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  • N Korea's Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumors

    Updated May 3, 2020

    KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumors that he may be seriously ill. The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, who many analysts predict would take over if her...

  • Lifeguards expect busy weekend at San Diego beaches

    Updated May 2, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Lifeguards are expecting to be kept busy at area beaches today because of warmer weather and ocean hazards such as rip currents and stingrays, Lifeguard Services officials said. This is the first weekend of opened beaches since San Diego lifted a beach closure order on Monday, after the San Diego County Health Department lifted its order. However, some beaches in the county remain closed, including Coronado Sunset Park and dog beach, Solana Beach, state...

  • Wallace named Valley League player of the year in girls water polo

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated May 2, 2020

    After another Valley League championship, undefeated league season and a trip to the CIF Division 1 semifinal, it's not surprising that several Fallbrook High School Warriors girls' water polo players were recently named to the all-league team. Leading the way for the Warriors was Sophia Wallace, who was named player of the year for the Valley League. "She was kind of our spark plug a lot of the time," head coach Sean Redmon said. "She led our team in scoring and drew more...

  • Senior-laden boys lacrosse team deprived of playoff hopes

    Joe Naiman, Village News Reporter|Updated May 2, 2020

    The 2020 Fallbrook High School boys' lacrosse team had 25 players on the Warriors' varsity roster and 14 of those were seniors. "I was looking forward to the season. I thought we had a solid team," Fallbrook coach Mike Zinniger said. The Warriors played three games before the remainder of the CIF spring sports seasons were canceled. "I felt it was going well even though our record was only one and two. We kind of upgraded our schedule a little bit," Zinniger said. The two...

  • Suspect killed in deputy-involved shooting in Downtown San Diego

    City News Service|Updated May 1, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A man suspected of assault at a San Diego park was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy today after he escaped a park ranger's vehicle while being taken to the San Diego Central Jail. The gunfire erupted in the 1100 block of Front Street, near B Street, about 6 p.m., according to the San Diego Police Department. A ranger was driving the 36-year-old suspect to the jail when he jumped from the vehicle and ran off. Two San Diego County Sheriff's Department...

  • Population shrinks in California, still most populous state

    Updated May 1, 2020

    SACRAMENTO (AP) - The nation's most populous state shrank a bit in the second half of last year, according to official figures released Friday. California had a population of 39.78 million as of January, the state Department of Finance said, down from its previous report of 39.96 million residents in July. But Doug Kuczynski of the department's Demographic Research Unit said the two numbers aren't directly comparable because of various adjustments and because each figure...

  • Back to work, owners make changes so workers feel safe

    Updated May 1, 2020

    JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before the coronavirus outbreak, furniture deliveries at Sunnyland Outdoor Living meant two employees sitting side-by-side in a truck. Now, one will be driving the truck while the second follows in a car. And when Sunnyland's workers reach a customer's home, "we'll deliver outside — we won't go inside people's houses," says Brad Schweig, the retailer's vice president for operations. Employee safety is a priority as sma...

  • Biden declares sexual assault 'never, never happened'

    Updated May 1, 2020

    ALEXANDRA JAFFE and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied allegations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, declaring flatly that "this never happened." Biden's first public remarks on the accusation by a former employee, Tara Reade, come at a critical moment for the presumptive Democratic nominee as he tries to relieve mounting pressure after weeks of...

  • UN: COVID-19 deaths for people over 80 are 5 times average

    Updated May 1, 2020

    EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing "untold fear and suffering" for older people around the world who are dying at a higher rate, and especially for those over age 80, whose fatality rate is five times the global average. The U.N. chief said that beyond the health risks, "the pandemic is putting older people at greater risk of poverty," with an especially devastating impact on the elderly in developing countries. G...

  • US allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery

    Updated May 1, 2020

    MATTHEW PERRONE and MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of the first drug that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster, a milestone in the global search for effective therapies against the coronavirus. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Gilead Science's intravenous drug for hospitalized patients with "severe disease," such as those experiencing breathing problems requiring supplemental oxygen or ventilators. President Donald Trump a...

  • Women's soccer claim of unequal pay tossed, can argue travel

    Updated May 1, 2020

    ANNE M. PETERSON and RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writers A federal judge threw out the unequal pay claim by players on the U.S. women's national soccer team in a surprising loss for the defending World Cup champions but allowed their allegation of discriminatory working conditions to go to trial. Players led by Alex Morgan sued in March 2019, claiming they have not been paid equally under their collective bargaining agreement to what the men's national team receives under its labor...

  • Golf courses, parks open in limited fashion, face coverings required in public

    City News Service|Updated May 1, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Mandatory face-covering health orders went into effect countywide today, with several transportation agencies following suit by mandating face coverings on all vehicles and public transit locations. Any employee or passenger at the San Diego International Airport or aboard Metropolitan Transit System or North County Transit District vehicles are required to wear face coverings at all times -- regardless of social distancing. People are not required to wear... Full story

  • With virus, US higher education may face existential moment

    Updated May 1, 2020

    SHARON COHEN and ALAN CLENDENNING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When Jamie Bolker started teaching composition at MacMurray College in January, she felt she'd won the lottery. After sending out more than 140 resumes, she had a tenure-track position in English. Last month, though, Bolker delivered a dire Twitter announcement: "Welp. MacMurray College is permanently closing ... They were already on the edge and coronavirus was the final nail." While the Jacksonville, Illinois, school's financial troubles were years in the m...

  • Virus surge in Brazil brings a coffin shortage, morgue chaos

    Updated May 1, 2020

    DIANE JEANTET and ALAN CLENDENNING Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In Brazil's bustling Amazon city of Manaus, so many people have died within days in the coronavirus pandemic that coffins had to be stacked on top of each other in long, hastily dug trenches in a city cemetery. Some despairing relatives reluctantly chose cremation for loved ones to avoid burying them in those common graves. Now, with Brazil emerging as Latin America's coronavirus epicenter with more than 6,000 deaths, even the coffins are running out i...

  • Trump says Whitmer should 'give a little' to restart economy

    Updated May 1, 2020

    DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should "give a little" and "put out the fire" a day after hundreds of conservative demonstrators, some with assault weapons, protested at the state Capitol against stay-at-home restrictions she imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Democratic governor, in a tweet, responded with a video of former first lady Michelle Obama stating: "Our motto is: 'When they go low we go high.'" Whitmer late T...

  • New White House press secretary McEnany holds 1st briefing

    Updated May 1, 2020

    JILL COLVIN and DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHiNGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany, vowed on Friday not to lie to reporters as she made her debut at the first White House briefing by a press secretary in more than a year. "I will never lie to you," McEnany told reporters. "You have my word on that." McEnany, who joined the White House last month, took the stage behind a podium that had quite literally been collecting cobwebs before the president began the practice of holding his own d...

  • Cox Foundation donates $25,000 to feeding San Diego

    City News Service|Updated May 1, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Cox Communications will donate $25,000 to Feeding San Diego from The James M. Cox Foundation to feed families in San Diego County this week, the company announced today. "At this time of urgent need across our county, Cox is helping Feeding San Diego to solve hunger for thousands of children, seniors, veterans and families,'' said Vince Hall, chief executive officer, Feeding San Diego. "We are very grateful to Cox for making sure we have the resources we need to not just feed our community, but to nourish... Full story

  • Father killed, daughter slightly injured in North County motorcycle crash

    City News Service|Updated May 1, 2020

    PAUMA VALLEY (CNS) - A 57-year-old motorcyclist was killed, but his 16- year-old daughter suffered only minor injuries, when they crashed on a rural section of state Route 76 near the Rincon Indian Reservation, authorities said today. The rider lost control of his Honda motorcycle for unknown reasons around 4:40 p.m. Thursday as he was riding west around a curve on SR-76 near Rincon Ranch Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Smale said. The motorcycle veered off the roadway and overturned, ejecting both the father... Full story

  • Golf courses, parks open in limited fashion, face coverings required in public

    City News Service|Updated May 1, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Golf courses and parks across San Diego County will open today in limited fashion, while county health authorities have now made face coverings mandatory in public settings. The new guidelines offer both a loosening of some health orders and tightening of others, as stay-at-home orders will be extended indefinitely in accordance with the state's guidance. Parks will begin to open today, County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said Thursday, with individual cities making the decision on which to open and when. The... Full story

  • San Diego County average gas price drops for 54th time in 57 Days

    City News Service|Updated May 1, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve gasoline in San Diego County dropped today for the 54th time in 57 days, decreasing two-tenths of a cent to $2.787, its lowest amount since Dec. 30, 2016. The average price is 1.8 cents less than a week ago, 28.4 cents lower than a month ago and $1.302 below what it was one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has fallen 81.5 cents since the start of the year, including three-tenths of a cent on Thursday. The average... Full story

  • Five matches for Rickman before high school golf career ended

    Joe Naiman, Village News Reporter|Updated May 1, 2020

    Alex Rickman was the only senior on the Bonsall High School golf team this year, and before the season was cut short due to the cancellation of school and CIF spring sports, he was able to participate in the Legionnaires’ five matches. “It was unfortunate that it had to end early. He made a lot of good progress over the four years he played for me,” Bonsall coach Eddie Van Hoosear. “To play all four years and not be able to finish is really unfortunate.” Rickman was one of seven players on the 2020 team. The Legionnai...

  • SHERIFF'S LOG

    Updated May 1, 2020

    SHERIFF’S LOG April 17 Via de la Reina @ Camino del Rey Arrest: Public intoxication April 19 200 block E. Elder St Vehicle burglary April 20 500 block S. Main Ave Vandalism 2100 block Saffron Wy Missing person 2100 block S. Mission Rd Commercial burglary, vandalism 400 block Calabrese St Fraud 5000 block Avocado Vista Petty theft 600 block N. Main Ave Burglary 2300 block Lookout Mountain Rd Grand theft April 21 1100 block Alturas Rd Burglary 1700 block Woodbrook Ln Death 1500 block Rice Canyon Rd Elder abuse April 22 4900 b...

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