Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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FALLBROOK - The California Highway Patrol is reporting that a motorcyclist collided with a truck on State Route 76 and Sweetgrass Lane on Saturday evening. The accident, which was reported at 6:37 p.m. and reports from the scene indicated that the westbound side of SR76 was closed to through traffic. There was no confirmation of injuries or fatalities in the crash and no indication when the road might be reopened as of 7:30 p.m.... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The US Coast Guard intercepted a boat off the La Jolla coast with 19 people aboard, all suspected of trying to enter the United States illegally, an official confirmed on Sunday, Sept. 16. A Coast Guard vessel detected the boat shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley said. The boat was intercepted about 8 miles west of Windansea Beach in La Jolla, Customs and Border Protection officials said. No description of the watercraft was released. All of the 19 people aboard were believed to...
CAMP PENDLETON - At least one person was injured in a serious crash that snarled traffic on Interstate 5 through Camp Pendleton today. The crash was first reported just before 2:30 p.m. A witness told the California Highway Patrol that a white SUV and a gray sedan were possibly racing on northbound I-5 near Vista Point when the sedan flipped over across the median and into southbound lanes. The driver of the SUV stopped in the center divider and ran over to the overturned sedan, a CHP incident log said. A woman in the sedan... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The board of directors of Sempra Energy announced that CEO Jeffrey W. Martin was elected chairman of the company, effective Dec. 1. Martin, 56, will succeed Debra L. Reed, who is retiring from Sempra Energy on Dec. 1. Martin has served as CEO since May and has held a variety of increasingly responsible leadership positions in his 13 years with the Sempra Energy family of companies. "Early in his tenure as CEO, Jeff Martin has outlined a new strategy to focus on -- and grow -- Sempra Energy's North American... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The Port of San Diego announced on Tuesday, Sept. 11, it was honored in three of the four categories in an international environmental care awards program. The American Association of Port Authorities introduced its Environmental Improvement Awards program in 1973. The APAA is an alliance of ports in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The three awards are the San Diego port's first since 1999 when it won for Environmental Enhancement. The port won this year in the Stakeholder Education... Full story
SANTEE - Authorities on Friday, Sept. 14, were investigating reports of an apparently unfounded shooting threat at San Marcos High School and a separate unfounded threat of violence at Santee's West Hills High School, officials said. The threat at San Marcos High was reported sometime overnight and was unsubstantiated, San Diego County sheriff's Lt. Amber Baggs said. No details on when or how the threat was made known or how deputies determined it was unfounded were immediately available. Around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, deputies... Full story
SAN DIEGO - County law enforcement and health officials warned residents today of three deaths this past weekend caused by fentanyl-laced cocaine in Pacific Beach and Ocean Beach. In addition to the three deaths, two others overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine and survived. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that can be anywhere from 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Officials could not divulge where the victims got the drugs... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego team in the Alliance of American Football announced today it had signed former Stanford fullback Daniel Marx. The 6-foot-2-inch 245-pound Marx was not chosen in the 2018 NFL draft, cut by the Atlanta Falcons July 30 and the Seattle Seahawks Sept. 1 as part of the roster reduction to reach the regular-season 53-player limit. Stanford is among the 15 universities the San Diego team has the first right to sign players from. The eight-team league is set to begin play Feb. 9.... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer today announced he is endorsing gubernatorial candidate John Cox for the November election. "We need to reform Sacramento so it's working for us again,'' Faulconer said in a statement. "Millions of forgotten Californians face unaffordable housing, struggling schools and the worst poverty rate in the country. It's time for new ideas to turn Sacramento around, and John Cox is the best choice for the job. He will never stop fighting for our communities.'' Faulconer is a Republican, as... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The Diocese of San Diego added eight priests to the list of those believed to have molested children as part of a clerical sexual abuse scandal involving the Roman Catholic Church, it was reported today. The new names -- the Revs. Jose Chavarin, Raymond Etienne, J. Patrick Foley, Michael French, Richard Houck, George Lally, and Paolino Montagna, plus Monsignor Mark Medaer -- were released in piecemeal fashion, with critical details missing, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The list extends the roster of preda... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Zoo Global today announced the death of former Zoological Society of San Diego President and San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research founder Dr. Kurt Benirschke. Benirschke, 94, died Sept. 10 according to the zoo. In 1979, he founded the Institute -- then called the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species -- and served as director until 1985. In 1986, Benirschke joined the Zoological Society's board of trustees, serving as the board's president from 1997 to 2000. Benirschke applied human... Full story
OCEANSIDE - Authorities announced a $6,000 reward today for information leading to an arrest in connection with the slaying last month of a retiree during a burglary in his coastal northern San Diego County home. The bloodied body of John Roth, 77, was discovered by his wife at their house in the 500 block of North Tremont Street in Oceanside when she returned from a double shift at her job at a nursing home shortly before 7 a.m. Aug. 14, according to police. Zui Pang, 41, had last seen her husband alive about 16 hours earlie... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Qualcomm Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors approved a $16 billion accelerated stock repurchase agreement as part of a $30 billion stock repurchase program announced in July. "We remain on track to complete a large majority of the announced program by the end of fiscal 2019,'' said CEO Steve Mollenkopf. "The Board and the management team remain committed to returning capital to stockholders while we also continue to invest to create longer-term stockholder value.'' The company will initially receive... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Former KUSI anchor and reporter David Davis, who retired from the television station earlier this year, has died in a traffic accident in Texas. Davis was killed in a crash near Dallas while on a cross-country road trip, KUSI reported Wednesday night. It was unclear when it occurred. He joined KUSI in January 2003. Davis anchored in four states and won several awards for his work, including coverage of the Jeffrey Dahmer capture and weeklong 9/11 reports from New York, according to KUSI. He earned a degree in... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Breezy and very dry conditions in local mountain passes and desert slopes will create elevated wildfire risks in the San Diego area today, according to forecasters. Through tonight, humidity levels will likely drop to the teens and single digits in the East County, where afternoon and evening wind gusts could reach 50 miles per hour or higher, the National Weather Service said. The conditions will result in heightened fire dangers in the affected areas, the agency reported. Thursday and Friday will bring somewhat... Full story
On successive days, a brush fire and a car fire sparked in the area of the I-15 freeway. On Sept. 10, the California Highway Patrol reported a vegetation fire in the area of I-15 and Stewart Canyon Road around 12:30 p.m. CalFire San Diego and North County Fire were in unified command of the brush fire and a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Fallbrook Substation watch commander announced via Twitter that Pankey Road was closed in both directions. The watch commander warned nearby residents that the fire could spread, to s...
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Association of Governments will make an announcement Friday on a new executive director, pending approval of an employment contract, a SANDAG official told the county Board of Supervisors today. Terry Sinnott, chairman of the SANDAG board, didn't divulge any further details or names regarding the replacement for Gary Gallegos. The regional planning agency's longtime director resigned in August 2017 amid the fallout from a scandal that began with an economic modeling error that caused SANDAG to... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Board of Supervisors honored the Del Mar Fairgrounds today for sheltering large animals during local emergencies. Since 2003, the fairgrounds has repeatedly partnered with the county to shelter large animals and livestock belonging to evacuated residents during times of emergency. Because of the nature of the region, those emergencies are usually wildfires, such as the 2017 Lilac Fire when the fairgrounds accepted and sheltered hundreds of horses. The recognition for the fairgrounds came in... Full story
