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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VALLEY CENTER - A 51-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries Feb. 7 shortly after 2 p.m. when he crashed his sports car off a rural North County road, apparently while racing another motorist. The driver of the silver 2008 Chevrolet Corvette lost control while speeding to the south alongside a tan or dark-colored compact pickup truck on Valley Center Road, north of Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. The car veered off the west side of the roadway, smashed through two fences lining a footpath,...
FULLERTON - A former Camp Pendleton-based Marine was convicted today of gross vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in a 2009 crash that killed a fellow Marine and injured two others, but was acquitted of a more serious charge of manslaughter while intoxicated, according to a prosecutor. Andrew Stueber, who has since been honorably discharged from the military, faces anywhere from probation to six years in prison, Deputy District Attorney Nancy Hayashida said. He could have faced up to 12 years in prison if he was...
SAN CLEMENTE (Wire Service) - Authorities today (Feb. 9) released the name of a Camp Pendleton-based Marine who was fatally shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy in the parking lot of San Clemente High School earlier this week. Manny Levi Loggins, 31, was shot about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, after crashing a sport-utility vehicle through a gate in the school's parking lot, said Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino. A deputy was in his squad car working on reports when he saw Loggins speeding down the street and then tu...
Bono Mack received the Congressional Leadership Award from the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America at its National Leadership Forum in National Harbor, Md., which also honored Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, and Illinois Reps. Danny K. Davis and Jesse Jackson Jr. The award recognizes members of Congress who have ''championed legislation and strategies to protect and enhance the federal role in substance abuse prevention, education, treatment and research,'' the group said in a statement. Bono Mack, who co-chairs the Hou...
BEAUMONT - A 2-year-old Beaumont boy who wandered into the path of a family member's pickup truck was hospitalized today in serious condition. The accident happened around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday on Cherry Valley Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP Officer Darren Meyer said 17-year-old Mariah Smith was pulling into a driveway in a 2004 Toyota SR-5 when a group of children approached the pickup, prompting her to stop. Smith idled forward when it appeared all the youngsters were out of her path, not realizing... Full story
ANZA - A man found fatally shot on a road south of Hemet was identified today as a 20-year-old Anza man. Trevor Michael Slusher was gunned down around 9 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Gassner Road and Roger Lane in the rural unincorporated community. Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Herman Lopez said deputies were summoned to the location and found Slusher suffering from several gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. No suspects have been identified. Anyone with information was urged to call...
BLYTHE - A Blythe man accused of plotting to have two people killed pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder and other charges. Earl Joseph Gomez, 47, faces two counts each of attempted murder and soliciting to commit murder. He entered his plea at the Blythe courthouse and is due back Feb. 16 for a felony settlement conference. Gomez was arrested Tuesday following an investigation into a murder-for hire plot, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Thomas Velarde said. ''The...
SAN DIEGO - Today's ruling by an appellate panel that Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional, was hailed by Mayor Jerry Sanders and leaders of San Diego's gay and lesbian community. ''Today's decision is yet another huge step towards creating a society where everyone is afforded the right to marry,'' Sanders said in a statement to reporters. ''Marriage encourages people to take responsibility for each other, provides greater security for children, and helps our country live up to the...
SAN DIEGO - The biotech business has a $22 billion annual economic impact on San Diego County, according to a report released today by an industry trade group. Biotech employs 42,000 San Diegans, who are paid $4 billion collectively. The industry, in turn, creates economic activity involving people in accounting, insurance, legal services, finance, real estate and administration, according to the 2012 Southern California Economic Impact Report from BIOCOMM. The report said the number of area biotech jobs has increased by...
ANZA - A man found fatally shot on a road south of Hemet was identified today as a 20-year-old Anza man. Trevor Michael Slusher was gunned down around 9 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Gassner Road and Roger Lane in the rural unincorporated community. Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Herman Lopez said deputies were summoned to the location and found Slusher suffering from several gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. No suspects have been identified. Anyone with information was urged to call...
