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SAN DIEGO - Summer thunderstorms threatened San Diego County today, bringing the likelihood of scattered showers and cooler temperatures to the region. ''An upper level low will remain over Southern California today, with a very moist and unstable air mass in place,'' according to the National Weather Service, which issued a flash flood watch for mountain and desert areas through this evening. Today's thunderstorms will be capable of producing heavy rain, leading to the possibility of excessive runoff and rapid filling and...
IDYLLWILD (Wire Service) - A hiker who fell and injured himself during a mountain excursion near Idyllwild was located and airlifted to safety today, July 13. The man, whose identity was not released, became stranded with friends Thursday night after they trekked into elevated terrain near the Marion Campground, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. The victim apparently slipped and tumbled off a hiking path sometime after 9 p.m., prompting his associates to call 911, sheriff's officials said. The Riverside...
LAKE ELSINORE (Wire Service) - An 18-year-old man suspected in more than a dozen acts of graffiti vandalism throughout Lake Elsinore, causing more than $2,400 damage to public and private property, was arrested today, July 13. Gustavo Gutierrez was booked into the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of vandalism and possession of graffiti implements after Riverside County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at his residence in the 3600 block of Nashland Street. The suspect is being held in lieu of...
SAN DIEGO (Wire Service) - A wild deer mouse trapped in north Escondido during routine monitoring tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, San Diego County vector control officials announced today, July 13. According to the county Department of Environmental Health, it is not easy for humans to contract hantavirus, but if an infection does happen, it causes Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, which is fatal 36 percent of the time. Department Director Jack Miller said infected mice, which are discovered every so... Full story
SAN ONOFRE (Wire Service) - The wear in the walls of steam generator tubes that forced the shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station earlier this year was caused by a settling of support equipment and vibrations, Southern California Edison announced today, July 13. A leak from a tube forced the utility to take Unit 3 off-line in January, and thinning was found in a large number of them, which are less than two years old. The plant's other unit had already been closed for routine maintenance. Neither has been...
The Sheriff's Dept. announced today, July 24, that damage incurred at a Fallbrook salon due to a recent act of burglary and vandalism has been estimated to be at least $10,000 and that a reward is now being offered to help solve the crime. "Fallbrook's Salon Ana was broken into by an unknown number of suspects," said Detective Steve Ashkar. "The suspects caused, up to this point, $10,000 in damage to the interior of the business and to a neighboring business. More repairs are...
RIVERSIDE - Summer thunderstorms threatened Riverside County and the Coachella Valley today, bringing the likelihood of scattered showers and cooler temperatures to the region. ''An upper level low will remain over Southern California today, with a very moist and unstable air mass in place,'' according to the National Weather Service, which issued a flash flood watch for the region through this evening. Today's thunderstorms will be capable of producing heavy rain, leading to the possibility of excessive runoff and rapid...