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RANCHO PALOS VERDES (CNS) – Famed golfer Tiger Woods suffered major leg injuries today when the vehicle he was driving rolled off a winding road in the Rancho Palos Verdes area. The crash was reported at 7:12 a.m. on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse Road, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. "The vehicle sustained major damage," according to a sheriff's department statement. "The driver and sole occupant was identified as PGA golfer, Eldrick `Tiger' W... Full story
A paramedic helicopter had to land on Interstate 15 near Fallbrook Monday afternoon to rescue a motorcyclist who was badly hurt in a crash, resulting in the closure of the northbound side of the freeway for about 20 minutes. The biker — whose identity was not immediately available — was taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, but was pronounced dead in the emergency room, a North County Fire official said. An investigation of the crash was continuing to cause tra...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Petco Park COVID-19 vaccine super station will reopen Tuesday following a five-day closure owing to delayed vaccine shipments. The Petco Park site - San Diego County's largest COVID-19 vaccination site - has been closed since Thursday as inclement weather has made shipment from the Midwest and East Coast difficult. It only uses the Moderna vaccine, while other sites use Pfizer or both. Appointments for second doses Friday through Monday were canceled and...
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A police officer was shot Monday morning after responding to a domestic violence call in Escondido and the suspected shooter was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vacant apartment nearby, authorities said. Shortly after 2:45 a.m., officers responded to a reported domestic violence disturbance at a home in the 1300 block of Morning View Drive, just west of Centre City Parkway and north of West Lincoln Avenue, according to Escondido police. Officers learned a man involved in...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County reported 517 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths as UC San Diego Health officials said the Petco Park COVID-19 vaccine super station will be closed Monday because of delayed vaccine shipments. Appointments for second doses on Feb. 19-22 were canceled and will be automatically rescheduled, the hospital said. People who had appointments should check the MyUCSDChart website for updates. Sunday's data increased the number of COVID-19...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - An attorney who helped win a temporary restraining order allowing high school and youth sports to resume in San Diego County amid the coronavirus pandemic said Sunday that his firm would be filing similar lawsuits in Riverside and other counties this week. "We will be filing similar lawsuits in Los Angeles, Orange, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Bernardino, and other counties this coming week to ensure all youths have the same right to play sports — indoor and outdoor — as professional ath...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Fair and dry weather was expected to continue in San Diego County through this week, the National Weather Service said Sunday. A passing trough and building high pressure aloft were expected to set up gusty and warmer Santa Ana conditions through Monday, forecasters said. The strongest winds were predicted on the coastal mountain slopes, and below passes and canyons through Sunday afternoon, the NWS said. The weather service said the top five wind gusts late Saturday and early Sunday were: -- Sill Hill, 61...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County today reported 711 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 additional deaths as UC San Diego Health officials announced that the Petco Park COVID-19 vaccine super station will be closed Sunday and Monday because of delayed vaccine shipments. Appointments for second doses on Feb. 19-22 were temporarily canceled and will be automatically be rescheduled, the hospital said. People who had appointments should check the MyUCSDChart website for updates. Saturday's' data increased the number of COVID-19... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Gusty west winds in San Diego County's mountains and deserts were predicted for today and a warm-up was expected for Sunday and Monday as high pressure builds over the region, the National Weather Service said. Fair and dry weather was expected to continue for the next week. It was predicted to be a little cooler for the second half of next week, but still near normal for this time of year. The weather service issued a wind advisory until 6 p.m. Saturday for San Diego County mountains. Gusts of 50 to 55 mph were p...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago. The slinky predator named Elizabeth Ann, born Dec. 10 and announced Thursday, is cute as a button. But watch out - unlike the domestic ferret foster mom who carried her into the world, she's wild at heart. "You might have been handling a black-footed ferret kit and then they try to take your finger off the...
RIVERSIDE - COVID-positive hospitalizations in Riverside County dropped further, falling to a 10-week low, while an additional 34 virus-related deaths were reported. According to the Riverside University Health System, coronavirus hospitalizations countywide declined to 513 Friday, compared to 535 on Thursday, and that includes 152 ICU patients, 20 less than a day ago. The last time virus-connected hospitalizations were at or near the current level was during the last week of November. Despite the downtrend, ICU bed capacity...
SAN DIEGO - A judge has cleared the way for youth sporting activities, including football and basketball, to resume in San Diego County, hours after the state revised its guidelines to allow the activities in counties with relatively low rates of new COVID-19 cases. The state's new standard allows for a resumption of "outdoor high-contact sports'' in counties that reach an adjusted daily average of 14 new cases per 100,000 residents. San Diego County currently has a rate of...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The federal government announced Friday it would attempt to get all delayed COVID-19 vaccines to their designated locations by the end of next week, and San Diego County public health officials said they were ready to administer those doses as soon as they arrive as 812 new infections and 34 deaths were reported in the county. "We have the mechanism in place to be able to administer all the doses we get in San Diego County,'' said Dr. Wilma Wooten, the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A judge on Friday cleared the way for youth sporting activities including football and basketball to resume in San Diego County, hours after the state revised its guidelines to allow the activities in counties with relatively low rates of new COVID-19 cases. The state's new standard allows for a resumption of "outdoor high-contact sports" in counties that reach an adjusted daily average of 14 new cases per 100,000 residents. San Diego County currently has a rate of 22.2 cases per 100,000 residents. However,...
VISTA (CNS) - Ex-NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II, who committed sexual offenses against five women in Northern San Diego County, will be sentenced to 14 years in state prison next month following a modification made today to his original guilty plea. The 37-year-old son of former San Diego Chargers legend Kellen Winslow previously faced a range of 12 to 18 years in state prison stemming from a 2019 trial, plus guilty pleas to other counts. On Friday, a prior plea Winslow made to a sexual battery count involving one of the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County rescheduled hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine appointments due to weather-related shortages today as public health officials reported 810 new viral infections and 36 deaths. The massive winter storm gripping much of the nation has frozen supply lines for the vaccines, prompting county officials to reschedule approximately 1,000 first-dose appointments at its sites on Thursday and Friday. Those affected are being notified they will be rescheduled for next week, according to the county Health and...
LOS ANGELES – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a new partnership between the California Department of Insurance and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, including the governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Public Utilities Commission to establish consistent statewide standards for home and community hardening that will reduce wildfire risk, protect lives and property and help make insuranc...
Fallbrook High School had the first three overall finishers in the Warriors' cross country season opener Feb. 12 at home against Valley Center. Danny Contreras, who is a senior this year, was the first runner across the finish line. Dawson Fluck began his junior year with a second-place finish. The high school debut of freshman Fisher Philips resulted in him taking third place overall. Because Valley Center only had four runners Feb. 12 and a minimum of five runners are needed for a team score, Fallbrook won the meet by...
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its outreach efforts in 2020 to be inclusive to all members of the diverse San Diego community. Federal officials recognized the child Support department by highlighting their email flyer outreach program in the December/January edition of Child Support Report, the official publication of the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. DCSS is using a new way to c...
