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  • SBA Announces Official Restaurant Revitalization Fund Application and Guidelines

    WASHINGTON – SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman today announced key details on application requirements, eligibility, and a program guide for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RFF). The restaurant industry has been among the hardest-hit sectors during the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. To help bring jobs back and revive the industry, the American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden, established the $28.6 billion Restaurant R...

  • San Diego Foundation and SDG&E Announce Grant For Black Women Entrepreneurs

    City News Service|Updated Apr 21, 2021

    SAN DIEGO - In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, The San Diego Foundation and San Diego Gas & Electric today announced a $42,000 grant to the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce in support of a new initiative to support Black women entrepreneurs in the region. ``Black women entrepreneurs are among the fastest-growing group of women-owned businesses, but they still face the dual challenges of racial and gender discrimination," said Tashonda Taylor, SDG&E's vice president of customer operations. ``We remember #42 for... Full story

  • NASA Mars Helicopter rescheduled for early Monday

    Updated Apr 21, 2021

    PASADENA – NASA officials said today they're targeting Monday for a historic flight of a small helicopter on Mars that was postponed last weekend due to a technical problem. The 4-pound helicopter named Ingenuity is now scheduled for approximately 12:30 a.m. PDT Monday. A livestream will begin at 3:15 a.m. PDT as the helicopter team prepares to receive the data downlink in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, NASA said S...

  • Vegetation fire burns half-acre on East Mission

    Rick Monroe, Special to the Village News|Updated Apr 20, 2021

    A fast-burning vegetation fire Monday evening, April 19, burned a half-acre before being extinguished by multiple response teams, including a drop by an air tanker from Cal Fire in Ramona. The fire was reported at 6 p.m. at East Mission Road and Valentine Lane, burning up the bank on the north side of the road, which was closed for hours. The fire threatened homes up the hill but there were no injuries or structures damaged. Station 1 of North County Fire was first to respond... Full story

  • Jury reaches verdict at trial over George Floyd's death

    AMY FORLITI STEPHEN GROVES TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press|Updated Apr 20, 2021

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The jury reached a verdict Tuesday at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, the Black man who was pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck in a case that set off a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. The verdict, arrived at after about 10 hours of deliberations over two days, was to be read late in the afternoon in a city on edge against the possibility of more unrest like that that erupted...

  •  Two Killed in Crash of Plane on Flight from San Diego Area to Arizona

    City News Service|Updated Apr 19, 2021

    SAN DIEGO - Authorities searching for an aircraft that went missing with a pair of Vista residents aboard during a weekend trip from the San Diego area to Arizona found the wreckage of the plane with two bodies in it today in a wooded area near the Grand Canyon. A helicopter crew with the Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue located the crash site northeast of H.A. Clark Memorial Field in Williams, Arizona, shortly after 1:30 a.m., said Jon Paxton, spokesman for the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. The aircraft...

  • Success! NASA's Mars Helicopter makes first flight

    City News Service|Updated Apr 19, 2021

    PASADENA - The Ingenuity helicopter, designed and built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, successfully completed a brief but historic flight above the surface of Mars early today. After being delayed by a technical issue last week, the tiny, solar-powered four-pound helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the JPL confirmed the flight's success after receiving data from the... Full story

  • UPDATE: Suspect arrested in Wisconsin tavern shooting

    Associated Press|Updated Apr 18, 2021

    KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say they have apprehended a person in connection with a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday that left three men dead and three men injured. Kenosha County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. David Wright said the suspect is facing a charge of first-degree intentional homicide, with additional criminal charges likely after further investigation. Authorities said earlier they weren't sure if there was more than one s... Full story

  • Signs of recovery as California adds jobs for 2nd month

    ADAM BEAM, Associated Press|Updated Apr 18, 2021

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California employers added 119,600 new jobs in March, the second straight month of growth following a topsy-turvy year of enormous losses and inconsistent gains during an unpredictable pandemic. New unemployment claims, both for traditional employees and independent contractors, are at their lowest levels since the pandemic began more than a year ago. Restaurants and hotels, which have weathered heavy losses during a year of stay-at-home orders, accounted... Full story

  • Gusty Santa Ana Winds forecast For mountains, foothills

    City News Service|Updated Apr 18, 2021

    SAN DIEGO - Santa Ana conditions were expected to bring gusty northeast winds over the mountains and foothills of San Diego County today, the National Weather Service said. The winds were forecast to weaken later Sunday, but very dry and warm conditions were expected to linger inland. Cooling was expected to begin along the coast on Monday and progress inland through midweek as onshore flow strengthens ahead of another trough dropping south through Nevada, forecasters said. A...

  • UPDATE: Man killed in big rig crash identified as 42-year-old

    City News Service|Updated Apr 16, 2021

    The driver of a 2021 Dodge Charger who was killed during a collision with a big rig this morning on I-15 southbound, north of 395, was a 42-year-old male from Baldwin Park, according to the CHP. His name is being withheld pending notification to family. The Dodge Charger was in the #3 lane. A 73-year-old male from San Diego was driving a 2015 Freightliner tractor-trailer combination in the #4 lane. Prior to the collision, the Dodge had been traveling erratically and at a high...