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  • Scientists uneasy as Russia approves 1st coronavirus vaccine

    Updated Aug 11, 2020

    VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, a move that was met with international skepticism and unease because the shots have only been studied in dozens of people. President Vladimir Putin announced the Health Ministry's approval and said one of his two adult daughters already was inoculated. He said the vaccine underwent the necessary tests and was shown to provide lasting immunity to the coronavirus, although R...

  • Drug busts off San Diego coast net meth, marijuana

    Updated Aug 11, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Customs and Border Protection agents, along with the U.S. Coast Guard, intercepted two smuggling boats, arrested six people and seized roughly 528 pounds of methamphetamine and 941 pounds of marijuana off the coast of San Diego over the weekend, authorities reported Tuesday, Aug. 11. The first apprehension happened around 1:10 a.m. Saturday, when agents detected a panga-style boat traveling northbound off the San Diego coast, according to CBP officials. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour helped CBP...

  • Look past the 'bombshell' headlines and click bait to see the real story

    Updated Aug 11, 2020

    I watch a lot of Congressional and Senate Hearings as well as press conferences. That way I have more of an informed opinion without any bias. Having said that, I sat in horror as I watched the Congressional hearing with Attorney General Bill Barr on July 28. I have never seen such an orchestrated effort to shut someone down and bully them for 4 hours. It was truly sad and disgusting. Don't get me wrong, it's not unusual for congressional members to interrupt and be rude, but...

  • Regional Green New Deal begins with support of local officials, labor

    City News Service|Updated Aug 10, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A coalition of social justice, environmental, labor, faith-based and small business organizations Monday, Aug. 10 announced the beginning of a campaign championing a regional Green New Deal. The ``San Diego Green New Deal Alliance'' announced its goal of creating a Zero Carbon region ``that creates clean air, good jobs and more just communities'' at a virtual event Monday featuring elected officials and community leaders. ``The climate crisis, ever-growing income disparity exacerbated by COVID, and...

  • SD County reports 228 new COVID-19 cases, five community outbreaks

    City News Service|Updated Aug 10, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials today reported 228 new COVID-19 infections and five community outbreaks, raising the county's cumulative caseload to 32,975 and bringing to two dozen the number of outbreaks in the past week. No new coronavirus fatalities were reported Monday. The total death toll remains at 594. Locally, Bonsall has reported 36 cases, Pala 53 and Fallbrook 348, three more than the day before. The latest outbreaks were reported in a... Full story

  • Coaches push for college football as cracks emerge

    Updated Aug 10, 2020

    RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer President Donald Trump on Monday joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches calling to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown as supporters pushed the premise that the players are safer because of their sport. There was speculation two of the five most powerful conferences - the Big Ten and the Pac-12 - might call off their fall seasons and explore the possibility of spring football. The Mountain West...

  • President Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near WH

    Updated Aug 10, 2020

    COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. He returned minutes later, saying there was a "shooting" outside the White House that was "under control." "There was an actual shooting and somebody's been taken to the hospital," Trump said. The president said the shots were fired by law enforcement, saying he b...

  • Powerful derecho leaves path of devastation across Midwest

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 10, 2020

    RYAN J. FOLEY and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A rare storm packing 100 mph winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest on Monday, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it turned toward Chicago. The storm known as a derecho lasted several hours as it tore across eastern Nebraska, Iowa and parts of Wisconsin, had the wind speed of a...

  • California eyes 11 police reforms after George Floyd's death

    Updated Aug 10, 2020

    DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) - California lawmakers are pushing to enact nearly a dozen policing reform laws driven by nationwide outrage and protests after George Floyd's death in Minneapolis in May. Lawmakers have until Aug. 31 to approve and send legislation to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The bills include: CHOKEHOLDS AB1196 by Assemblyman Mike Gipson, D-Carson, would bar law enforcement agencies from using carotid restraints, chokeholds or similar...

  • SeaWorld Entertainment announces revenue, attendance losses amid pandemic

    Updated Aug 10, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - SeaWorld Entertainment Monday, Aug. 10 announced major revenue and attendance declines in the second quarter stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. SeaWorld parks drew 300,000 guests during the quarter, down from 6.5 million guests from the year-ago second quarter. The company reported $18 million in revenue in the second quarter, down from $406 million during the same time last year. The company reported a net loss of $131 million during the second quarter....

  • Looters descend on downtown Chicago; more than 100 arrested

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 10, 2020

    DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of looters descended on downtown Chicago early Monday following a police shooting on the city's South Side, with vandals smashing the windows of dozens of businesses and making off with merchandise, cash machines and anything else they could carry, police said. When police shot a man after he opened fire on officers Sunday afternoon, the incident apparently prompted a social media post hours later urging looters to converge o...

  • States on hook for billions under Trump's unemployment plan

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 10, 2020

    MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Whether President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to extend federal unemployment benefits by executive order remains unclear. Equally up in the air is whether states, which are necessary partners in Trump's plan to bypass Congress, will sign on. Trump announced an executive order Saturday that extends additional unemployment payments of $400 a week to help cushion the economic fallout of the pandemic. Congress had approved payments of $600 a week at t...

  • Lebanon's Cabinet resigns over Beirut blast amid public fury

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 10, 2020

    BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's government resigned Monday amid widespread public fury at the country's ruling elite over last week's devastating explosion in Beirut. The move risks opening the way to dragged-out negotiations over a new Cabinet amid urgent calls for reform. Prime Minster Hassan Diab headed to the presidential palace to submit the Cabinet's group resignation, said Health Minister Hamad Hassan. It follows a weekend of anti-government protests in the wake of the Aug. 4 explosion in B...

  • California's top public health director out, no reason given

    Updated Aug 10, 2020

    SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's top public health official has resigned, just days after the state announced a fix for a glitch that caused a lag in reporting coronavirus test results used to make decisions about reopening businesses and schools. Dr. Sonia Angell said in a resignation letter made public late Sunday that she's departing from her role as director and state public health officer at the California Department of Public Health. Her letter to staff, released by the California Health and Human Services Agency, did not...

  • SD County reports 551 new coronavirus cases, 7 new deaths

    City News Service|Updated Aug 9, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials have reported 551 new COVID-19 infections and seven additional fatalities, raising the county's totals to 32,330 cases and 593 deaths since the onset of the pandemic. The new deaths reported Friday -- four men and three women -- occurred between July 29 and Thursday, and ranged in age from 49 to 90. All had underlying medical conditions, according to the health department. The county reported 9,472 tests Friday, 6% of which...

  • Remains of 7 Marines and sailor to be transferred to Dover AFB`

    City News Service|Updated Aug 8, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Military officials today were preparing to transfer the remains of seven U.S. Marines and a Navy sailor to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware over the next few days to be prepared for burial. The remains were recovered Friday after going missing near San Clemente Island when their amphibious vehicle sank during a training mission last month. "Our hearts and thoughts of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are with the families of our recovered Marines and Sailor," said Col. Christopher Bronzi, commanding...

  • Bill setting standards for 'less-lethal' police weapons passes committee

    City News Service|Updated Aug 7, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A bill by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, setting standards on the use of "less lethal" weapons by law enforcement officers, passed the Senate Public Safety committee today by a 5-1 vote. "We've watched in horror as rubber bullets and tear gas have been used on protesters exercising their First Amendment rights, causing serious life-threatening injuries," Gonzalez said. "It's time that we have a statewide standard on these uses of force, and ensure police officers are not endangering the lives...

  • SD County reports 652 new coronavirus cases, 3 new deaths

    City News Service|Updated Aug 7, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials reported 652 new COVID-19 infections and three additional fatalities today, raising the county's totals to 31,779 cases and 586 deaths since the onset of the pandemic. The new deaths - a woman and two men - occurred between July 29 and Wednesday, and they ranged in age from 60 to 77. All had underlying medical conditions, according to the health department. The county reported 11,501 tests Friday, 6% of which returned...

  • Portland protesters cause mayhem again, police officer hurt

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 7, 2020

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland's nightly protests turned violent again even after the city's mayor pleaded for demonstrators to stay off the streets and a police officer hit by a rock early Friday suffered what was described as a serious injury. The protesters who came out Thursday night clashed with officers near a police precinct station and also used metal bars to disable police vehicles, police said in a statement. The nightly clashes this week have ratcheted up tensions...

  • Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 7, 2020

    NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but vague ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of popular social media apps TikTok and WeChat on security grounds, a move China's government criticized as "political manipulation." The twin executive orders Thursday - one for each app - add to growing U.S.-Chinese conflict over technology and security. They take effect in 45 days and could bar the apps from the Apple and Google app stores, effectively removing...

  • Searchers in Beirut recover more bodies days after blast

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 7, 2020

    BEIRUT (AP) - Rescue teams pulled more bodies from the rubble of Beirut's port Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing nearly 150 people and wounding thousands. Outside the port area, women cried as they waited for news about missing relatives. Among the four bodies recovered in the last 24 hours was that of 23-year-old Joe Akiki, a port worker missing since Tuesday's explosion. His body was found in the...

  • US adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has weakened

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 7, 2020

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is weakening hiring and the economic rebound. At any other time, hiring at that level would be seen as a blowout gain. But after employers shed a staggering 22 million jobs in March and April, much larger increases are needed to heal the job market. The hiring of the past three months has recovered only 42% of the jobs lost...

  • SANDAG reports drug use among juvenile arrestees at highest rate since 2000

    City News Service, Special to Valley News|Updated Aug 7, 2020

    Drug use among teens booked into San Diego Juvenile Hall reached its highest rate since 2000, with 62% of those interviewed testing positive for an illicit substance last year, up 4% from the previous year, according to a report released Monday, Aug. 3. According to the San Diego Association of Governments, 57% of 109 juveniles interviewed in 2019 tested positive for marijuana, also the highest rate since 2000, and an increase of 2% compared to 2018. Ninety-two percent of interviewees reported trying marijuana, compared to...

  • Vertical Threat wins Smiling Tiger Stakes

    Joe Naiman, Village News Reporter|Updated Aug 7, 2020

    Just more than one year after his first workout at the San Luis Rey Training Center and seven days after his most recent workout at San Luis Rey 3-year-old colt Vertical Threat won the Smiling Tiger Stakes race Saturday, July 25, at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. "I'm very pleased," trainer Richard Baltas said. "Pretty happy with the horse. He looks like he's got a future." All of Vertical Threat's timed workouts have been at San Luis Rey. The first was a two-furlong run July...

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