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  • Suicides, fentanyl deaths rose countywide in 2018 says report

    City News Service|Updated Sep 24, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - Suicides, accidental deaths and fentanyl overdose deaths in San Diego County rose in 2018, according to an annual report released on Monday, Sept. 23 by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. More than 22,000 people died countywide last year, and 8,346 of those deaths were investigated by the Medical Examiner's Office. Investigations found that more than 5,000 examined deaths were due to natural causes and roughly 3,200 required a full review, according to the report. Suicides rose from 458 in 2017 to... Full story

  • 15-year-old boy dies after jumping off cliffs in Sunset Cliffs area

    City News Service|Updated Sep 12, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - A 15-year-old boy who was pulled unconscious from the ocean after jumping off a cliff in the Sunset Cliffs area has died, according to multiple media reports. Lifeguards responded to a call around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday after witnesses reported seeing the teenager in the ocean after jumping off Pappy's Point along Sunset Cliffs Boulevard near Osprey Street, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Lifeguards searched the water for nearly an hour before finding the boy underwater and taking him to shore,... Full story

  • Report: San Diego, Riverside, L.A. counties lead western US in extreme fire risk

    City News Service|Updated Sep 12, 2019

    RIVERSIDE - The Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego metropolitan areas have the most homes in the Western United States considered to be at high or extreme risk of being damaged or destroyed in a wildfire, according to a report released today by a real estate information service. According to CoreLogic's 2019 Wildfire Risk Report, in the 13 Western states most commonly affected by wildfires, there are 775,654 residences deemed to be in extreme risk of being damaged or... Full story

  • Bill banning gun shows at Del Mar Fairgrounds advances to Governor's desk

    City News Service|Updated Sep 11, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - Assemblyman Todd Gloria, D-San Diego, praised the state legislature on Wednesday, Sept. 11 for passing a bill he co-authored to ban the sale of guns and ammunition at gun shows held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Gloria and Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner-Horvath, D-Encinitas, introduced AB 893 in February. The measure would bar the state's 22nd District Agricultural District, which oversees operations at the fairgrounds, from authorizing the sale of guns and ammunition on fairgrounds property. The 22nd DAA's Board of Di... Full story

  • Former Bishop's School student files suit, alleges teacher molestation

    City News Service|Updated Sep 10, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student at the private Bishop's School in La Jolla alleges that a female computer science teacher repeatedly molested and harassed the now 41-year-old plaintiff over a two-year period, beginning when he was 16 years old. The alleged abuse included fondling, oral sex and sexual intercourse on campus grounds, the teacher's home, a hotel, a restaurant, a park and other locations throughout San Diego, according to the lawsuit. The teacher -- a married mother with children then in... Full story

  • Conservative news network files $10 million defamation lawsuit against Maddow

    City News Service|Updated Sep 10, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego-based owners and operators of the conservative One America News Network filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit on Monday, Sept. 9 against MSNBC and political commentator Rachel Maddow for saying on air the network "really literally is paid Russian propaganda.'' The lawsuit filed in San Diego federal court by Herring Networks Inc., owners of the One America News Network -- or OAN -- calls Maddow's on-air statements "utterly and completely false'' because OAN "is wholly financed by the Herrings, an... Full story

  • County supervisors OK first responder mental health program

    City News Service|Updated Sep 10, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 10 unanimously signed off on a program that will provide quick access to help for first responders dealing with a mental health crisis. The Captain Ryan J. Mitchell First Responder Behavioral Health Program will offer confidential mental and behavioral health support by connecting first responders with a clinical professional via a dedicated phone line, website or smartphone app. The program will be open to first responders in any jurisdiction or branch... Full story