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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity will significantly raise the threat of wildfires on Wednesday in San Diego County, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS issued a red flag warning that will be in effect until 6 p.m. Thursday in the county mountains and valleys. Winds out of the east and northeast are expected to be between 25-35 mph, with gusts reaching 55 mph in the valleys and 75 mph near mountain ridge tops, forecasters said. Relative humidity will drop as low as 5%, with poor... Full story
BONSALL — North County Fire was fighting a structure fire in the 31000 block fo Lake Vista Circle in Bonsall as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30. According to the agency, no vegetation was involved in the fire. As of 9:30 a.m., North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi said the fire was fully contained and started in a trash can within a home's bathroom. The fire spread slightly beyond the bathroom area, but firefighters were able to knock it down quickly. Choi said it didn't appear as though the family w... Full story
FALLBROOK - A 14-year-old minor was transported to Rady's Children's Hospital on Wednesday morning when the child was struck by a vehicle around 7:30 a.m. near Stage Coach Lane and Reche Road in Fallbrook. North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi said the child was transported with non-life-threatening injuries and no further information was available pending notification of the minor's parents. According to Choi, the incident was being investigated by the... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors today approved raises for several elected officials, including Sheriff Bill Gore. Also receiving pay hikes will be Ernest Dronenburg, the assessor/recorder/county clerk; District Attorney Summer Stephan; and Dan McAllister, treasurer/tax-collector. According to the board agenda, the raises will cost $20,131 for the first year, $13,122 for fiscal year 2020-21, $13,384 for fiscal year 2021-22 and $32,556 for fiscal year 2022-23, to be divided among the four officials....
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two inmates who died over the summer in San Diego jails lost their lives to drug overdoses, authorities reported today. The first of the two fatalities occurred Aug. 3, when the family of 41-year-old Michael Hossfeld directed physicians to take him off life support, according to sheriff's officials. Hossfeld had been in a coma since July 20, when he was found unconscious in a cell at San Diego Central Jail, Lt. Michael Blevins said. An autopsy determined that Hossfeld – who had been in custody for 691 d...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A Tijuana man was sentenced today in federal court in San Diego to 6 1/2 years in prison for his role as a leader of an international underworld organization that laundered more than $19 million in narcotics proceeds. Manuel Reynoso Garcia, 64, was the last of eight defendants sent to prison as a result of a multi-year investigation led by the FBI Cross Border Violence Task Force, which targeted him as one of the key leaders of the Tijuana- and San Diego-based money laundering group. According to a plea...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday rejected a proposal to establish four satellite voting offices, after some members complained it was an unfunded mandate. The vote was 3-2, with Supervisors Jim Desmond and Kristin Gaspar in opposition. The measure required four votes for passage. The proposal stemmed in part from state legislation, recently signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, that allows Californians to register to vote on election day at local poll... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - In what was praised as a major collaborative effort, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a behavioral health facility in Hillcrest, as part of a greater regional program. When completed, the Central Region Behavioral Health Hub will offer multiple services like crisis stabilization, inpatient and intensive outpatient care – via partnerships with long-term behavioral and mental healthcare facilities – to ensure patients regain stability. According to county documents, the proj...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Health officials announced Tuesday that people at three high schools in San Diego County have tested positive for mumps and may have exposed others to the contagious virus in the last two weeks. One person at each of the campuses -- High Tech High School International, La Jolla High School and San Pasqual High School -- tested positive for the virus, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, which did not specify whether the patients were students or staffers. Students and faculty... Full story
VISTA (CNS) - A 24-year-old Fallbrook resident who attacked an octogenarian and two other men outside a Fallbrook church, punching two of them and stomping the 86-year-old to death, was sentenced today to 20 years to life in state prison. Keith Vasquez pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of second-degree murder and assault in connection with the Sept. 21, 2016, beating death of Magnus Johnson, as well as the assaults of two other men, ages 62 and 63. The victims told... Full story
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. chief of naval operations on Tuesday denied a request for clemency and upheld a military jury's sentence that will reduce the rank of a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017. Adm. Mike Gilday made the decision after carefully reviewing the trial transcripts and the clemency request by the lawyers of Edward Gallagher, said Cmdr. Nate Christensen, spokesman for Gilday, in a statement. Gallagher's lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, said they are d... Full story
RAMONA (CNS) - A fire of unknown origin spread through a field in Ramona Tuesday afternoon, blackening about four open acres before ground and air crews could douse the flames. The blaze erupted shortly before 1 p.m. in the area of Hanson Lane and Keyes Road, just west of Swartz Canyon County Park, according to Cal Fire San Diego. It took firefighters, including personnel in air tankers and water-dropping helicopters, about a half-hour to halt the spread of the flames, said Cal Fire Capt. Issac Sanchez. No structural damage...
LAKE HENSHAW (CNS) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 was recorded Tuesday in an unincorporated area near Warner Springs, and light shaking was felt all the way in Otay Mesa. The temblor struck shortly after 9:20 a.m. roughly 1.2 miles southeast of Lake Henshaw, just off state Route 76, at a depth of about 5.2 miles, according to a computer-generated report from the U.S. Geological Survey. Reports on the USGS "Did You Feel It?'' map showed light shaking could... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 18-year-old transient who drove past a gate at Naval Medical Center San Diego in the Balboa Park area was injured when security personnel fired a shot at his charging dog, but missed, and the bullet instead grazed his ankle, authorities said on Tuesday. The bizarre series of events happened around 8:45 p.m. Monday near the hospital's main gate at Bob Wilson Drive off Florida Drive, according to Navy officials. A man, later identified as Eric Durand of San Diego, was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that... Full story
FALLBROOK - California Highway Patrol and North County Fire personnel were on the scene of a three-car crash at Fallbrook Street and Mission Road on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The accident was first reported at 9:53 a.m., no injuries were reported and no further information was available.... Full story
BALLENA (CNS) - A wildfire that blackened nearly 100 open acres between Ramona and Santa Ysabel, prompting evacuations as firefighters worked to subdue the wind-whipped flames, is 100% contained, Cal Fire announced today. The blaze, dubbed the "Sawday Fire" erupted shortly before 9:30 a.m. Friday amid unseasonable heat and gusty Santa Ana conditions near Sawday Truck Trail and Littlepage Road, south of state Route 78 in the unincorporated Ballena community, according to Cal Fire. Within 90 minutes, the fire had burned about...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Another round of strong, arid Santa Ana winds will elevate wildfire dangers once again this week in the San Diego area, the National Weather Service advised today. To alert the public to the local combustion hazards, the NWS will institute a "red flag" warning effective from 11 p.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. Thursday for the county's inland valleys and mountains. The conditions – featuring winds out of the east and northeast at 50 to 80 mph, combined with humidity levels as low as 5% – are likely to be the str...
PALM DESERT (CNS) - A 21-year-old man from San Diego County was in custody today on suspicion of killing a 33-year-old Palm Desert woman. Riverside County sheriff's deputies responding to a assault with a deadly weapon call found Nicole Henderson with "significant trauma" to her body around 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the 45200 block of Panorama Drive in Palm Desert. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death was not immediately available. Deputies arrested Richard Colin Holbrook, 21, of Escondido, near the...
NORTH COUNTY (CNS) - Two wildfires, one in Valley Center and the other east of Ramona, were 90% contained Sunday, according to Cal Fire San Diego. The "Miller Fire" in Valley Center was a wind-driven wildfire that blackened 37 acres, destroyed a home and forced evacuations. The blaze broke out at 1 p.m. Friday amid hot, arid and gusty Santa Ana conditions in the area of Cole Grade Road and Miller Lane, about three miles west of Harrah's Resort Southern California, Cal Fire said. Deputies cleared residents out of homes on...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ethan Dedeaux had a 49-yard catch-and-run touchdown for the first of 17 unanswered points to start the game and San Diego State hung on to beat UNLV 20-17 on Saturday night. SDSU led 20-10 at the end of the third quarter but UNLV used a 12-play, 77-yard drive to get within three points with 5:57 to go. SDSU went three-and-out and UNLV went on another double-digit-play drive but Daniel Gutierrez's 42-yard field-goal attempt hit the post. Ryan Agnew passed for 185 yards with one touchdown and one i... Full story
SAN MARCOS (CNS) - San Diego Gas & Electric today denied media reports that a three-acre brush fire was sparked by a downed power line. The fire at 3:30 a.m. Friday prompted the evacuation of about 100 residents near Plateau Avenue and South Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos Fire Marshal Jason Nailon said. SDGE spokeswoman Denice Menard said Saturday that reports on the cause of the fire were incorrect. "Media reports that a downed power line caused the three-acre brush fire in San Marcos are not accurate,'' Menard said in a...
VALLEY CENTER (CNS) - Evacuation orders issued because of a wildfire that swept through a neighborhood in Valley Center were lifted today, Cal Fire San Diego said. “Access to Coyote Run and Rabbit Run will be limited to residents only and fire crews will remain at scene throughout the day,” the California Public Information Office posted on Twitter a little after 10 a.m. Containment of a wind-driven wildfire that blackened 37 acres, destroyed a home and forced evacuations increased to 70% this morning. “Crews will remai...
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Reid Sinnett threw three touchdown passes, Emilio Martinez and Terrence Smith combined to rush for 300 yards and four touchdowns and San Diego pulled away defeat Dayton 50-38 on Saturday. Sinnett threw for 314 yards with one interception for the Toreros (5-2, 4-0 Pioneer Football League). Martinez ran for 161 yards on 20 carries, including an 11-yard TD run in the first quarter. Smith added 139 yards on 11 carries, including three scoring runs in the second half. San Diego earned its 33rd straight PFL v... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the city of San Diego is one of four cities in the state that will receive $500,000 in state funding to support residents affected by power shutoffs due to the threat of wildfires. While visiting Sonoma County emergency responders, local officials and residents affected by the Kincade Fire, Newsom announced the establishment of the Local Government Public Safety Power Shutoffs Resiliency Program, which will provide funding to local governments to maintain power...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A former San Diego man accused of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS made his initial court appearance Friday. Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, 34, currently of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is charged with providing support to ISIS, which allegedly involved him providing personnel and money to those engaged in terrorist activities in Syria. Abdullahi is accused of facilitating the travel of at least three Canadians and two Americans to Syria to fight for ISIS, all of whom were later killed fighting for...
