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Articles from the October 30, 2012 edition


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  • San Diego housing prices continue to improve and edge upward

    Updated Oct 30, 2012

    SAN DIEGO - San Diego housing prices edged upward in August and the national real estate trend continued to improve, according to the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Housing Price Indices released today. Local sales prices were up 0.9 percent in August compared to July, and up 1.9 percent from August 2011. The Case-Shiller Indices set housing prices in the cities in January 2000 at 100 and tracked their subsequent rise or fall. San Diego's mark this past August was 157.84 -- a nearly 58 percent appreciation in value over a...

  • Trio Sentenced for Murdering Pastor's Son

    Updated Oct 30, 2012

    MURRIETA - Three men who ambushed and killed a college student, severely injured his friend and tried to harm another man following a confrontation in a Temecula bar were each sentenced today to more than 69 years in prison. Matthew Alexis Basler, 34, Marvin Justin Black, 29, and James Wing Fung, 34, were convicted in November of the Dec. 26, 2008, slaying of 22-year-old Ryan Joshua Armstrong. The young man's friend, Joel Ross, was stabbed multiple times, and another man was...

  • Witness: Slain Neo-Nazi Dad Physically Abused Son

    Updated Oct 30, 2012

    RIVERSIDE - The stepmother of a 12-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his neo-Nazi father as the man slept testified today that the youngster was frequently abused by the victim. ''He would sometimes lose control and start beating on Joseph?'' Riverside County Deputy Public Defender Mathew Hardy asked Krista McCary during cross-examination. ''Yes,'' McCary said. ''And this happened on a daily basis?'' Hardy asked. ''Sometimes,'' McCary replied. McCary testified that she was essentially a mother to Joseph Hall from the...

  • Multiple fire agencies work together to quickly knock down Lake Rancho Viejo brushfire amidst homes

    Updated Oct 30, 2012

    6:30 pm Residents in the area are saying that the fire appears to be out and air personnel have left the area. Investigators continue to piece the puzzle together to figure out how the fire started. Rumors were that the cause of the fire might have been either youth ignited it or someone was operating equipment in the brush-filled area. 5:50 pm: There are now four helicopters dumping water on the fire. At least one street has been evacuated. As of 5:18 pm Emergency workers...

  • Registrar: Record-Breaking Voter Registrations Means Long Election Night

    Updated Oct 30, 2012

    RIVERSIDE - Riverside County Registrar of Voters Kari Verjil said today she anticipates a ''busy election'' day and night in the face of a record- breaking number of voter registrations and requests for vote-by-mail ballots. ''Everything we can do will be done to process returns ... as quickly as possible,'' Verjil told City News Service. ''We're fully staffed and ready to work around the clock if necessary.'' According to the registrar, an unprecedented 944,283 people are registered to vote countywide in next Tuesday's gener...