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  • SD County surpasses 75,000 COVID-19 cases, approaches 1K deaths

    City News Service|Updated Nov 25, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 944 COVID-19 infections and four deaths Wednesday, raising the region's totals to 75,305 cases and 988 deaths. Four men died between Nov. 14 and Nov. 22, and their ages ranged from late 50s to mid-80s. All had underlying medical conditions. It is the 15th consecutive day that more than 600 new cases were reported, following a record-high 1,546 cases Tuesday. The previous one-day case record was set Saturday,...

  • Santa Ana winds expected on Thanksgiving in SD County

    City News Service|Updated Nov 25, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity will raise the risk of wildfires throughout San Diego County on Thursday and Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The weather agency issued a Red Flag Warning in effect 9 p.m. Thursday through 9 a.m. Saturday for San Diego County inland valleys and mountains. Moderate strength Santa Ana winds are expected in typically wind prone, isolated pockets of the backcountry. The strongest winds are forecasted to arrive Friday, and the weather will likely remain...

  • Supervisors approve $20 million in business relief for COVID-related closures

    City News Service|Updated Nov 25, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to approve $20 million in aid for businesses affected by San Diego County's slide into the most-restrictive purple tier of the state's four-tiered coronavirus monitoring system. Greg Cox and Nathan Fletcher, co-chairs of the County of San Diego's COVID-19 Subcommittee, proposed making $20 million in general funds available to provide relief to businesses negatively impacted by the indoor closures mandated by the purple tier. "Due to the massive spike in...

  • Judge blocks certification of Pennsylvania election results

    Ivan Pentchoukov|Updated Nov 25, 2020

    A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday ordered state officials to not certify the results of the 2020 election until her court holds a hearing on an election contest on Friday. Commonwealth Judge Patricia McCullough ordered the state to not take any further steps to complete the certification of the presidential race, which the state announced on Tuesday. She also blocked the certification of all the other election results. "To the extent that there remains any further action to... Full story

  • Teen struck, killed while riding skateboard in Ramona

    City News Service|Updated Nov 25, 2020

    RAMONA (CNS) - A teenage boy was fatally struck by a pickup truck while riding a skateboard on a residential road in the San Diego Country Estates neighborhood of Ramona, authorities said Wednesday. The fatality occurred around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday on Barona Mesa Road near La Plata Court, in a neighborhood south of San Vicente Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Jeff Christy said. Two teenage boys were riding skateboards to the east in the eastbound lane of Barona Mesa Road and another teen was riding a bicycle eastbound in...

  • Trump tells GSA to allow Biden transition to begin

    Zeke Miller David Eggert Colleen Long, Associated Press|Updated Nov 24, 2020

    Nov 24, 2020 2:56 PM The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden and his team that the Trump administration is ready to begin the transition process. The Hill obtained a copy of a letter sent from GSA Administrator Emily Murphy to Biden on Monday saying that he would have access to federal resources and services to facilitate a presidential transition. Trump tweeted that he had asked Murphy to begin the transition, although he has not yet...

  • YouTube suspends OAN from uploading videos for one week over COVID-19 cure claim

    Updated Nov 24, 2020

    AN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego-based One America News Network was suspended Tuesday, Nov. 24 from uploading new videos to its YouTube channel for one week for posting a video claiming there is a COVID-19 cure. YouTube officials said they took action due to a violation of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, resulting in the removal of the video and a strike on OAN's channel. The strike means the channel remains live, but new videos or livestreams cannot be uploaded for one week. YouTube's three-strikes policy allows for three...

  • UCSD detects COVID-19-causing virus in multiple wastewater samples on campus

    Updated Nov 24, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla Tuesday, Nov. 24 alerted students, faculty and staff, that the university's wastewater monitoring system detected SARS CoV-2 -- the virus which causes COVID-19 -- in multiple sites on Sunday and Monday. ``Our early detection system identified active virus in the wastewater outflow in the five campus areas from 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 22 to 1 p.m. on Monday, November 23,'' Khosla said. The buildings with detectable virus in the wastewater are: -- Seventh College East...

  • San Diego County reports 13th consecutive day of 600-plus new COVID-19 cases

    Updated Nov 24, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 1,167 new COVID-19 infections Monday, Nov. 23, the 13th consecutive day more than 600 new cases were reported. A record 1,478 new COVID-19 cases were reported Saturday, erasing the previous record of 1,091 set Friday. There were 939 new cases reported Sunday. The county's total number of cases since the pandemic began in March is 72,815. A total of 22,117 tests were reported Monday and 5% of those came back... Full story

  • San Diego County to receive $1.4M in FEMA funding for food and shelter

    Updated Nov 24, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County is set to receive about $1.4 million in funding for food and shelter for residents facing non-disaster- related emergencies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday, Nov. 24. FEMA granted a total of $140 million to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board -- $15 million more than last fiscal year -- and the board will now distribute those dollars to jurisdictions across the nation. Los Angeles County is set to receive more than $6.8 million, while San Diego...

  • Judge denies request from SD businesses seeking to resume indoor operations

    Updated Nov 23, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A judge Monday, Nov. 23 denied a request by four San Diego County businesses seeking to resume indoor operations following the county's recent slide into the purple tier of the state's coronavirus reopening plan. San Diego Superior Court Judge Kenneth J. Medel heard arguments Friday on the lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month on behalf of Cowboy Star Restaurant and Butcher Shop, Home & Away Encinitas, Fit Athletic Club, and Bear Republic, shortly before indoor operations were suspended for...

  • David Allen Phillips

    David Allen Phillips

    Updated Nov 23, 2020

    David Allen Phillips passed away Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, at his Fallbrook, California residence. David was predeceased by his parents, William and Helen Phillips (Nagel); his sister Marilyn; brothers William, Robert, and Donald. David is survived by his wife of 49 years, Juliarae Phillips; his sisters, Shirley, Judy and Barbara; two sons, David and Bill; one daughter, Debbie; daughter in-law Suzie; grandchildren, Chelsea, Chad, Letty, Brean, Kory, Robert and Aundrea. David was... Full story

  • SDG&E and SoCalGas announces hydrogen blending demonstration program

    City News Service|Updated Nov 23, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Gas Co. announced Monday, Nov. 23 a Hydrogen Blending Demonstration Program, which would be the first in California and among the first in the nation, to help reduce carbon emissions. "Blending hydrogen with natural gas is part of a multi-pronged strategy both utilities -- subsidiaries of Sempra Energy -- are undertaking to decarbonize their natural gas grid,'' according to a joint statement. "The vision is to leverage surplus renewable electricity...

  • Motorcyclist found dead in bushes near Bonsall

    City News Service|Updated Nov 22, 2020

    BONSALL (CNS) - A motorcycle and a body were found in the bushes off Old River Road underneath the state Route 76 bridge Sunday. At 2:23 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers requested the San Diego County Medical Examiner to meet them at the scene of an apparent traffic collision, which may have happened earlier Sunday morning, according to a CHP incident log. The officers said the motorcycle was found about 45 feet down, in the bushes. No further information on the incident was immediately available....

  • Lower temperatures across SD County predicted

    City News Service|Updated Nov 22, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Weather forecasters are predicting lower temperatures across San Diego County today through Monday, with a few coastal low clouds during overnight and morning hours. Patchy dense fog was observed again Sunday morning along portions of the coast, but visibility continued to improve, and most low clouds and fog were expected to clear by about 11 a.m., the National Weather Service said. "Like yesterday, a steady stream of high clouds will persist through much...

  • Sheriff apprehends suspect after chase

    Staff|Updated Nov 21, 2020

    Saturday afternoon at about 2:45 pm the ASTREA helicopter was in the air above downtown Fallbrook describing a male suspect they were chasing with a felony warrant in the 200 block of S. Brandon. According to Sheriff Lt. McEvoy, "At about 2:35 pm the Sheriffs were out on a probation search when the suspect ran on foot. He was shortly found and taken into custody near the old hospital." The suspect's name is not known at this time....

  • Fire contained at Fallbrook residence

    Will Fritz, Staff Writer|Updated Nov 20, 2020

    Firefighters knocked down a blaze at a Fallbrook residence Friday evening. The fire was reported a little after 5 p.m. at a home in the 100 block of North Wisconsin Avenue, according to North County Fire Department Capt. John Choi. The blaze damaged a kitchenette area of the home, but firefighters were able to prevent it from spreading beyond that, Choi said. The fire was contained by 5:17 p.m. No injuries were reported, as no one was in the home at the time of the fire,...

  • 1,091 COVID-19 cases reported as officials urge caution over Thanksgiving

    Updated Nov 20, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported a record-high 1,091 new COVID-19 infections and eight deaths Friday, Nov. 20, raising the region's totals to 69,231 cases and 960 deaths. Four women and four men died between Nov. 1 and Nov. 19. Their ages ranged from early 50s to early 90s. All had underlying medical conditions. Friday was the 10th consecutive day more than 600 new coronavirus cases were reported by the county, and the most reported in a... Full story

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    Updated Nov 20, 2020

  • The problem with conspiracy theories and our democracy

    Jeff Pack, Staff Writer|Updated Nov 20, 2020

    Here’s the problem I have with conspiracists. First, it’s a lazy grasp at intelligence. Second, personal accountability doesn’t exist for the conspiracist. Accountability. There’s that word again. I keep using it in my description of what ails our society in many ways – from student accountability to parental accountability, and now to societal accountability. Remember that wild-talking community member who always had something to say about someone being out to get them? The FBI, the CIA or the government. There were joke...

  • Newsom issues overnight curfew barring non-essential activities, gatherings

    Updated Nov 19, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - With COVID-19 infections surging across the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday, Nov. 19 issued what amounts to an overnight curfew, prohibiting all "non-essential'' activities and gatherings between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. The ``limited Stay At Home Order'' applies to all counties in the restrictive "purple'' tier of the state's coronavirus monitoring system -- which includes Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Riverside counties. The order will take effect at 10... Full story

  • County reports 899 new COVID cases as sheriff steps up compliance enforcement

    Updated Nov 19, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County officials announced Thursday, Nov. 19 that law enforcement will step up COVID-19 compliance protocols, including education and citations, amid spiking coronavirus cases. Sheriff Bill Gore said four two-deputy teams will begin making ``a full-time commitment'' of the county's 18 cities and unincorporated areas, ensuring compliance with public health orders. Several cities have already confirmed they will send officers to assist deputies in... Full story

  • 'Schitt's Creek' tops streaming ratings for third time in four weeks

    Updated Nov 19, 2020

    HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - "Schitt's Creek'' returned to the top of the streaming ratings among the four services measured after a one-week absence in the latest weekly report from Nielsen released today. Viewers watched 1.058 billion minutes of the 80 episodes of the Emmy-winning comedy between Oct. 19-25 for its third first-place finish in four weeks. It finished second the previous week. ``The Office'' was second, with viewers watching 869 million minutes of the 2005-13 NBC comedy....

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    San Luis Rey horses lead Let It Ride Stakes throughout, Strong Constitution wins

    Joe Naiman, Village News Reporter|Updated Nov 19, 2020

    The Let It Ride Stakes race at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Sunday, Nov. 1, was a one-mile contest on Del Mar's turf course, and all three of the colts who led have been training at the San Luis Rey Training Center. Strong Constitution, who is trained by Doug O'Neill, won the race for 3-year-olds. O'Neill also trains Rookie Mistake, who led entering the stretch before yielding the lead to Strong Constitution. Dominant Soul, who is trained by Paula Capestro, had the lead...

  • Seniors golf group is looking for new members

    Updated Nov 19, 2020

    FALLBROOK – Any men who are over 50 years of age and like to play golf on a weekly basis are asked to contact the Fallbrook Seniors Golf Group. The group plays 15-20 different courses in the area every Tuesday morning. They also have a spring getaway, a fall getaway and a Christmas party, as the group is as much a social club as a golf club. For more information, call Ed Erzen at 760-728-3960. Submitted by the Fallbrook Seniors Golf Group....

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