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Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire that blackened about an acre of brush today in Oceanside. About 20 firefighters were dispatched about 11:45 a.m. to the vicinity of Mission Avenue and Airport Road, North County fire officials said. The fire was "making a run'' behind nearby homes on Carolyn Circle, but no structures were threatened and no evacuations were ordered, according to fire officials. The fire was initially reported as about a quarter-acre spreading at a moderate rate. It grew to about an acre before crews... Full story
Power was knocked out today to parts of the San Diego State University campus, and a few homes and businesses in the surrounding areas. The electrical outage struck at 10:40 a.m. and affected a large portion of the campus and a handful of San Diego Gas & Electric customers in the Kensington and Talmadge neighborhoods, according to utility and university officials. SDG&E crews attributed the outage to a combination of factors that caused a problem in the electric system. University facilities personnel were working to restore...
A baby rattlesnake struck an infant several times outside a rural home near Barrett Lake this afternoon, sending the child to a trauma center for urgent care, authorities reported. The emergency in the 20000 block of Manzanita Way in Deerhorn Valley was reported shortly before 4:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire. Medics airlifted the infant to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, said Kendal Bortisser, a fire captain with the state agency. The victim's condition was not immediately available....
The annual Monster Jam and motocross events in San Diego will move to Petco Park from Qualcomm Stadium next year, the organizers announced today. Field Motor Sports said its track construction crew will pour more than 7,500 tons of dirt into Petco Park to transform the stadium into a specialized venue for its monster truck shows and motorcycle races, and work with groundskeepers to restore the field to baseball playing condition before opening day. "We are excited to move our iconic stadium-based motor sports events to Petco...
Two firefighters were injured today while working to extinguish a string of brush fires along Interstate 8 between Alpine and Pine Valley, which may have been sparked by a vehicle's faulty catalytic converter. One firefighter was being treated for heat exhaustion and the other for a possible fractured ankle, Cleveland National Forest spokeswoman Wende Cornelius said. The fires were in the Cleveland National Forest east of Willows Road, west of Alpine, and the largest was holding at about 15 acres. Three others were quickly...
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County Medical Examiner has identified the body found on a mountain trail in the Hellhole Canyon County Preserve on April 20 as that of Samuel Holiman. A 57 year old black male who resided in San Diego County, Holiman was found by a hiker. 9-1-1 was called and a deputy responded to the area along with park rangers. Upon arrival at the preserve, they confirmed him dead. There was no apparent injury or trauma to the body. Time of death was listed April 19, 2014, 4 p.m. with unknown date/time of...
The position of ballpark announcer for the San Diego Padres has been filled by a man moving up from a Double A team in New Hampshire, the team announced today. Alex Miniak, announcer for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, was given the job during the seventh-inning stretch of Saturday's game against the San Francisco Giants. He beat out two finalists: marine biologist Sam Chin of San Diego and Todd Leitz of Los Angeles, a former news reporter at KNX. Immediately after the announcement, Miniak got to work, team officials said.... Full story
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County crept higher today and for the 19th consecutive day, increasing two-tenths of a cent to $4.277, its highest amount since March 1, 2013. The average price has increased 24.2 cents over the past 19 days, including three-tenths of a cent on Saturday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The average price is 4.6 cents higher than a week ago, 27 cents more than a month ago and 33.6 cents above what it was one year...
Police were on the lookout today for the man who jumped out of a red, newer-model Range Rover on the San Diego State University campus and tried to hug and kiss a female student. The student told police that about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, two men pulled up in a red Range Rover as she was walking on Campanile Drive near the Speech Language building and offered her a ride home, according to campus police officers. The SUV's passenger then got out, introduced himself as "R.J.'' and attempted to kiss and hug her, but she pulled away... Full story
A young man rolled a SUV on a curving Vista roadway and slammed it into a light pole early today, which left him and his two teenage passengers with minor injuries. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the 18-year-old driver was apparently speeding and veered off a curve on westbound Bobier Drive, near Cortez Avenue, sheriff's Deputy Kenneth Werner said. The SUV overturned, struck the pole near the south curb line and came to a rest blocking both eastbound lanes, Werner said. The driver and the two male passengers managed to crawl out...
A woman awoke in her home near the Center City Golf Course today to find her mouth covered by the hand of a strange man, who fled moments later when her dog went after him, police reported. The 36-year-old victim was accosted by the prowler at her house in the 500 block of Vine Street in Oceanside about 6:15 a.m., just after her husband left for work, Oceanside police Lt. Valencia Saadat said. The woman's dog then confronted the man, prompting him to flee. The resident, who was uninjured, described the intruder as a...
Numerous community and church-sponsored Easter egg hunts for children are scheduled around San Diego County today. The largest might be at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in San Diego, where around 2,000 children will hunt down 15,000 eggs beginning at 10 a.m. The free, three-hour event will also include a visit by the Easter bunny, arts and crafts, and music. Pancake breakfasts at the Fallbrook and Spring Valley community centers will begin at 7:30 a.m., with egg hunts following. A hunt at Dos Picos County Park in Ramona is...
A 21-year-old Escondido woman was killed early today in a single-vehicle crash on state Route 78 in San Marcos. Her name has not been released. She was driving her 1997 Acura CL west on 78 near Linda Vista Drive at about 2:20 a.m., when she lost control while changing lanes and veered onto the right shoulder, CHP Officer Jim Bettencourt said. The coupe then overturned and struck a tree, coming to a rest upside down, Bettencourt said. The driver died at the scene. Bettencourt said it was unclear if drugs or alcohol were a... Full story
A woman was found dead in her place of employment's parking lot in Carlsbad and a 49-year-old man was jailed today in connection with her death. Someone called police shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday to check on a woman who had been working at a business in the 5700 block of Van Allen Way near Faraday Avenue, according to the Carlsbad Police Department. Arriving officers found the woman's body in the parking lot of a business park and determined she had been the victim of a homicide, police officials said. Pedro Rosalino... Full story
Vivaldi a la Megadeath is on the marquee for the San Diego Symphony tonight, as the metal group's frontman Dave Mustaine is scheduled to perform a sold out show with the orchestra. The founding member of the thrash metal band, and former member of Metallica, is set to take the stage at Copley Symphony Hall at 8 p.m. for "Symphony Interrupted,'' which will be conducted by Ken-David Masur, according to the symphony's website. Symphony organizers billed the event as "truly unique,'' and said the 52-year-old guitarist would... Full story
Police were on the lookout today for the man who grabbed a female San Diego State University student's buttocks on the campus and attempted to lure her into a nearby parking structure. The student told police she was walking along Montezuma Road near East Campus Drive at about 10:45 a.m. Friday and the suspect approached from behind, accosted her and asked her to go with him into the parking garage, SDSU police said. However, the student walked away and was not injured, police said. Police described the suspect as black,...
A 36-year-old Cardiff man died today after falling from his surfboard off the coast of Del Mar, authorities said. A fellow surfer pulled the the man -- whose name was withheld pending notification of kin -- from the ocean and brought him to shore near the 100 block of 20th Street, according to the county Medical Examiner's Office. An off-duty emergency room doctor and lifeguards attempted to revive the surfer, but he was declared dead at the scene, officials with the Medical Examiner's Office said. Lifeguards told CBS8 the...
A man suspected of damaging parked cars in downtown Vista overnight was jailed today for suspicion of felony vandalism. Someone called the sheriff's department shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday to report that two men were jumping on and kicking cars parked near The Wave Water Park, which left the vehicles visibly damaged, sheriff's Sgt. Nick Maryn said. Deputies dispatched to the parking lot at 101 Wave Drive spotted two men stumbling around and displaying other signs of being intoxicated, Maryn said. While deputies spoke... Full story
The baby who became ill aboard her family's sailboat about 925 miles off Cabo San Lucas was carried onto a Navy frigate early today, and the baby and warship are likely arrive in their homeport of San Diego sometime Wednesday. Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena said today that the family was tentatively expected to arrive in San Diego sometime Wednesday. But he said it was not yet known if the civilian patient would come ashore after the USS Vandegrift docks, or whether she and her family would be... Full story
Former Mayor Bob Filner's three-month term on house arrest is reportedly due to end today. The period of home confinement and GPS monitoring was the result of his guilty pleas last fall to false imprisonment and battery, stemming from allegations of sexual harassment by at least 20 women. The improprieties led the 71-year-old former Democratic congressman to leave office last Aug. 30. He was sentenced Dec. 9 in San Diego Superior Court, but his GPS monitoring system was set up a week after it was supposed to have been, lawyer...
ANZA - One person was killed today in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 371 near the Cahuilla Creek Casino in Anza. California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched at 7:56 a.m. to an area close to where the casino is located. CHP officers were still at the scene of the fatal crash by mid-day investigating how it happened, a dispatcher said. The wreck occurred between Anza and Aguanga. Only one fatality was reported, the dispatcher said....
One of four men who admitted their roles in the shooting deaths of two teenagers at Libby Lake Park in Oceanside was sentenced today to 20 years in state prison. Kenneth Dwight Hamilton pleaded guilty in the May 3, 2011, deaths of 14-year-old Sandra Salgado and 16-year-old Fernando Solano. Hamilton, 36, and co-defendant Justin Holiday Gibson each pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and 22-year-old AL'C Bejaran -- the shooter -- pleaded guilty to murder. A fourth gang member, Tyrone Blackmon, pleaded guilty to being an...
At least seven people were hurt in a multi-vehicle crash today on a freeway transition road in Mission Valley. The crash on the connector from westbound Interstate 8 to Interstate 805 was reported about 11 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. All the patients taken to hospitals to be checked out were said to have minor injuries. One lane on the transition road was temporarily closed after the crash, authorities said....
A spill of a pool chemical at San Diego State University today prompted a visit from a Hazmat team. Fumes from the chemicals set off an alarm in a building on East Campus Drive about 11:15 a.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Hazmat personnel contained the small spill, fire officials said, adding that no one was injured.... Full story
The top 30 candidates competing to be the next announcer at Petco Park will call part of the Padres' season opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight. The 27 men and three women in the running were chosen from among nearly 800 who applied or had their names submitted for the job. Prospects come from as far away as Georgia and New Hampshire and include a professional wrestler, a California Highway Patrol officer and locals with experience at calling college and high school sporting events. Former Padres television... Full story
