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 presiding judge of the San Diego Superior Court signed orders this week authorizing the sheriff's department to release county jail inmates with under 60 days remaining on their sentences to stem the spread of COVID-19. Presiding Judge Lorna Alksne's order states "There is an immediate and continuing need to protect the health and safety of the jail population and staff by reducing the jail population in order to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.'' On Friday, the sheriff's department said one... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Legoland California Resort announced today that it has launched an online site for children and families cooped up as a result of state and local stay-at-home orders. The Legoland Building Challenge, found at Legoland.com/llcbuildingchallenge, is filled with instructional videos and activities that promote learning, creating and play. Every Wednesday, the park will announce a new theme and release a new instructional "how to build'' video hosted by a master model builder. On Fridays, Legoland will highlight...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - President Donald Trump issued an order under the Defense Production Act directing the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services to facilitate the supply of materials needed for six companies to produce ventilators amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including San Diego-based ResMed Inc. Thursday's order came amid shortages of ventilators and other medical supplies at hospitals across the country. Trump said the order would "remove obstacles in the supply chain'' and help the... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A large crowd of service members gave a warm send- off to the former captain of a San Diego-based aircraft carrier, whose widely-publicized letter asking for help from Navy leadership regarding a COVID-19 outbreak aboard his ship resulted in his firing. Video footage posted on social media showed a raucous crowd of sailors chanting Capt. Brett Crozier's name as he departed the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is currently docked in Guam, where the Navy is working to move around 3,000 of its sailors off the carr...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Defense attorneys in San Diego are pushing to have their clients and other federal detainees released from custody, saying they're at risk of contracting COVID-19 and that the local U.S. Attorney's Office has resisted requests to release inmates, an assertion its head prosecutor calls misleading and dismissive of its efforts to address the virus. Kathryn Nester, executive director of Federal Defenders of San Diego, wrote in a letter sent to Sen. Kamala Harris this week that the majority of her office's... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve gasoline in San Diego County dropped today to its lowest amount since Oct. 21, 2017, decreasing 1.7 cents to $3.032. The average price has dropped 29 consecutive days, decreasing 50.1 cents, including 2.2 cents on Thursday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The average price is 10.7 cents less than a week ago, 50.6 cents lower than a month ago and 63.6 cents below what it was one year ago. It has fallen 57 cents since the start...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - All San Diego stores still open and serving the public will scramble today to comply with San Diego County's amended public health orders -- requiring all employees who work in essential business and interact with the public to wear facial covering -- which go into effect at midnight tonight. These industries include pharmacies, grocery stores and gas stations. The California Grocers Associated sought guidance from County officials yesterday on how grocery stores are suppose to acquire face masks for their... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Department of Justice announced today that it is making available grants totaling about $2.38 million to San Diego-area municipalities to help respond to public-safety challenges posed by the COVID- 19 crisis. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized via Congress's newly approved federal stimulus legislation, will allow eligible local, state and tribal governments to apply immediately for the funds. The monies are part of an $850-million total allocation, $58.5 million of which... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer today ordered that all vacant and surplus city properties be made available to accommodate an "expected surge'' in COVID-19 patients, with hopes of preventing hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. Faulconer said city recreation centers, libraries and parking lots were examples of unused properties that should be utilized to shoulder the burden placed upon hospitals as part of an "all-hands-on-deck approach'' toward COVID-19. The properties could be used for field hospitals or l... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego county courthouses will likely remain shuttered through the end of April for all but emergency business, per a request from the court system's presiding judge to extend its COVID-19 related closures, it was announced today. San Diego Superior Court Presiding Judge Lorna Alksne said though county courthouses are slated to reopen for regular court business on Monday, "I have every reason to believe this request will be granted'' by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, who... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials today announced five COVID-19 deaths -- the deadliest day locally since the global pandemic began -- and 115 new cases, bringing the total to 849 confirmed cases and 15 fatalities. The latest deaths related to COVID-19 involvd a 90-year-old woman and men aged 83, 74, 73 and 71. County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said the month of April "will determine our trajectory as a region. Will San Diego be another Italy or New York? This will be a month of aggressive, intentional... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The U.S. Navy said today that it was working to move nearly 3,000 sailors off of a San Diego-based nuclear aircraft carrier whose captain requested more resources and "decisive action'' as the ship's crew battles a coronavirus outbreak while docked in Guam. At a Pentagon news conference, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said 93 sailors have tested positive for COVID-19 so far among the USS Theodore Roosevelt's crew of more than 4,000. All but seven of those 93 are exhibiting symptoms of the virus, but no... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The FBI called on San Diego-area parents today to beware of the potential for heightened child exploitation dangers amid school closures stemming from the coronavirus crisis. Youngsters forced to stay at home to protect themselves and their families from exposure to COVID-19 "potentially have an increased online presence and/or (may) be in a position that puts them at an inadvertent risk,'' the federal agency warned. "Online sexual exploitation comes in many forms,'' FBI officials noted in a prepared stateme... Full story
