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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Citing a commitment to better meeting the diverse needs of the communities it serves, the San Diego Police Department today released a new set of policies guiding officer interactions with transgender and gender-nonbinary people. ``Historically, many members of our LGBTQ community -- particularly those who identify as transgender or nonbinary -- have not been recognized or respected for who they are,'' Mayor Todd Gloria said in a statement. ``That changes with this procedure. This is a much-needed and...
Rogowski, who was convicted of raping and murdering a woman in Carlsbad 30 years ago, will make his fourth plea for parole today. Rogowski was sentenced to 31 years to life behind bars for the 1991 killing of 22-year-old Jessica Bergsten, who was struck over the head with a metal steering wheel lock, raped and suffocated. Her skeletal remains were found buried in a shallow grave in a remote part of the desert in Imperial County. Rogowski confessed to the killing weeks later. Now 54, Rogowski was denied parole in 2011 and... Full story
ORANGE - The Orange County Board of Supervisors is expected today to approve a request by Supervisor Don Wagner to offer a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in the road-rage fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Orange. Wagner's request would match a reward the family has offered through a GoFundMe page. The page had raised more than $164,000 as of Sunday, but was taken down by Monday. Another page was set up for the father of 6-year-old Aiden...
VISTA (CNS) - A 31-year-old Vista man was behind bars today on suspicion of multiple felony weapons charges after he led deputies on a short pursuit to his Vista home, where authorities allegedly found multiple guns and tools to modify guns. Deputies spotted Jeremy Brink, a convicted felon with a history of carrying concealed home-built firearms, possibly driving impaired on Mercantile Street, north of state Route 78, at about 2 a.m. Saturday, said San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Backouris. Brink failed to pull over...
ESCONDIDO - A man who allegedly forced his way into an Escondido home today and stabbed four members of his extended family, including a 16- year-old boy, was arrested a short distance from the scene of the attack. One of the victims made an emergency call about 10:45 a.m. to report that the armed man was trying to break into the residence in the 800 block of West Lincoln Avenue, according to police. By the time patrol personnel arrived, the assailant had gotten into the home and stabbed the teenager and three adults, all of...
The 2021 SCORE off-road racing season began April 17 with the San Felipe 250, and Fallbrook driver Mike Cafro won the Pro Stock UTV class. The course was actually 280.20 miles, or 450.92 kilometers. Cafro finished in 6:30:55.958. The second-place Pro Stock UTV driver, Nick Bruce of Arizona, had a time of 7:13.02.855. "Definitely stoked about a win in the class," Cafro said. Cafro drove a 2021 Polaris RZR Turbo 5 four-seat utility task vehicle. "Definitely one of my favorite races. I was kind of going for the overall UTV,...
Funds to deliver significant air quality and operational benefits to the San Diego region OCEANSIDE – The North County Transit District announced May 17 that the California Energy Commission has awarded the district a $4 million grant to construct a hydrogen fueling station at the agency's West Division BREEZE Facility in Oceanside. Once constructed, this station will have the capacity to support up to 50 hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses bringing the District closer toward a...
The San Clemente City Council will consider declaring itself a sanctuary city in support of the Second Amendment during its May 18 meeting. An agenda item calls on San Clemente council to adopt a non-binding resolution that seeks to “recognize the Second Amendment as a right endowed by our creator,” Councilmember Gene James, who authored the item, told The Epoch Times. The resolution would be mostly symbolic if passed, but would show support for the constitutional right to keep and bear firearms, which James said is cur...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego businesses will be able to continue outdoor operations on sidewalks, city streets and private parking lots through July 13, 2022, under action taken today by the City Council. The council voted 8-0 -- with Councilman Chris Cate absent -- to extend previous urgency ordinances allowing for outdoor business as the city seeks to develop a more robust and permanent process allowing for them. A ``Spaces as Places'' plan, still in development, would extend...
VISTA - A young man who was under the legal drinking age when he drove unlicensed and drunk, causing a head-on crash in Escondido last fall that killed an 85-year-old man, pleaded guilty today to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and other charges. Celso Solano Rojas faces more than 10 years in state prison when he is sentenced next month for the Sept. 25 crash that caused Richard Woolsey's death. Rojas' blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.24% -- three times the legal limit -- Deputy District Attorney David U...
SAN DIEGO - Nearly 2,500 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of medical supplies was seized in Otay Mesa this weekend, border officials said today. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the drugs, contained in 120 packages concealed amid medical supplies, were onboard a tractor trailer that entered the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility at around 9:45 a.m. Saturday. After ``anomalies'' were discovered during an X-ray screening of the truck, a further...
With a new budget that responds to voices in the community and follows a Framework for the Future that fundamentally changes our operations, the Chief Administrative Officer's recommended budget was released May 6. It calls for $7.03 billion in fiscal year 2021-22 spending, an increase of 7.3% and a net increase of 660 additional staff years, excluding staff from the Air Pollution Control District which became an independent agency on March 1. Investments in both funding and...
A deputy shot and killed a man who allegedly advanced toward a deputy while wielding a crowbar during a confrontation west of Perris, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at 7:21 p.m. May 7, in the 22000 block of Margarth Street and learned that a man had struck another person with a crowbar during an argument, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. When deputies arrived at the location, they found the man in a nearby field still in possession of the cro...
The Dorland Mountain Arts community in the hills above Temecula announced a series of spring events for accomplished and hopeful artists, writers and musicians in the valley. Dorland Mountain Arts, 36701 Highway 79 outside Temecula Wine Country, is a place where accomplished artists find inspiration and relaxation from stays at the mountain retreat that offers programs for creative persons. There are five fully self-contained cottages for rent, monthly programs, hiking trails and views of the valley. With some COVID-19...
A California condor egg has hatched in Northern California's wild, the newest member of Pinnacles National Park's recovery program for the endangered species. The egg hatched April 12 after two months of round-the-clock incubation by both parents who protected their fragile egg from the elements and potential predators, park rangers said in a social media post. Their nest has a video camera installed to help with monitoring and videos shared by the National Park Service this...
About 20 people attended a protest May 8, at SeaWorld San Diego, part of the ninth annual “Empty The Tanks Worldwide Event” seeking to bring awareness to the plight of captive whales and dolphins. The protest began at SeaWorld Drive and SeaWorld Way at 11:30 a.m. and was among more than 70 similar events planned around the world, organizer Ellen Ericksen said. She said the group was also trying to get the San Diego City Council at its next meeting to stop the SeaWorld fireworks show, happening now on Fridays and Sat...
Loyola Marymount University professor Cheryl Grills and attorney Lisa Holder of Los Angeles were among the five people appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom May 7 to the newly formed Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The task force will inform Californians about slavery and explore ways the state might provide reparations. Its members will meet over the next year and conclude their work with a written report on their findings, along with recommendations which will be provided to the...
After winning a July 2020 stakes race in England, Whisper Not was sent to California for races at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and Santa Anita Park. He was entrusted to trainer Richard Baltas, who stabled the colt at the San Luis Rey Training Center in 2020 when he was not at a track. Whisper Not made his Northern California debut April 24 at Golden Gate Fields and won the Grade 3 San Francisco Mile Stakes. "It was a very good race for him," Baltas said. "He relaxed nicely." The San Francisco Mile Stakes was a one-mile turf...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Darrell Issa, the ranking Republican Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, announced yesterday with his Democratic counterpart, Subcommittee Chairman Hank Johnson (GA), the introduction of the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act, amending the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA). Issa released the following statement: “This legislation is a historic reform to our pat...
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday, April 26, that Navy Seaman 1st Class Wallace G. Mitchell, 19, of Los Angeles, killed during World War II, was accounted for Dec. 16, 2020. On Dec. 7, 1941, Mitchell was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The a...
Riverside County 5th District Supervisor Jeff Hewitt outlined why he is running for governor today in an op-ed published in several Southern California News Group newspapers. The Libertarian business owner is running to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom in the upcoming recall election. He says as a Libertarian, not a member of either major party, he has "the ability to accept the best ideas of each side and work for consensus and compromise that benefits the state as a whole." Last...
WASHINGTON – SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced the U.S. Small Business Administration would begin registrations on Friday, April 30, and open applications on Monday, May 3, for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The online application will remain open to any eligible establishment until all funds are exhausted. “Restaurants are the core of our neighborhoods and propel economic activity on main streets across the nation. They are among the businesses that have been hardest hit and need support to sur...
SAN DIEGO – Building on the sustainability strategy it released last October and its pledge to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2045, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) announced it is developing two hydrogen pilot projects, nearing completion of an additional battery storage facility and will break ground on another, and launching a vehicle-to-grid pilot program featuring six electric school buses, among other efforts. “Getting to a net zero future is the moonshot challenge of our era and one that the SDG...
SAN DIEGO – Border Patrol officials said a 40-foot cabin cruiser that overturned in Point Loma May 2, killing three people, was suspected of being part of a smuggling operation. Three people died and 27 people were pulled from the water and hospitalized with a wide range of injuries after the boat capsized, officials said. The accident happened at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday in ocean waters off the Cabrillo National Monument. Border Patrol officials said the boat crashed into the shoreline surrounding the monument and capsized. E...
The Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro program has been under scrutiny over the last few dozen years, relating to its care of the wild horse population in the western United States. The bureau has taken some criticism from some national wild horse rescue organizations. "It is a situation where we have to do what is the best thing for these horses," Steve Fluery, national director of the BLM horse and burro program, said. "Adoption is absolutely key in helping...
