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Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - After being reassured that motorists' privacy would not be compromised, the county Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a plan to electronically collect license plate data as part of a vehicle-emissions study aimed at improving air quality. Under the plan, the county Air Pollution Control District will use automated license reader software to analyze vehicles at 12 intersections in disadvantaged communities, including Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, Sherman Heights and western National City. A state...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County environmental health officials issued a water contact advisory today for all coastal beaches and bays due to contamination from urban runoff following rainfall. The Department of Environmental Health warned swimmers, surfers and other water users that levels of bacteria can rise significantly in coastal waters, particularly near storm drains, creeks, rivers and lagoon outlets that discharge urban runoff. Water contact should be avoided for at least 72 hours following a rainstorm, according to the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Lab-confirmed flu cases rose countywide last week for the third consecutive week, health officials announced today. The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported that 139 flu cases were confirmed throughout the county last week, bringing this season's total of flu cases to 614, to date. Only 247 cases had been confirmed at this time last flu season, which the county tracks concurrently with the fiscal year from July 1 to June 30 the following year. Although flu activity is high, deaths have...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego federal judge ruled today that the government's asylum ban on migrants attempting to enter the United States does not apply to those who traveled to the border prior to the ban's implementation, paving the way for migrants instructed by immigration officials to wait in Mexico to finally have their asylum claims heard. The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia A. Bashant stemmed from a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrant legal services firm Al Otro Lado, which alleges the government...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a program that will give the county more flexibility to help people from slipping into homelessness. The Flexible Funds for Housing Program will "give us the latitude to leverage existing state, federal and private resources to help tackle housing instability in our region," said Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, who sponsored the proposal. According to Fletcher's office, the program will assist homeless individuals, veterans and seniors on fixed incomes with...
VISTA (CNS) - A car struck and killed a pedestrian today near Brengle Terrace Park. The 63-year-old man was crossing East Vista Way mid-block east of Townsite Drive when the northbound vehicle hit him about 5:45 a.m., according to sheriff's officials. Medics took the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Sgt. Hernan Gonzalez said. His name was not immediately released. The 42-year-old motorist was cooperative with investigators, and he was not believed to have been under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - SeaWorld San Diego announced today that its "dive" roller coaster, which is scheduled to open next year, will be called "Emperor" in honor of a penguin species known for exceptional underwater diving ability. SeaWorld first announced plans to build the ride in January in an area adjacent to the Journey to Atlantis attraction that has previously been a parking lot. Construction on the ride, advertised as the tallest, fastest and longest such coaster in the state, began in August. The coaster will climb 153...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors today heard from immigrant rights activists concerned over how the San Diego County Sheriff's Department enforces two state laws involving federal agents and their access to undocumented jail inmates. During the community forum on the state's Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds Act, dozens of speakers voiced their concerns that the sheriff's office was still allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement the ability to apprehend inmates once they're released from county...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County Fair organizers today announced a superheroes theme for next year's month-long event. The fair announced the "Heroes Unite!" theme on its website. "You'll soar through the air on adrenaline-pumping carnival rides, strike a power pose with your favorite superheroes, taste your way through the fair's superfoods, discover entertainment surprises around every corner, learn the science and history of being a superhero and meet real-life community heroes who put Clark Kent to shame," the fair's...
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for parts of San Diego County including Fallbrook Tuesday afternoon. As of about 4:20 p.m., radar indicated thunderstorms were going to produce about one to one-and-a-half inches of rain over a two-hour duration in northern San Diego County. Showers were expected to continue over the area until about 7 p.m., according to the NWS. Fallbrook, along with Ramona, Valley Center, Escondido and several stretches of state Route 79 in the San Diego County mountains were all at... Full story
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A 31-year-old man was jailed today on suspicion of seriously injuring another man with a hatchet during a fight at an Escondido transit center, police said. Dispatchers received a call around 9:40 p.m. Monday from a person who reported that two men were fighting at the Escondido Transit Center on West Valley Parkway, west of Centre City Parkway, Escondido police Sgt. Mike Graesser said. Officers responded to the scene and found both men near the transit center suffering from serious injuries, Graesser said....
JULIAN (CNS) - Three Cal Fire San Diego firefighters suffered minor injuries while dousing a blaze at a home in a rural area southwest of Julian, authorities said today. The fire was reported shortly before 8:40 p.m. Monday at a home on Pine Ridge Avenue in the unincorporated Pine Hills community, Cal Fire San Diego Capt. Issac Sanchez said. When firefighters arrived at the scene, the home was fully engulfed in flames, but the home's residents were able to get out safely. Crews doused the blaze and had the flames knocked...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A Guatemalan family who claim they were denied access to legal counsel while trying to secure asylum in the United States has received "urgently needed medical care" at a San Diego-area migrant shelter and will now meet with other relatives in the country while awaiting asylum hearings, their attorneys said today. The family of seven are lead plaintiffs in a recent proposed class-action lawsuit regarding access to attorneys during proceedings known as "non-refoulement interviews," during which migrants at...
