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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The clock is now ticking for San Diego County, as new COVID-19 data released Tuesday, Sept. 15 contains one of the two metrics the state monitors now flagged as ``widespread,'' which could lead to business restrictions and closures if it continues for another week. San Diego County's state-calculated, unadjusted case rate is 7.9 new daily cases per 100,000 population. The testing positivity percentage is 4.5%. Should the county have a case rate higher than...
HIDDEN MEADOWS (CNS) - A young Riverside County man was killed early Tuesday, Sept. 15 and another was badly injured in a solo car crash on Interstate 15. The driver and passenger, both 21, were in a northbound Lexus ES 350 that veered out of control at high speed and veered off the freeway south of Gopher Canyon Road in the Hidden Meadows area shortly after 12:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The sedan traveled across a dirt-and-asphalt center median, went up a brushy embankment and struck a wire...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Petco Park will play host to a pair of American League playoff series next month under a schedule announced Tuesday, Sept. 15 that will culminate with Major League Baseball's first neutral-site World Series, played in Arlington, Texas. The playoff tournament schedule was formulated in response to the coronavirus pandemic, with an eye toward the ``bubble'' concept employed by the NBA and NHL aimed at ensuring limited outside interaction with players. Under the schedule, Petco Park will play host to a...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County supervisors Tuesday, Sept. 15 unanimously approved millions of dollars in grants for small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Money from the county's Small Business Stimulus Program will be ``used towards supporting public health and response activities associated with the COVID-19 pandemic,'' according to the county. Four districts will receive these amounts: -- District 1: Roughly $3.9 million, which will be distributed among 506 businesses; -- District 2: $4.1 million, for 254... Full story
CARSON (CNS) - Los Angeles County will play host to three college football teams next year, as San Diego State University announced Tuesday, Sept. 15 that the Aztecs will play their 2021 home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson while the university works on its new campus and stadium in Mission Valley. The decision allows the university continue its work on the construction site adjacent to SDCCU Stadium, with the new stadium scheduled to open in fall 2022. ``Once th...
During the Monday, Sept. 14 meeting of the Fallbrook Union High School District Board of Trustees, the board voted to extend the distance learning model through the second grading period at its two high schools. As of Sept. 1, San Diego County schools are permitted to reopen for in-person learning as long as the county department of public health guidelines can be followed. But according to Superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez, the district isn't yet prepared to meet all of the...
Firefighters stopped the spread of a small brush fire in a Fallbrook field Monday afternoon. The fire was first reported at 3:20 p.m. in a field near Alturas Road and Merida Drive, according to North County Fire Capt. John Choi. Crews arriving at the scene found an approximately 50-by-20-foot blaze and quickly surrounded it with containment lines, Choi said. Forward spread of the fire was stopped by about 3:44 p.m. No injuries were reported. Will Fritz can be reached by email at [email protected]....
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 208 new COVID-19 infections and no new deaths Monday, Sept. 14, bringing the region's total caseload to 42,887, while the number of deaths related to the illness remained at 734. Of the 5,921 tests reported Monday, 4% returned positive, moving the 14-day rolling average of positive tests to 4.2%, well below the state's 8% guideline. The seven-day average number of tests performed in the county is 7,076. Of... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Padres resumed play Sunday, Sept. 13 by sweeping a doubleheader against the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park after their games the past two days were postponed due to a presumptive positive coronavirus test. Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association Joint Committee, in conjunction with each team's medical staff, reviews all positive COVID-19 tests on an individual basis to determine how each case should be handled in order to ensure the health and safety of the...
JAPATUL VALLEY (CNS) - Firefighters Monday, Sept. 14 worked toward full containment on the smoldering remains of the Valley Fire, which was 87% contained after blackening 17,665 acres in rural eastern San Diego County, authorities reported. As of 7 a.m. today, the blaze, southeast of Alpine, has destroyed 30 residences and 31 outbuildings, damaged 11 other structures and injured three firefighters, according to Cal Fire. As of this morning, the resources dedicated to battling...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Smoke from the Valley Fire, now 79 percent contained, continued across San Diego County today, resulting in dim, hazy sunshine, the National Weather Service said. High pressure will remain in control of the weather over the Southwest much of this week, but the center will shift farther south by midweek, resulting in warmer weather in the county, and should help reduce the areas of smoke and haze, the NWS said. ``This last full week of summer will be a warm one, even as onshore flow prevails,'' forecasters...
MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3 trillion for the first 11 months of this budget year, the Treasury Department said Friday. The ocean of red ink is a product of the government's massive spending to try to cushion the impact of a coronavirus-fueled recession that has cost millions of jobs. The deficit from October through August is more than double the previous 11-month record of $1.37 trillion set in 2009. At that time the government was spending large...
BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press BERRY CREEK (AP) — John Sykes built his life around his cabin in the dense woods of Northern California. He raised his two children there, expanded it and improved it over time and made it resilient to all kinds of disaster except fire. So when the winds started howling Tuesday and the skies became so dark from smoke that he had to turn on his lights at midday, he didn't hesitate to leave it all behind in an instant before any evacuation order. With the disaster two years ago in...
DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's inmate firefighters will have a shot at becoming professional firefighters once they complete their sentences, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Friday. The new law will allow state and county inmates who train as firefighters to seek to erase the criminal records that often are a bar to employment as firefighters or in other professions. The measure "will give those prisoners hope of actually getting a job in the profession that they've been t...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that would give judges a say on whether to list someone as a sex offender for having oral or anal sex with a minor. The bill would expand the discretion currently granted judges in statutory rape cases and was promoted as bringing fairness under the law to LGBTQ defendants. The current law, in place for decades, permits judges to decide whether a man should be placed on California's sex offender registry if he had voluntary intercourse with someone 14 to 17...
ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - An autopsy report released Friday says "Glee" actor Naya Rivera raised her arm and called for help as she accidentally drowned while boating with her 4-year-old son on a California lake. Once his mother had helped him back on to the boat, the boy "noticed the decedent put her arm up in the air and yelled 'help,'" the report from the Ventura County Medical Examiner says. "The decedent then disappeared in to the water." Authorities had previously said that Rivera had...
JAPATUL VALLEY (CNS) - Firefighters battling the Valley Fire in rural eastern San Diego County worked to take advantage of lighter winds and higher humidity Saturday, Sept. 12 in an attempt to increase containment of the blaze. The fire, southeast of Alpine, has burned 17,665 acres, destroyed 30 residences and 31 outbuildings, damaged 11 other structures, injured three firefighters and was 69% contained Saturday. At noon Friday, Cal Fire announced that all evacuations and...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - High pressure will keep the weather warm over San Diego County this weekend as the smoke layer caused by the Valley Fire slowly thins, the National Weather Service said Saturday, Sept. 12. Marine clouds and fog should remain patchy and confined to coastal areas, forecasters said. Cooler weather is expected for later next week as a low-pressure trough arrives over the West Coast. While radar does show some lessening of the smoky sky caused by last week's Valley Fire, satellite imagery showed the smoke continu...
FALLBROOK – People have been spending more time at home in 2020 than in years past, and certain projects around the house have become a priority. One home improvement idea that serves the double benefit of creating organization and making cooking at home more efficient is to reimagine the kitchen pantry. A pantry is a room or closet where food, beverages and linens or dishes are stored. Pantries can be highly useful spaces that provide ancillary storage in kitchens. Many moder...
SACRAMENTO – Following the signing of one of the strongest statewide tenant protection measures in the country, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the “Housing is Key” campaign aimed at connecting renters and landlords experiencing economic hardship due to COVID-19 with helpful information and resources, Wednesday, Sept. 2. The campaign will be run by the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency and kicks off with a new website and social media ads targeting vulnerable communities. “Struggling tenants and landlor...
The registrar of voters will prepare election ballots for mailing in two weeks so active registered voters are urged to check their voter registration now to get a mail ballot at their address later. More than 1.8 million postcards went out to registered voters last month telling them to expect a mail ballot for the Nov. 3, presidential general election. If you are a registered voter and did not receive this postcard, it could mean you are not registered to vote in San Diego C...
Crews continued working Tuesday, Sept. 8, to quell the Valley Fire, which has scorched 17,345 acres in Japatul Valley near Alpine and was 3% contained. The blaze continued to burn to the east Monday toward communication towers at Mount Pinos and the community of Corte Madera, Cal Fire said. The inferno began around 2:15 p.m. Saturday off Spirit Trail and Japatul Road. It had burned 17,345 acres and was 3% contained as of 6:30 p.m. Monday. A new evacuation order for Corte Madera, south of Pine Valley, went into effect Monday...
OCEANSIDE – The North County Transit District’s board of directors adopted a proclamation at its July 16, board meeting recognizing September 2020 as “Rail Safety Month.” In doing so, NCTD affirms its commitment to safety and saving lives through the prevention of needless tragedy on and near the tracks. According to statistics kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and California Operation Lifesaver Inc., California continues to be identified as having the highest number of preventable railroad trespasser fatalities...
Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety over the weekend after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California's Sierra National Forest, one of dozens of fires burning amid record-breaking temperatures that strained the state's electrical grid and for a time threatened power outages for millions. The California Office of Emergency Services said Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters were used for the rescues that began late...
The U.S. Forest Service Monday, Sept. 7, announced the temporary closure of numerous national forest lands, including the Cleveland National Forest, due to “unprecedented and dangerous fire conditions.” The closures will go into place at 5 p.m. and will be reevaluated daily as conditions change, officials said. Other national forest lands ordered closed include Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest, Sierra National Forest, Sequoia National Forest, Inyo National Forest and Los Pad...