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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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Saturday when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire, the U.S. military said. Afghanistan's defense ministry said one Afghan soldier was also killed and three injured in the assault. A member of Nangarhar's provincial council, Ajmal Omer, told The Associated Press that the gunman was killed. Neither the U.S. military nor the Afghan defense ministry have confirm... Full story
Joe McDonald The Associated Press The United States and several other nations prepared Tuesday, Jan. 28, to airlift citizens out of a Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people. Hong Kong's leader said it will cut all rail links to mainland China and halve the number of flights as authorities in China and overseas sought to stem the spread of the new virus. The number of confirmed cases rose to more than 4,500. The U.S. government...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Former representative for California's 48th and 49th Legislative Districts Darrell Issa received two endorsements today from major Republican notables Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich in his campaign for California's 50th District seat. Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and two-time Republican candidate for President, recorded a radio ad for Issa. "I know for a fact President Trump trusts Darrell and can rely on him. Darrell will help the president build the wall and secure our borders,'' Huckabee said....
Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists and reigned for decades as a Hollywood maverick and patriarch, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 103. "To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Eleven influenza-related deaths were confirmed last week in San Diego County, bringing the number of fatalities so far this flu season to 50, compared to 24 at this time last year, the Health and Human Services Agency reported Wednesday. The ages of the patients ranged from 53 to 80, and all had underlying medical conditions, according to the HHSA. The total number of cases dropped for the second week in a row, indicating the flu season might be easing down, according to Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county's...
CAMP PENDLETON (CNS) - A driver was airlifted to a hospital this morning following a rollover crash on Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton, authorities said. The solo vehicle crash was reported shortly before 8:55 a.m. on the northbound I-5 near the Santa Margarita River, California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said. A witness told dispatchers that the vehicle struck a guardrail and a pole before ending up on its roof, Bettencourt said. CHP officers shut down all northbound lanes around 9:15 a.m. to allow a medical... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A plane carrying American evacuees from the Wuhan region of China, where the deadly coronavirus was first detected, arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar this morning. The plane was one of two flights carrying a total of about 350 American evacuees from Wuhan, and both arrived this morning at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield in Northern California's Solano County. One of the planes remained at Travis Air Force Base, where its passengers will undergo a 14-day quarantine ordered by the U.S. Centers... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - As Southern California Edison begins its eight-year-long process of decommissioning and dismantling the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, a local watchdog group has filed a petition to put a halt to actions at the seaside plant. Public Watchdogs, a nonprofit advocacy group, claims that if the facility is flooded with rain or ocean water, the proposed method of disposing nuclear waste could lead to explosive radioactive steam geysers. It is asking for a... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Cal State San Marcos will pay more than $240,000 in fees to settle a federal lawsuit by a pro-life student group, which alleged the school refused to fund the group's effort to bring an anti-abortion speaker to campus while allowing regular student fees to fund programs on the opposite end of the political spectrum, attorneys said today. The school reached a settlement in the case brought by Students for Life President Nathan Apodaca, who alleged the school authorized $300,000 in student fees to fund the... Full story
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - An unconscious woman was rescued from a blaze inside her Oceanside studio apartment and airlifted to a San Diego hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, authorities said Tuesday. The fire, which investigators determined was caused by cigarettes, was reported around 8:50 p.m. Monday inside a studio apartment behind a house on Loretta Street just south of state Route 76, Oceanside Fire Battalion Chief Jessamyn Specht said. Firefighters arrived and made entry into the fire and smoke-filled unit, then found... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A retired San Diego Police Department criminalist committed suicide because homicide detectives improperly investigated him for the 1984 murder of a 14-year-old girl, an attorney representing the man's widow said on Tuesday, while a city attorney said the lead detective on the murder case investigated the criminalist based on the best information provided to him and was not responsible for his suicide. Opening statements were delivered Monday in the federal lawsuit filed by Kevin Brown's widow, Rebecca,... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Sub-freezing temperatures are expected again Tuesday night in the San Diego County valleys and deserts, according to the National Weather Service. The agency issued a freeze warning that will remain in effect in both areas until 10 a.m. Wednesday. Temperatures in those areas could drop as low as 25 degrees tonight through Wednesday morning, forecasters said. The freeze warning means that the cold conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation, plus unprotected outdoor plumbing could be damaged....
Dismantling of the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on the Southern California coast will begin in February. Southern California Edison mailed 30-day notices of the key timelines to 12,000 residents in communities within a 5-mile (8-kilometer) radius of the plant. The process will include removal of buildings, containment domes and other above-ground structures associated with the two reactors. Large pipes that took in and discharged ocean cooling water will als...
A teenage intoxicated driver crashed into an electrical pole near Fallbrook Union High School early Monday morning, a law enforcement official said, causing a power outage that resulted in classes being canceled until Tuesday. The crash happened around 1:07 a.m., according to information from California Highway Patrol spokesman Mark Latulippe. A 13-year-old child driving a parent's car crashed on Stage Coach Lane near the high school, and the car burst into flames, Latulippe...
PALA MESA - One person suffered serious injuries when their vehicle went down an embankment off the side of Interstate 15 near Pala Mesa early Thursday morning. It happened around 5 a.m. on southbound I-15 just past state Route 76. According to North County Fire Protection District Capt. John Choi, a car was traveling at highway speeds when, for unknown reasons, it went off the roadway. The freeway’s elevation is about 400 feet above the surrounding terrain in that area, and the car went down that entire slope before s...
Jack Phillips The Epoch Times Bodies of the crew members who were killed in a U.S. military plane crash in Afghanistan's Ghazni province were recovered, according to Afghan officials. Ghazni police chief Khaled Wardak told Radio Free Europe Tuesday, Jan. 28, that American military helicopters landed at the crash site while Afghan security forces reinforced them. "Following the removal of the bodies, our forces have moved back to their bases. We don't know where the foreigners...
Wilson Ring The Associated Press A San Francisco-based health information technology company will pay $145 million to resolve criminal and civil charges that it helped set up an electronic health records system that encouraged physicians to prescribe opioids to patients who might not need them, federal prosecutors in Vermont said Monday, Jan. 27. Vermont U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan said the company Practice Fusion Inc. took kickbacks from a major opioid company in exchange for using its software to influence physicians to...
Matthew Lee and Aron Heller The Associated Press U.S. officials said President Donald Trump's long-awaited Middle East peace plan calls for the creation of a state of Palestine with its capital in portions of east Jerusalem, ending speculation as to whether his administration, in preparing a proposal without input from Palestinian leaders, would abandon a "two-state resolution" to the conflict. The officials said the plan to be unveiled Tuesday, Jan. 28, more than doubles the...
Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller and Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s legal team prepared to wrap up arguments in his impeachment trial Tuesday, Jan. 28, as Senate Republicans wrestled with whether to allow witnesses, including John Bolton who appeared ready to contradict a key Trump claim. The arguments from defense lawyers have jostled for public attention with revelations from a forthcoming book by former National Security Adviser Bolton, who said Trump w...
SAN MARCOS – It was already the most successful documentary produced by Palomar College Television, and now “Shattered Dreams: Sex Trafficking in America” is coming to small screens everywhere – millions of them, thanks to a distribution partnership with the National Educational Telecommunications Association. The film’s public television debut occurred with a Sunday night airing on Las Vegas’ KLVX Jan. 12, and demand has only increased with dozens of stations picking up “Shattered Dreams” for their audiences to view. “We ar...
Spanning from eastern San Diego County to the southwestern corner of Riverside County, the 50th Congressional District seat was previously held by Rep. Duncan D. Hunter until he resigned after pleading guilty to a corruption charge. In part one of Village News' coverage of the election for the seat, Village News spent time with three candidates from the field: Ammar Campa-Najjar, Nate Wilkins and Carl DeMaio. Read on to see what they had to say about their plans should they...
FALLBROOK – "American Pickers" is a documentary series that explores the world of antique "picking" on History. The hit show follows Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, two of the most skilled pickers in the business, as they hunt for America's most valuable antiques. They said they are always excited to find sizable, unique collections and learn the interesting stories behind them. As they hit the back roads from coast to coast, "American Pickers" are on a mission to recycle and r...
Earlier this session I spoke on the Assembly Floor on House Resolution 7 that I jointly wrote with Assembly member Eloise Gómez Reyes, D-San Bernardino. HR 7 declares January Human Trafficking Awareness Month in California, part of a nationwide effort to combat this growing menace. A form of modern slavery, human trafficking has grown 842% in the United States since 2007. Worldwide, there are over 40 million victims of human trafficking, 75% of the victims are women and... Full story
As I read Mr. Maynard’s letter “California, the new age of Enlightenment,” I am cutting it out and mailing it to my cousin to prove that I am not the last conservative left in California; that has been an ongoing joke for so many years. What a refreshing newsworthy letter to read. The sad thing is every word is true and such a shame we have come to where we are now with the overwhelming results of what happens when liberals take over with what was once the American dream in California. Over the last 30-plus years I have... Full story
