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Articles from the May 2, 2017 edition


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  • Shark attack victim 'fighting for her life'

    Updated May 2, 2017

    SAN ONOFRE – A single mother of three from Vista was "fighting for her life'' in a trauma center today following a San Onofre-area shark attack in which she lost much of her right leg and nearly drowned. Leeanne Ericson, 35, was swimming in the surf off the coast of Camp Pendleton about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when a shark tore off the back of her thigh "from her glute to her knee,'' her mother, Christine McKnerney Leidle, wrote on a GoFundMe.com page set up to help defray the victim's medical costs. "She's now in Scripps M...

  • San Marcos chiropractor facing more accusations of sexual misconduct

    Updated May 2, 2017

    SAN DIEGO – Detectives investigating accusations by three women that a North County chiropractor groped them during treatments asked any other alleged victims today to come forward. John Charles Michals, 42, who practices at a private office and a clinic in San Marcos, was arrested last Tuesday on suspicion of committing sexual battery on a patient in March, according to sheriff's officials. He has since bailed out of jail and pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor count. Since then, two other women have reported similar o...

  • Camp Pendleton fire leads to smoke drift

    Updated May 2, 2017

    A fire on Camp Pendleton near Range 408 is causing smoke to blow and drift into Fallbrook and the surrounding communities. According to an incident report issued by Riverside County Fire Department, the wildland fire broke out Tuesday, May 2. Currently Camp Pendleton Fire is fighting the brusher but smoke is drifting as far away as Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Menifee and Anza. At this time the size and exact location of the fire is unknown. As of the time of this posting, media representatives from Camp...