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A suspected drunken driver has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter in the death of a 27-year-old woman who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Del Mar, authorities said today. Rachel Anne Morrison and a friend were walking eastbound in a crosswalk at the intersection of Camino Del Mar and Coast Boulevard about 10:15 p.m. Friday when Christopher Stockmeyer, 41, allegedly ran a stop sign and struck her at a high rate of speed, according to sheriff's officials and the county Medical Examiner's Office. The...
Construction on an 11-home, energy-efficient development to be built by Habitat for Humanity and Sempra Energy over the next year and a half got underway today in Escondido. The planned 1,300-square-foot homes on Elm Street will feature three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Construction of the houses is expected to be complete by September 2015, according to Habitat for Humanity, which said one of the homes will be occupied by a wounded veteran and his or her family, as part of its "Building for the Brave'' program. "Habitat's...
SANTA ANA - A former Marine convicted in the shooting death of a fellow serviceman in a dispute over stolen drug money lost his bid to have the state's high court review his case, court papers show. The California Supreme Court on Thursday declined to take on Christian William Carney's appeal of his Dec. 20, 2011, first-degree murder conviction in the death of 20-year-old Stephen Serrano, who was driven to a secluded area of San Clemente and shot in May 2008. The Fourth District Court of Appeals, which rejected Carney's... Full story
Police were on the lookout today for the man who robbed an El Cerrito cell phone store at gunpoint. Shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, the robber walked into the Boost Mobile at 5410 El Cajon Blvd., pointed a handgun at the employees and demanded money, San Diego police Officer Frank Cali said. An employee handed over a plastic bag containing an undisclosed amount and the suspect took some phones before running out, according to Cali. Police described the suspect as Hispanic, 23-24 years old, about 5 feet 9 and 150 pounds. He... Full story
A 19-year-old Chula Vista woman allegedly stabbed her 26-year-old boyfriend at least four times upon finding him in bed with her older sister following a night of heavy drinking, police said today. The young woman, injured, crying and covered in blood, approached officers at the Chula Vista Mall shortly after 9:30 a.m. and told them she stabbed her boyfriend during a fight at a duplex in the 500 block of Jefferson Avenue, near H Street, and he needed medical attention, Chula Vista police Lt. Fritz Reber said. Officers found...
An Oceanside police officer opened fire on a driver who rammed his patrol car twice, but did not strike him, police said today. The patrolman attempted to stop the vehicle driven by Brandon Lake, 20, for an unspecified vehicle code violation shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the vicinity of South Freeman Street and Vista Way.But Lake sped off, Oceanside police Sgt. Matt Cole said. The officer chased Lake to the 1300 block of Moreno Way near California Street, where Lake allegedly made a U-turn and rammed the patrol car hea... Full story
A Tijuana man pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court today to slashing the throats of two fellow drug traffickers whom he believed had stolen methamphetamine and cocaine proceeds from their organization. Roberto Ochoa, 35, is scheduled to be sentenced June 6 by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw. The defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of an intentional killing during the course of a drug trafficking conspiracy. Ochoa was indicted in November 2011 along with a dozen others who were accused of drug trafficking and money... Full story
A motorcyclist was killed today in a two-vehicle crash on a freeway transition road in Oceanside. The rider hit a guard rail on the left side of the connector from northbound Interstate 5 to eastbound state Route 78, according to the California Highway Patrol. He went down and a second vehicle was involved, but no details were released. No other person was injured, a North County fire dispatcher said. One of the two lanes on the transition road was shut down, according to the CHP.... Full story
RIVERSIDE - A man accused of shooting and killing a Temecula resident in an unprovoked attack and then fleeing to Mexico was extradited back to the U.S. today and now sits in a Riverside County jail. Jose Carmelo Torres, 30, is charged with first-degree murder with sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations in the death of 37- year-old Michael Montanez in January 2008. Torres, who allegedly has ties to a Fallbrook-based gang, is being held without bail at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside....
SAN DIEGO - A former executive for a defense contractor pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego today (March 18) to a conspiracy charge, admitting he and others duped the U.S. Navy into overpaying by at least $20 million for supplies and services to American ships in Asian ports. Alex Wisidagama faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced June 13 by U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino. Wisidagama's plea is the second in an extensive international fraud and bribery scandal that has ensnared employees of Glenn...
A man was killed and a woman injured in a shooting today at a house in a rural canyon in Dehesa, an small settlement southwest of Alpine, and the suspect gunman later turned himself in. The shooting was reported at 6:25 a.m. at 1525 S. Willson Road, and homicide detectives were sent to investigate, sheriff's officials said. The house is just off Dehesa Road, about midway between Harbison Canyon and Tavern Road. Sheriff's Lt. Glenn Giannantonio told reporters Martinez fired two shots, striking his ex-girlfriend in her arm and...
Metrolink and Amtrak service that normally extends into San Diego County will stop in southern Orange County this weekend because of construction work on the tracks. Amtrak trains will not run south of Irvine, and Metrolink trains will reverse course at the Laguna Niguel-Mission Viejo station Saturday and Sunday. Trains leaving Union Station-Los Angeles on the Coastliner route, and from Riverside on the 91 Line, will operate on the truncated schedules. Several sections of track will be renovated in San Diego County, meaning...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.4 struck the East County desert canyons today about 16 miles east-northeast of Pine Valley. Automated seismographs picked up the temblor at 2:55 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Its tentative epicenter was about 30 miles east of Alpine, 50 miles northeast of Tecate, Mexico and about 55 miles east-northeast of downtown San Diego. Light shaking was felt in Ocotillo, but there were no immediate reports of damage to the USGS....
A 53-year-old Ramona woman was killed after the car she was in was hit head-on by a SUV apparently driven by tribal public safety workers near a casino on the Barona Ranch Indian Reservation near Ramona. Graciela Bustos was wearing a seat belt as she was a passenger in a northbound Nissan sedan that was struck by a 2007 Ford Expedition. Photos from the scene showed a marked security vehicle with front-end damage. The SUV crossed the double-yellow line in the 15000 block of Wildcat Canyon Road, south of San Vicente Road, at ab...
Three suspected drunken drivers were arrested at two separate checkpoints on N. Santa Fe Avenue at the start of the St. Patrick's Day weekend, one in Vista and the other in Oceanside, authorities said today. Sheriff's deputies manned a checkpoint in the 600 block of Santa Fe Avenue near Nevada Avenue, according to sheriff's Sgt. Joel Wigand. More than 1,100 vehicles passed through between 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m., he said. Deputies arrested two suspected drunken drivers and issued 24 citations, Wigand said. Oceanside... Full story
A San Diego-based warship arrived off the west coast of Malaysia today to search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, a Navy spokesman said. The guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd arrived in the northwestern part of the Strait of Malacca today. Details of its search for the missing plane in the shallow, 500-mile stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra were not immediately available, said Lt. David Levy of the Navy's Seventh Fleet. Levy said the search will be beefed up Saturday with the arrival of a... Full story
A masked bandit held up a Citibank branch in Encinitas today, sheriff's officials said. The suspect pointed some type of object at the teller at around 11:40 a.m. at the bank at 113 N. El Camino Real, but it was unclear if it was a weapon, according to sheriff's Lt. Dave Schaller. The robber ran off with an undisclosed amount, Schaller said. Sheriff's officials said the suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, a black cap with a white bill, sunglasses and a mask....
OCEANSIDE - Rail service along the North County coastal corridor will be suspended this weekend because of construction work, according to the North County Transit District. The NCTD's Coaster will not run, and Amtrak and the Metrolink will not come south into San Diego County. There will be no specific bus replacement going to Coaster stops, but the NCTD said riders can use the Route 101 bus instead. An extra bus will be added along the route today to accommodate the extra passenger load, according to the agency. Passengers... Full story
SAN DIEGO - At least one person was shot and wounded today (Sun., March 9) at a home in southern Orange County and sheriff's deputies were searching for the suspected gunman's car in the San Onofre area of North County. The shooting at a house in the 32500 block of Crete Road, near Dana Point, was reported about 10 a.m., said OCSD spokesman Lt. Jeff Hallock. The house is about one mile inland from Monarch Bay, off Crown Valley Parkway. At least person was shot and transported to a hospital for treatment, Hallock said, adding...
The San Diego Sheriff's Department was looking for a possible third vehicle that might have been involved in the San Marcos crash that killed a 71-year-old woman, a deputy said today. The collision on W. San Marcos Boulevard near W. Discovery Street was reported at 4:20 p.m. Saturday, sheriff's Dep. Michael Gildersleeve said. The woman was driving a 2002 Infiniti I30 northbound on Discovery Street and making a left turn onto westbound San Marcos Boulevard when she was struck broadside on the right side of her car by a Ford... Full story
A standoff was underway today at a gated FBI field office in Sorrento Valley with a man considered to be possibly armed and dangerous, although he did not show a weapon, police said. The standoff with the unknown suspect began at 11:41 a.m. at the office, at 10300 Vista Sorrento Parkway, and as of 1:30 p.m. was still considered an active incident, according to San Diego police, who were assisting the FBI. The suspect contacted or was contacted by local news agencies, it was reported. He told NBC7 that he went to the building... Full story
The San Diego Sheriff's Dept. has reported that a Valley Center man was stung to death by bees today (March 6). According to authorities, around 1:50 p.m. deputies from the Valley Center Sheriff's substation responded to a call in the 12500 block of Montanya Drive to assist Valley Center/Cal Fire medics. Emergency personnel at the scene were trying to assist a 67-year-old man who had been working on the grounds of his property when he sustained numerous bee stings and went into medical distress. Although life-saving measures...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Sheriff's Dept. has reported that a man found dead inside a Vista business has been identified as the owner. On March 2, about 12:24 p.m., deputies responded to 1219 North Santa Fe Avenue in Vista based on a report of a deceased person inside the business. When the deputies arrived, they entered the business and found a deceased black male adult with traumatic injuries inside. The man has been identified as Ruben Bodden, age 59. Bodden was the owner of the transmission repair shop at that...
ANZA - Flames blackened the detached garage of a home along Highway 371 early today in Anza, a spokeswoman said. Dispatchers received a call at 4:44 a.m. and sent firefighters to the 53000 block of Highway 371. They found the 500-square foot garage on fire, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson said. The blaze was contained by 5:21 a.m. and no other structures were threatened. The extent of the damage, or cause of the fire, was not immediately known, Hendrickson said....
AGUANGA - A woman was killed today in a rollover crash in Aguanga, about 10 miles east of Temecula. Norma Becerra, 28, of Aguanga was behind the wheel of a 2002 Ford Escape compact SUV which overturned on Wilson Valley Road around 9:20 a.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, Becerra was headed west and had just passed Thomas Road, going about 55 mph, when she allowed the SUV to drift off the road and travel up an embankment. ''The vehicle went airborne, flipped over, collided back onto the roadway, where it rolled... Full story
