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  • NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

    Updated May 15, 2020

    BEATRICE DUPUY, ARIJETA LAJKA and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ CLAIM: Nancy Pelosi is trying to pass a law called HR6666 which would allow people to come into your home and take your family members for quarantine. THE FACTS: House bill 6666, the...

  • NFL teams can reopen facilities Tuesday - with provisos

    Updated May 15, 2020

    BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it. In a memo sent to the 32 teams Friday by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained by The Associated Press, he stressed that the clubs must be "in compliance with any additional public health requirements in their jurisdiction, and have implemented the protocols that were developed by (league medical officer) Dr. (Allen) Sills and distributed to all clubs on May 6." Facilities have been clo...

  • Pandemic claims another retailer: 118-year-old J.C. Penney

    Updated May 15, 2020

    ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the storied but troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate. As part of its reorganization, the 118-year-old company said late Friday it will be shuttering some stores. It said the stores will close in phases throughout the Chapter 11 process and details of the first phase will be disclosed in the coming weeks. Penney is the biggest retailer to file for bankruptcy...

  • Most US states fall short of recommended testing levels

    Updated May 15, 2020

    MATTHEW PERRONE, BRIAN WITTE and NICKY FORSTER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis. Rapid, widespread testing is considered essential to tracking and containing the coronavirus. But 41 of the nation's 50 states fail to test widely enough t...

  • Democrats push new $3T coronavirus relief bill through House

    Updated May 15, 2020

    ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a health care system struggling to contain a pandemic still pummeling the country. The 208-199 vote, with all but one Republican opposed, advances what boils down to a campaign-season display of Democratic economic and health-care priorities. It has no chance of becoming law as written, but will lik...

  • Car break-ins, other larceny crimes drop 25% in SD County during pandemic

    City News Service|Updated May 15, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Larceny crimes, such as car break-ins, have decreased roughly 25% in San Diego County in the past two months, amid stay-at-home orders brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released today. The report by the San Diego Association of Governments offers a snapshot of how crimes in four categories have been affected: aggravated assault, simple assault, larceny and domestic violence. The agency looked at police reports in the county from Ma...

  • USNS Mercy hospital ship to return to San Diego following relief efforts in LA

    City News Service|Updated May 15, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego-based hospital ship USNS Mercy began the trip back to its home port today following nearly two months in Los Angeles, where it served as a relief valve while Southland medical centers coped with the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic. The 1,000-bed ship left San Diego on March 23 and sailed into the Port of Los Angeles on March 27, as local health authorities prepared for a feared surge of coronavirus cases that could have overwhelmed Southland hospitals. The ship was not brought in to treat...

  • NBC News apologizes for 'inaccurately' quoting William Barr

    Updated May 14, 2020

    David Bauder The Associated Press NBC has apologized for "inaccurately" cutting a portion of an interview with Attorney General William Barr that left a false impression with viewers of "Meet the Press." The apology didn't satisfy President Donald Trump, who tweeted both Sunday, May 10, and Monday, May 11, that "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd should be fired. The news show was discussing the Justice Department's decision recently to drop its case against Michael Flynn,...

  • Pelosi unveils $3T coronavirus aid package for Friday vote

    Updated May 14, 2020

    Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, May 12, encouraging Congress to "go big" with aid to cash-strapped states and struggling Americans. The Heroes Act provides nearly $1 trillion for states, cities and tribal governments to avert layoffs and another $200 billion in "hazard pay" for essential workers, according a summary. It will offer $1,200 direct cash aid to individuals, up to $6,000...

  • Elon Musk becomes champion of defying virus stay-home orders

    Updated May 14, 2020

    Tom Krisher The Associated Press Tesla CEO Elon Musk has emerged as a champion of defying stay-home orders intended to stop the coronavirus from spreading, picking up support – as well as critics – on social media. Among the supporters was President Donald Trump, who Tuesday morning, May 12, tweeted that Tesla's San Francisco Bay Area factory should be allowed to open despite local health department orders that it stay closed except for minimum basic operations. "It can be don...

  • Flynn was set up by FBI, documents indicate

    Updated May 14, 2020

    Petr Svab The Epoch Times The belief that Lt. Gen Michael Flynn was set up by the FBI has been backed up by a string of evidence in documents released by the Department of Justice. Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in 2017 to one count of lying to the FBI. On May 7, however, the DOJ dropped the case against him, saying that when the FBI interviewed Flynn Jan. 24, 2017, the...

  • California protesters talk mental strain, importance of freedom

    Updated May 14, 2020

    Jamie Joseph The Epoch Times Kiki O'Bourke was among the approximately 1,500 protesters in Huntington Beach Saturday, May 9, who urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to expedite his plan for reopening the state. "Emotionally, it's killed me," he told The Epoch Times. He's physically healthy⁠ – aside from a hernia that was supposed to be fixed in February by an operation that's now been postponed indefinitely. O'Bourke is worried about friends and family with mental health issues. Some of t...

  • California sheriff says inmates tried to infect themselves

    Updated May 14, 2020

    Stefanie Dazio The Associated Press Two groups of inmates at a Los Angeles County jail tried to infect themselves with the coronavirus by sharing water and a mask, and within two weeks 30 prisoners tested positive, authorities said Monday, May 11. At a briefing, Sheriff Alex Villanueva showed surveillance videos from two dormitory units at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic. The footage captured inmates in one unit sharing a container of hot water and others in a second unit sniffing a mask. The sheriff said th...

  • Bulging deficits may threaten prized Pentagon arms projects

    Updated May 14, 2020

    Robert Burns The Associated Press The government's $3 trillion effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus crisis is stirring worry at the Pentagon. Bulging federal deficits may force a reversal of years of big defense spending gains and threaten prized projects like the rebuilding of the nation's arsenal of nuclear weapons. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the sudden burst of deficit spending to prop up a damaged economy is bringing the Pentagon closer to a point...

  • Ballfields are silent in Fallbrook, but for how long?

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated May 14, 2020

    The boys and girls of summer are missing from Fallbrook’s sports fields these days – and there’s no indication that they will be back anytime soon. Nationally, even the most optimistic projections indicate that youth sports could begin to start in August, which eliminates an entire season for sports such as baseball and girls’ softball. For the first time in history, the Little League World Series has been canceled, having been held every year since 1947. The coronavirus pandemic, and the state and county restric...

  • CrossCreek Golf Club open for business

    Updated May 14, 2020

    JP Raineri Sports Editor The CrossCreek Golf Club in Temecula is back up and running and ready to serve customers. The golf course had been closed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, but it is now open and thrived during the break in play. "CrossCreek is in as good of condition as it has ever been," Dave Garner, general manager of CrossCreek Golf Club, said. "Rated by many in Southern California as one of the top public courses, CrossCreek employees work hard every...

  • Clarification on golf carts and public health orders

    Updated May 14, 2020

    SAN DIEGO COUNTY – On May 1, several changes to San Diego County’s Order of Health Officer and Emergency Regulations went into effect. Among them was the easing of restrictions on public and private golf courses. Since then, there have been questions about the use of golf carts. After consulting with the public health officer, the following clarification is being provided regarding the use of golf carts. Golf cart use is limited to the following two groups: • Senior citizens over 55 years of age. • People of any age with di...

  • Deaths reach 200 as county prepares for libraries, tribal casinos to reopen

    City News Service|Updated May 14, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A half-dozen additional San Diego County COVID-19 deaths and 113 new infections were reported today, bringing the death toll to 200 and the total number of confirmed cases to 5,391. County health officials also reported 3,998 COVID-19 tests Thursday, a single-day high. More than 92,000 tests have been administered since the pandemic began. The two-week rolling average dropped again, with 3% of today's tests proved positive. According to Supervisor Nathan...

  • Billions in cuts proposed as California revenue plunges

    Updated May 14, 2020

    ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed $14 billion in budget cuts on Thursday because of the coronavirus, with more than half coming at the expense of public schools already struggling to educate children from afar during a pandemic. The cuts are part of a plan to cover a $54.3 billion budget deficit caused by plummeting state revenues after a mandatory, statewide stay-at-home order forced most businesses to close and put more than...

  • SHERIFF'S LOG

    Updated May 14, 2020

    April 26 600 block E Elder St Battery May 4 Pala Rd @ Monserate Hill Rd Assault with a deadly weapon 400 block Alturas Rd Arrest: Possession of controlled substance paraphernalia 1200 block S. Main Ave Shoplifting 200 block Burma Rd Vehicle theft May 5 900 block Alturas Rd Arrest: Violation of court order 3100 block S. Old Highway 395 Arrest: Possession of controlled substance May 6 Interstate 15 @ Stewart Canyon underpass Recovered stolen vehicle Pala Rd @ S. Mission Rd Arrest: Driving on suspended/revoked license 2800...

  • Realtors say that 77% of potential home sellers are preparing to sell following end of stay-at-home orders

    Updated May 14, 2020

    WASHINGTON – More than three in four potential sellers – 77% – are preparing to sell their homes following the end of stay-at-home orders, with half completing do-it-yourself home improvement projects, according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors. “After a pause, home sellers are gearing up to list their properties with the reopening of the economy,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said. “Plenty of buyers also appear ready to take advantage of record-low mortgage rates and the stability tha...

  • SDCRFA to transition into separate fire protection district

    Joe Naiman, Village News Reporter|Updated May 14, 2020

    San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission will begin the process of making the San Diego County Regional Fire Authority a separate fire protection district. An 8-0 LAFCO board vote Monday, May 4, approved a sphere of influence update for County Service Area No. 135 including support for a recommendation that the SDCRFA be separated from the San Diego County Regional Communications System. “CSA 135 merits reorganization to split the district into two distinct entities,” Keene Simonds, LAFCO executive officer, said....

  • Rainbow approves out-of-agency service agreement for Meadowood

    Joe Naiman, Village News Reporter|Updated May 14, 2020

    Although Pardee Homes' planned Meadowood development is within the boundaries of the Valley Center Municipal Water District, the Rainbow Municipal Water District will provide water and sewer service to Meadowood. A 3-0 Rainbow board vote April 28, with Helene Brazier and Michael Mack unable to participate in the meeting, approved an agreement for out-of-agency service between Rainbow and the Valley Center district. The action also approved an addendum to the Environmental Impact Report which addresses the provision of infrast...

  • Can you still buy a home in California during the coronavirus?

    Updated May 14, 2020

    FALLBROOK – The coronavirus has interrupted home purchase plans for some, while there are those who are looking for a buying opportunity now that mortgage rates are low, despite the economic uncertainty. Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued stay-at-home orders in California but considered real estate an essential service. It allowed sales activities to continue, as of this writing. So yes, residents can still buy a home during coronavirus, but there are guidelines and a few changes fr... Full story

  • Coldwell Banker names its top agents for April

    Updated May 14, 2020

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