Sipos broke down the door...
SAN DIEGO - The death of a man whose parachute failed to deploy during a late-night ``base-jumping'' attempt off a 23-story University City residential high-rise was under investigation today. The fatal fall at Palisade at Westfield UTC, at 8800 Lombard Place, was reported shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the San Diego Police Department. Paramedics tried in vain to revive the base jumper before pronouncing him dead at the scene, SDPD Officer Sarah Foster said. His name was withheld pending family notification.... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Vehicle owners in San Diego and across California would receive $400 debit cards from the state under a proposal unveiled today by Gov. Gavin Newsom in an effort to provide relief from skyrocketing gas prices. Under Newsom's proposal, Californians would receive a $400 debit for each registered vehicle they own, with a limit of two. According to the governor's office, the average motorist pays about $300 in gasoline excise taxes each year. The rebate program will cost a total of $9 billion. Newsom also proposed $2... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency today reported 96 lab-confirmed influenza cases from last week, up from 60 the week prior. A total of 1,818 flu cases have been reported through Saturday, more than double the 733 reported at the same time last year. The past two influenza seasons have been much milder than the prior five-year average, when 10,651 cases had been reported at this time. ``While we're not seeing influenza case counts as high as in many previous seasons, San Diegans should... Full story
On Tuesday, March 22, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to select Ray as Interim Sheriff during a special public hearing. As Interim Sheriff, Ray will finish former Sheriff Bill Gore's term in office. Gore retired on February 3. Undersheriff Kelly Martinez has been serving as Acting Sheriff since Gore's retirement. "I am extremely honored and humbled to be appointed as the Interim Sheriff of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and am grateful... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County District Attorney's Office announced a strategy today to prevent the homeless from being involved with crime, following the release of data showing homeless people in the county were more likely to be both crime victims and perpetrators. The DA's office says that, based on two years of county data compiled from November of 2019 until October of 2021, those experiencing homelessness have been involved with crime ``at dramatically higher raters than the rest of the population,'' whether... Full story
ESCONDIDO - Escondido police today asked the public for help locating an 11-year-old boy. Eduardo Nolasco Antonio was last seen about 10 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of North Fig Street, according to a police statement. He is described as Hispanic, 4 feet, 4 inches tall, 65 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a gray shirt, black pants and red Nike high-top sneakers. Anyone with information on the boy's whereabouts was asked to call the Escondido Police... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A federal jury has awarded $85 million to the family of a man who died following his arrest by San Diego County sheriff's deputies nearly seven years ago. The verdict returned Tuesday following a two-week trial stemmed from a lawsuit filed against the county and several deputies by the family of Lucky Phounsy, who died on April 13, 2015. The family alleged that Phounsy was experiencing a mental health crisis when 911 was called, but responding deputies shocked Phounsy with a stun gun and repeatedly struck hi...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Foundation announced today that it has more than $400,000 in ``Opening the Outdoors'' grants available for nonprofit organizations providing equitable outdoor access programs in San Diego County. ``For more than a decade, The San Diego Foundation and its partners have worked together to increase community-driven efforts to enhance accessible outdoor space, encourage youth to learn more through hands-on education and /create the next generation of environmental stewards in the San Diego... Full story
VISTA (CNS) - A man was hospitalized after being shot several times outside a Vista apartment complex, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said today. Deputies responded at 8:30 p.m. Friday to a call of a shooting in the parking lot on Postal Way, according to sheriff's Sgt. Nanette McMasters. Upon arrival, deputies started life-saving measures and the victim was taken to a nearby hospital where he underwent emergency surgery, the sergeant said. Further information was not immediately released and an investigation was...
ESCONDIDO - A woman driving southbound in the northbound lane of Interstate 15 was taken into custody today by the California Highway Patrol after she finally slowed down and stopped her vehicle just south of Gopher Canyon Road. The CHP began chasing the wrong-way driver at 4:22 p.m. Saturday by keeping pace with her in the northbound lane, according to a CHP incident log. The woman was taken into custody by CHP officers at 5:13 p.m., according to a CHP dispatcher. She allegedly sideswiped a couple of vehicles, the... Full story
LAKE ELSINORE - A wildfire broke out today in the Cleveland National Forest west of Lake Elsinore, charring about 10 acres before crews began working to encircle it. As of the last update it is currently about 60 acres. The non-injury blaze was reported shortly before noon along Holy Jim Trail, roughly halfway between Lake Elsinore and Trabuco Canyon in Orange County, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Eight engine crews and two hand crews deployed to the location and... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The mother of a woman shot and killed outside her Oceanside apartment filed a lawsuit today against the federal government, claiming it failed to prohibit her alleged killer from legally purchasing a firearm, despite the fact that he should have been prohibited from doing so under federal law. The lawsuit was filed in San Diego federal court by the mother of 24-year-old Devon Rideout, a Camp Pendleton-based Naval hospital corpsman who was allegedly gunned down on July 20, 2018, by 29-year-old Eduardo Arriola, who...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The first chefs and entrepreneurs interested in turning their homes or apartments into mini-restaurants were able to apply for a ``Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations'' license today as the county officially opened its application process. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a two-year, temporary authorization in January to let people countywide operate mini-restaurants out of their homes serving up to 30 in-person, take-out, or delivery meals a day, with a maximum of 60 a... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The County Administration Building in downtown San Diego will be lit up at sunset tonight in blue and yellow colors demonstrating the county's solidarity with the people of Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion. Shane Harris, the president of the People's Association of Justice Advocates, asked the county's chief administrative officer to conduct the lighting. ``The lighting at our County Administration Building has always been a symbolic way for our county to stand in solidarity on important causes... Full story
EL CAJON (CNS) - A ticket with five numbers but missing the Mega number in tonight's SuperLotto Plus drawing was sold at a convenience store in El Cajon and is worth $17,982, the California Lottery announced. Another ticket with five numbers but missing the Mega number was sold at a gasoline station in Baker in the Mojave Desert and is also worth $17,982. There were no tickets sold with all six numbers and the estimated jackpot for Saturday's drawing will grow to $20 million. The numbers were drawn Wednesday night were 5,... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The former director of finance for the La Jolla Music Society pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than $650,000 from the company over the course of nearly a decade. Chris Benavides, 52, entered his plea Wednesday to a federal wire fraud count for stealing from the nonprofit between October 2011 and February 2021. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Benavides used the stolen funds to pay his mortgage, credit cards and other personal expenses. Prosecutors say he issued unauthorized checks to himself,... Full story
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Cold, windy and occasionally wet conditions will continue across San Diego County through tomorrow, with widespread rain and mountain snow possible before things warm up later in the week. ``Hazardous travel is expected, especially through the mountains,'' according to the National Weather Service. A winter storm warning will be in effect from late Tuesday afternoon through 6 p.m. Wednesday in the San Diego County mountains, with snow accumulating up to a foot in some areas, with as much as 18 inches on... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An animal rights group has filed a lawsuit against two local restaurants for allegedly selling foie gras in defiance of a ban on the dish's sale in California eateries. The suit filed Friday in San Diego Superior Court by the Animal Protection and Rescue League alleges that Mister A's in Bankers Hill and Mille Fleurs in Rancho Santa Fe has been selling foie gras from force-fed ducks despite California restaurants being banned from doing so. According to the APRL, foie gras is produced by placing metal pipes...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Showers could develop as early as Monday night in San Diego County but most likely Tuesday and Wednesday, with snow in the mountains, the National Weather Service said today. Coastal areas were expected to get a sea breeze Saturday afternoon but remain dry inland, setting up another chilly night inland. High temperatures along the coast Saturday were predicted to be 65 to 70 degrees with overnight lows of 42 to 49. Valley highs will be 73 to 78, with... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two people were killed today, Saturday, when their vehicle crashed into a light pole and caught fire on state Route 76, police said. Police responded to calls of the crash of a Dodge SUV at 2:13 a.m. Saturday on SR-76 and Airport Road, according to Sgt. Rick Davis of the Oceanside Police Department. Officers arrived to find the SUV fully engulfed in flames. Oceanside Fire Department crews responded to extinguish the fire and found two occupants in the vehicle dead. There were no witnesses to the crash and... Full story
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Marking a shift in the battle against COVID-19, state officials today announced a framework based on the idea that the virus will be a continuing presence, and moving California into an ongoing state of readiness to address localized outbreaks and respond to potential new variants of the virus -- while trying to give residents at least a sense of normalcy. ``We are moving past the crisis phase into a phase where we will work to live with this virus, and we will maintain a readiness posture and stay on top... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A suspect was behind bars today in connection with the savage slaying of an Oceanside woman in her bed 28 years ago, authorities said. Jesus ``Jesse'' Velazquez Ayala, 58, was arrested Feb. 9 for allegedly murdering 54-year-old Dolores Rabaya, according to the Oceanside Police Department. Rabaya's bloodied body was found in her Edgehill Lane home on Jan. 1, 1994. She had suffered 27 stab wounds, including six to her chest and five to her head, along with defensive wounds ``showing that (she) had attempted...
SAN DIEGO - A citizens group that opposes local COVID-19 restrictions has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging San Diego's vaccine mandate for city employees. The suit filed Tuesday by ReOpen San Diego aims to block enforcement of the city's mandate, which the group alleges will ``exclude an entire category of individuals from meaningful participation in city government'' by way of barring unvaccinated city officials and volunteers from attendance at city meetings or business in city buildings. The group alleges its... Full story
The body of the missing Oceanside woman, Sara Celeste Otero, age 28, was reported to be found by law enforcement, Feb. 8 near Camp Pendleton. At about 3 pm Tuesday, Oceanside police reportedly found Otero's Subaru Outback at Vista View Point parking lot. Her body was then found at 4:08 pm Tuesday at the base of the cliff in a restricted area just west of Camp Pendleton. Foul play is not suspected. Police search For missing woman in Oceanside OCEANSIDE (CNS) - Authorities... Full story
