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A San Diego State University official said today he was deeply saddened by the death of a freshman student from meningococcal meningitis. Sara Stelzer, an 18-year-old from Moorpark in Ventura County, died Thursday after having been admitted to a hospital Tuesday. "After speaking with her family, we know that Sara was a vibrant young woman who loved San Diego State, her friends and the time she spent at our university,'' said Eric Rivera, SDSU's vice president of student affairs. "It is always difficult when a young life is...
SAN DIEGO - The unemployment rate in San Diego County last month was 5.9 percent, close to a six-year low, the state Employment Development Department announced today, Fri., Oct. 17. Aside from a 5.8 percent rate recorded in May, the September figure was the lowest since June 2008, according to EDD data. The unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in August, and 7.3 percent in September 2013. Statewide, the unemployment rate in September was 6.9 percent, and the nationwide rate was 5.7 percent. According to the EDD, the greatest...
SAN DIEGO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske and Mexico's Tax Administration Service (SAT) Chief Aristóteles Núñez Sánchez today signed a mutual recognition arrangement that allows stronger collaboration between CBP's Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and SAT's New Certified Companies Scheme (NEEC). The signing was held at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico Executive Steering Committee Meeting in San...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Gas & Electric announced today, Friday, October 10, that it supports recommended modifications to an agreement between utilities and ratepayer groups regarding the financial responsibilities in shutting down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The proposal -- set to go before the state Public Utilities Commission next month for approval -- was issued Thursday in response to comments by Commissioner Mike Florio that the original deal placed too much of the cost burden on consumers. Under the...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego County health officials said today they want to identify a Del Mar Mud Run participant who reported a bat landed on him during the event last weekend, because the flying mammal subsequently tested positive for rabies. The bat was captured during the Oct. 4 event at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and was submitted to the county for testing. County health officials said they are concerned because the runner and other people may have directly handled the rabid bat. Usually, rabies is transmitted through the bite o...
CORONA - Corona police asked today for the public's help in identifying a man who impersonated a cop to commit a sexual assault. "It's a tragic event,'' Corona police Sgt. Kim Velasco told City News Service. "We're trying to get more details. Anybody who might have information should contact us.'' According to Velasco, investigators have run into challenges because the victim, whose identity was not released, did not come forward until nearly a month after the Sept. 7 assault. The woman told police she was driving in the...
A ridge of high pressure over the West Coast could push temperatures into the triple digits again today in San Diego County's inland valleys, but forecasters said it should start to cool down as the workweek begins. A National Weather Service heat advisory was set to remain in effect until 8 p.m. in the valleys, where highs of 96 to 101 degrees are expected. At noon Saturday, temperatures were recorded at 100 degrees in Escondido, 97 degrees in Fallbrook and Jamul and 96 degrees in Ramona, according to the weather service....
SAN DIEGO - A red bug native to the eastern Mediterranean that was found in Ramona has been positively identified as Scantius aegyptius, the county Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures said today, October 1. A woman first noticed the bugs last summer, and county officials recently confirmed their identity. The bugs were first identified in Southern California when one was found in Orange County in 2009. So far, the winged, black-and-red bugs, distinguished by geometrical markings their backs, may be helpful for gar... Full story
Non-destructive testing will be performed on the segment of Pipeline 3 between the San Diego County Water Authority delivery point and the Twin Oaks Valley Treatment Plant. A unanimous SDCWA board vote May 22 approved an amendment to the CWA’s professional services contract with Pure Technologies US, Inc., to provide non-destructive testing services and condition assessment of Pipeline 3. The amendment adds $1,077,000 to the amount of the contract, bringing the contract’s total value to $2,196,000. The CWA’s Asset Manag... Full story
ANZA BORREGO - The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office today identified the pilot who was killed when his plane crashed in the badlands of Anza Borrego State Park. Max John Mizejewski, 69, was found near the wreckage of the crashed Cessna plane at 7:10 a.m. Saturday on a hillside in Borrego Springs, according to a Medical Examiner's Office press release. Mizejewski was married, a resident of Rancho Santa Margarita and had rented the Cessna in Riverside County. The plane, reported missing Friday, was spotted crashed and... Full story
OCEANSIDE - A motorcyclist was killed today in a crash in Oceanside, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened about 11:10 a.m. in the 9700 block of State Route 76, according to the CHP online Traffic Incident Information Page. The victim was airlifted to a hospital and later pronounced dead, the CHP said....
AGUANGA - On Friday, September 19, 2014, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Southwest Station, were attempting to locate a missing person in the area of Route 3 and State Highway 79, in the Aguanga area of unincorporated Riverside County. Deputies went to a property in the 44000 block of Sage Road, Aguanga. The missing person was not there; however, they located a large outdoor marijuana grow. Deputies also went to a residence in the 40200 block of State... Full story
NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY - Law enforcement agents arrested 18 gang members and seized drugs and a gun during an overnight probation compliance sweep in San Marcos that began Friday night, Sept. 12 and ended today. Officers from several agencies, acting as the North County Law Enforcement Alliance, conducted the probation sweep at 10 p.m. Friday in San Marcos, Sgt. Matt Blumenthal said. Officers made 11 felony arrests and seven misdemeanor arrests in the sweep that targeted known gangs and gang members in San Marcos, Blumenthal...
A 12-year-old girl and 80-year-old woman were rescued from Cowles Mountain by helicopter today in separate incidents. Crews from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department were dispatched at 10:11 a.m. to the popular hiking mountain in Mission Trails Regional Park for a 12-year-old girl who injured her ankle, SDFRD spokesman Lee Swanson said. A helicopter hoisted the girl off the mountain and she was transported to Sharp Grossmont hospital, Swanson said. Before rescue crews left the area they received a second call: an 80 year-old... Full story
The San Diego Chargers will wear white jerseys with white pants and are asking fans to dress in white for Sunday's sold-out home opener against the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks at Qualcomm Stadium. The Chargers have dubbed the game "White Hot Sunday'' and the white apparel worn by players and fans joins the new banners around the light ring at the top of Qualcomm Stadium and updated field wall designs as attempts to bolster the team's home field advantage. "We're always looking to do anything we can that will give us...
CORONADO - The pilot of one of two U.S. Navy FA-18 Hornet fighter jets that collided in the western Pacific after taking off from the San Diego- based aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was in fair condition today, while a search continued for the other pilot, Navy officials said. One of the pilots was quickly located after Thursday's 5:40 p.m. crash and was returned to the Carl Vinson to receive medical attention, according to the Navy. Neither jet -- both are assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore... Full story
ANZA - Fire blackened a travel trailer in Anza, a spokeswoman said today. Flames damaged the trailer at 4:46 p.m. Saturday in the 59000 block of Granite Gulley Road. Firefighters arrived and contained the blaze within half an hour, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann said. No one was hurt during the fire. A cause was not immediately determined, Hagemann said....
ESCONDIDO - An Escondido couple couple who run an organic farm were among a dozen military veterans and their families honored today as ''Champions of Change'' by the White House. Colin and Karen Archipley co-founded Archi's Acres Organic Farming Enterprise, a seven-year-old, 1-acre certified organic greenhouse operation that grows basil and kale and other thing for Whole Foods. The couple also created the Veterans Sustainable Agriculture Training Program in partnership with Cal Poly Pomona. Colin Archipley is a combat-...
CORONADO - Two detachments of Coronado-based helicopters that both took part in the search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that went missing in March are scheduled to return home today from separate but simultaneous seven-month deployments. Personnel with Detachments 1 and 2 of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78 are scheduled to fly to their home base at Naval Air Station North Island after having served aboard the guided-missile destroyers USS Pinckney and USS Kidd. The destroyers are set to sail home Thursday....
RANCHO MIRAGE - A hospital in Rancho Mirage has become one of the few to successfully use a groundbreaking treatment for a potentially lethal bacterial disease, it was reported today. Dr. Anibal Gauto used a newly developed disinfectant method called NeutroPhase to cure a patient suffering from Necrotizing Fasciitis, also known as ''flesh-eating disease'', the Desert Sun newspaper reported. Gauto is the medical director of inpatient wound care and founder of the Wound Care Center at Eisenhower Medical Center. Fernando... Full story
CORONA - Coca-Cola is acquiring an ownership interest in Corona- based Monster Beverage Corp., it was announced today. According to terms of the agreement, Coke's $2.15 billion procurement of Monster common stock amounts to a 16.7 percent equity stake -- a large enough position for the company to claim two seats on Monster's board of directors. Both companies will swap certain product lines as part of a marketing and distribution realignment, which is intended to ''optimize the parties' capital and resource allocation,''...
OCEANSIDE - The pilot of a small biplane and his passenger suffered superficial injuries today during an emergency crash-landing in a field in northern Oceanside. The Pitts S-2B aircraft, which had departed from McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, lost engine power shortly before 11:30 a.m. during an approach to Oceanside Municipal Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane came down in a brushy open lot just north of State Route 76 and flipped over, coming to rest upside down, FAA spokesman Ian...
CARLSBAD - A man believed to have robbed three Orange County banks over the last several months struck again today, this time in northern San Diego County, authorities reported. The thief, who claimed in a demand note to be armed with a concealed gun, robbed a US Bank branch office in the 7700 block of Carlsbad Village Drive about 10:30 a.m., according to the FBI. No weapon was seen. The same bandit is believed responsible for holdups at a Wells Fargo in Laguna Hills on May 16; at a Citibank in the same city on July 16; and...
SAN YSIDRO - A 6-month-old girl is safe today after her 28- year-old father, who allegedly kidnapped her, was taken into custody at the end of a SWAT standoff at a San Ysidro mobile home park, authorities said. Joshua Ivan Martinez allegedly kidnapped Nayeli Martinez following a domestic violence incident in Santa Barbara about 9 p.m. Sunday and drove off with her in a black 2013 Ford Focus four-door with temporary dealer license plates, authorities said. Investigators initially thought the suspect was en route to Mexico and... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The amphibious transport dock USS San Diego is scheduled to begin its maiden deployment today, when it leaves its namesake city as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, according to the Navy. The fourth naval vessel to be named after San Diego was commissioned in May 2012 in a ceremony at Navy Pier. The 684-foot ship is designed to carry landing craft, fighting vehicles, helicopters and personnel. The ships of its class have more capacity than their predecessors and are designed to carry around 700... Full story
