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NORTH COUNTY - 25 Cities San Diego, Setting a Path to ZERO – the local arm of a federal initiative and national campaign dovetailing efforts to end veteran and chronic homelessness – today (Jan. 14) announced the rollout of the initiative to North County. The Alliance for Regional Solutions (ARS) – a coalition of North County San Diego social service agencies, municipalities, the county, United Way of San Diego County, educational entities, healthcare providers, other agencies and philanthropic bodies...
SAN DIEGO - The mystery of the Gaslamp Quarter sewer serpent was solved today. The nearly 6-foot-long boa constrictor that shocked employees at a downtown San Diego marketing-public relations company Tuesday afternoon by slithering up out of the drainpipe of a toilet in their office restroom belongs to a resident who lives one floor above, animal-control officers have determined. The property manager of the G Street building confirmed the origin of the wayward reptile when contacted this morning, said Dan DeSousa, deputy... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced today, Mon., Jan. 5, that her office’s Consumer Protection Unit, working with 41 other California District Attorneys and two City Attorneys has obtained a $9.87 million settlement and permanent injunction against Pleasanton-based Safeway Inc. The settlement resolves allegations that more than 500 Safeway stores and distribution centers, including its other brands, Vons, Pavilions and Pak ‘n Save, violated California laws for the safe storage, han...
SAN DIEGO - The County of San Diego will give away nearly 2,000 child car seats to low-income parents through September, it was announced Jan. 2. The 1,944 child car seats were paid for with a $245,500 grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety's "Keep 'Em Safe'' program. "The county is committed to doing all it can to keep children safe,'' said Supervisor Dianne Jacob. "This program helps low-income parents safeguard their children from injuries and death.' Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council agreed Mon., Dec. 15 to waive up to $1.5 million in fees to help the Padres bring baseball's All-Star game to Petco Park in 2016. The Padres submitted a bid to Major League Baseball last month to host the annual contest, which is normally held in the middle of July. The fee waivers would be for things like permits, police and fire protection and other city functions that are financed by the city's general fund. The Padres would be billed for any such expenses exceeding $1.5 million. The...
SAN DIEGO - Four Los Angeles-area boys who were the subjects of an Amber Alert were found safe in San Diego County today, Thurs., Dec. 11, and their father was taken into custody in connection with the disappearance of his wife -- the boys' mother -- who may be the woman whose body was found in a family car. Los Angeles (Montebello) police Capt. Luis Lopez said authorities have identified the woman whose body was found Wednesday in the trunk of a Honda sedan belonging to the family, but authorities would not say if the body...
ANZA - A motorcyclist killed when a pickup truck with a suspected drunken driver behind the wheel crashed into him head-on was identified today as a 61-year-old Anza man. Richard Michael Ray was fatally injured Saturday afternoon while riding along state Route 371, near the Cahuilla Casino, between the unincorporated communities of Aguanga and Anza, about 15 miles east of Temecula. According to the California Highway Patrol, 68-year-old Kenneth Alan Hoddick was at the wheel of a 1996 Chevrolet Silverado, going southbound,...
SAN DIEGO - The City Council today is scheduled to consider a five- year, $13.7 million contract with Securitas Security Services USA Inc. to provide enhanced security services at critical public infrastructure sites in San Diego. The contract, called for under federal Department of Homeland Security guidelines for water and wastewater infrastructure, is for one year at nearly $2.5 million, with four one-year options to renew. The affected sites are the Miramar, Alvarado, and Otay Water Treatment Plants; Point Loma, North...
ESCONDIDO - Officers in search of drunken drivers in Escondido over the weekend instead found and arrested two people named in felony warrants and a third person suspected of auto theft and narcotics possession, police said today. All three people were taken into custody Saturday night, Dec. 6, during a DUI saturation patrol, according to Escondido police. During a saturation patrol, police deploy more officers on the streets in search of a specific violation: in this case, drunken driving. Forty-four traffic stops were made...
OCEANSIDE - An investigation was under way today in Oceanside, where a 29-year-old woman was killed in a one of a series of crashes that also left two men hospitalized with moderate injuries. Around 9 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, a westbound Ford truck went through the intersection at the end of Highway 78 at a high rate of speed and rear-ended a Kia sedan near Moreno Street, sending the small vehicle into a spin, according to Oceanside police Sgt. Ignacio Lopez. The Kia then struck a Toyota truck just as the Ford entered the... Full story
VALLEY CENTER - On Thurs., Dec. 4, at approx. 4 p.m., San Diego County Sheriff's deputies from the Valley Center substation learned that an email had been sent to a news station indicating the sender had placed explosives in the area. The sender claimed to be targeting SDG&E work trucks in a land use dispute. According to Sgt. Jeff Lauhon, "Sheriff's bomb and arson investigators responded to the area of Spearhead Trail in Valley Center and closed the trail for approximately two hours while they ensured it was safe."...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will consider this morning taking a regional approach to address Alzheimer's disease, which is now the third leading cause of death in the area. The supervisors will vote on a series of recommendations issued by a group of local elected officials, researchers, caregivers and other experts. Their suggestions include: -- launching a San Diego-based fundraising campaign to spur innovation and drug discovery; -- developing countywide standards for the screening, diagnosis and... Full story
SAN DIEGO - On November 26, at 6:50 a.m., CHP dispatch received a call of demonstrators in the traffic lanes of Interstate 5 northbound at Nobel Drive. According to the agency, "CHP patrol officers responded swiftly to the scene and were able to get the roadway open in a timely manner. Demonstrators obeyed directions from officers immediately and left the freeway. Anytime pedestrians enter the freeway they pose a serious risk of injury or death to themselves and to the motoring public. We encourage citizens that are...
Gusty Santa Ana forecast for parts of San Diego County were expected to combine with warmer temperatures and low humidity to up the risk for wildfires early this week. A National Weather Service fire weather watch for the mountains and inland valleys was set to go into effect late tonight and extend through Tuesday afternoon. A high wind warning was set to remain in effect from 4 p.m. Monday to noon Wednesday. Forecasters said surface high pressure over the Great Basin would create strong, gusty Santa Ana winds that were...
Oceanside police were on the lookout today for the group of assailants who allegedly beat, stabbed and robbed a man near Libby Lake Park. The victim told police a pedestrian flagged down his vehicle in the 4700 block of Calle Solimar near Calle Vallecito around 7:30 p.m. Friday, then began punching him once he pulled over, according to Oceanside police Sgt. Matt Christensen. Shortly after, a couple more suspects joined in. At some point during the altercation, the victim was stabbed in his arms and chest, Christensen said....
Gusty Santa Ana winds in San Diego County's mountains and inland valleys, combined with low humidity, were expected to raise the risk for wildfires over a roughly 24-hour span starting Sunday evening, forecasters said today. Fire weather and high wind watches are set to go into effect for the mountains and valleys Sunday evening. The high wind watch will expire Monday morning, but the fire weather watch period will extend through Monday evening, according to the National Weather Service. Sustained northeast winds of up to 30... Full story
VISTA - A Valley Center ranch owner accused of selling an intravenous treatment to terminally ill people, knowing that it wouldn't be effective, was ordered today to stand trial on six charges, including treating the sick without a certificate and grand theft. Robert Oldham Young, 62, was held to answer on six of 22 charges following a weeklong preliminary hearing. Deputy District Attorney Gina Darvas alleged Young -- an internationally known proponent of alternative medicine -- went beyond advocating dietary changes and...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority announced today that a fellowship program designed to help military veterans make the transition to civilian employment will begin next week. The six-month fellowship program will provide three veterans with practical work experience, networking opportunities and an understanding of the aviation environment, according to the agency, which operates Lindbergh Field. ''With so many diverse facets, the airport provides a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between a...
Scattered light rain fell across San Diego County overnight from the season's first winter storm, but clouds were clearing and warmer temperatures by mid-week, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. Some areas got "as little as .01 of an inch'' but .22 inch was measured at Mission Beach and .38 inches fell on Volcan Mountain near Julian,' said NWS forecaster Stephen Harrison. As for today, there were "a couple of isolated showers this morning south of Point Loma moving southeast. The rain should end and it will be a pretty... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The amount of money needed to bring roads up to par in the San Diego region over the next decade is the second-highest total of any county in the state, according to a report released today, Tues., Oct. 28. The "California Local Streets & Roads Needs Assessment 2014 Update" estimates that $7.2 billion is required for road and bridge repair in San Diego County over the next 10 years. Only Los Angeles County, at $19 billion, has a higher estimated cost. The biennial report -- a collaboration between the California...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY - Marijuana use among men and woman arrested in San Diego County last year reached a 14-year high, and methamphetamine use was up for the fifth year in a row among male arrestees, according to a San Diego Association of Governments report released today, Mon., Oct. 27. Researchers compiling the "2013 Adult Arrestee Drug Use in the San Diego Region"' found that 71 percent of arrested men and 69 percent of arrested women tested positive for at least one illicit drug. According to the report, 2013 was the first...
A fiery crash in Carlsbad early today left an allegedly drunken driver severely injured. The driver apparently lost control shortly after 5 a.m. while heading east on Aviary Parkway and crashed into some trees in the center divider east of Cormorant Drive, Carlsbad police Lt. Mickey Williams said. The car came to a rest in the westbound lanes and burst into flames, Williams said. The driver sustained major burn injuries, but managed to get out of the flaming car, according to the lieutenant. The injured driver was flown to...
Nearly 2,000 walkers and runners are set to participate in the 28th annual Light the Night Against Crime 5K Run/Walk tonight in Balboa Park. Sheriff Bill Gore and San Diego Police Department Chief Mark Jones will send off the participants when the race begins at 7 p.m. at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way. The race, with the theme "Cops and Robbers,'' will kick off with a "jail break'' where the "robbers'' will start running. Three minutes later, the "cops'' will be let loose, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's...
OCEANSIDE - An investigation was under way today in Oceanside, where a 16-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were both stabbed but neither would talk about it, police said. Officers were called to the boy's home in the 4400 block of Estada Drive at 10:26 p.m. Tuesday, according to Oceanside police Lt. Leonard Cosby. Once there, officers learned that the boy had arrived home with a stab wound to his abdomen and as his father was trying to help him, the girl showed up with a small wound to her head, Cosby said in a statement.... Full story
Up to 50 residents of an Oceanside apartment complex were in need of temporary housing today following a two-alarm fire that destroyed one unit and damaged several others. No one was hurt in the fire at the Oceana Apartment Homes complex, 180 Canyon Drive, which apparently broke out in an upstairs unit's kitchen shortly after 2 p.m. Friday. It spread to adjacent dwellings through common attic space, Oceanside Fire Department Battalion Chief Bill Kogerman said. Police and fire officials evacuated the burning building and...
