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SAN DIEGO - San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Marten was confirmed today as the nation's next deputy education secretary. The U.S. Senate voted 54-44 to confirm Marten, who was nominated for the post earlier this year by the Biden administration. Once Marten is sworn into office, she will assume the federal post after more than three decades as an educator in San Diego, including eight years as superintendent of SDUSD. ``My message to students has always been, `Work hard. Be kind. Dream big,' Marten...
CORONADO (CNS) - The Navy commissioned its newest warship, the USS Miguel Keith, today at Naval Air Station North Island in an hour-long ceremony honoring Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith. Due to public health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was private with a limited audience. The 785-foot-long ship was built in San Diego by General Dynamics NASSCO and was delivered to the Navy on Nov. 15,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - About 20 people attended a protest today at Sea World 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 Sea World fireworks show, happening now on Frid...
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - A man in his 50s was found dead by Oceanside police in a canoe in the riverbed inlet between the beach and Interstate 5, authorities said today. Police responded to a radio call of a possible body in a canoe at about 6 p.m. Friday, according to spokesman Tom Bussey of the Oceanside Police Department. The department's Investigations Division and the Medical Examiner's Office responded to the scene, Bussey said. The cause of death was undetermined as of Saturday and the medical examiner will conduct an...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher is “not optimistic” the county will graduate into the least-restrictive of the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy tiers before June 15, the date Gov. Gavin Newsom has set to lift remaining restrictions set up to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The county is in the orange tier of the color-coded system due to an adjusted case rate of five new daily cases per 100,000 people. That is a significant improvement over the week before, when that adjusted case rate...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County's Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer recommended spending $7.03 billion in fiscal year 2021-22 for the running of the county government Thursday, May 6, a 7.3% increase from this year. The recommended budget represents a net increase of 660 additional staff years, excluding staff from the Air Pollution Control District which became an independent agency March 1. ”I have fought since 2019 for our budgets to reflect the needs of our community and year-after-year we have s...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The alleged captain of a boat that crashed in coastal waters near Point Loma during an apparent human smuggling operation, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, made his initial court appearance Thursday, May 6. According to a complaint filed in San Diego federal court, 39-year-old Antonio Hurtado, a U.S. citizen, was steering the vessel that crashed about 50 yards from the shore around 10 a.m. Sunday. He is charged with attempted bringing in of aliens at other than a port of entry a...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Three COVID-19 vaccination sites in north, east and south San Diego County will start offering evening hours starting today, while public health officials Wednesday reported 219 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths. The three clinics will be administering Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to people with and without appointments. People are welcome to drop in for a first dose or a second dose to a dose received elsewhere. “With 1.5 million San Diegans now having received at least one dose of vaccine, and with vac...
TEMECULA – Kevin May, 47, of Fontana, the driver of the box truck who was directly behind a Prius and failed to slow down, on April 22, causing a collision that killed a young man has been charged with murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The young man has not officially been identified, however, a Gofundme.com page that has been set up by his family for Garret Gabriel Caouette, 18, who is identified as a young man from Murrieta who died in the crash. A... Full story
UPDATE: Leo Maki, 81, was found re-entering the United States from Calexico. Maki had driven his car across the border. According to his family, he was returned unharmed to his home at 5:30 am on April 30. Silver Alert issued for 81 year old from Menifee A missing person and silver report have been filed for Leo Maki, an 81-year-old who has dementia. He does not have a drivers license but is driving a red 2012 Ford Fiesta His license plate was picked up on a camera... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Border Patrol officials said a 40-foot cabin cruiser that overturned in Point Loma today, 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....
RIVERSIDE – Riverside County 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 businessman 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 M...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County District Attorney's Office announced today it was expanding efforts to review and recommend resentencing for defendants who may warrant early release and reintegration back into the community. A recently enacted state law has authorized local prosecutors to re-examine sentences that may have been harsher than the punishment warranted. Assembly Bill 2942, which went into effect in 2019, allows prosecutors to recommend resentencing and petition judges to hear those cases. Two years ago, San...
VALLEY CENTER - A Valley Center Elementary School teacher was arrested today on suspicion of committing sex crimes against minors during a prior stint as an educator at a primary school in Bakersfield, according to San Diego County sheriff's officials. Kyle Puette, 37, is suspected of sending harmful matter for purposes of seducing two teenage girls and communicated with them with intent to commit sexual offenses while working as a fifth-grade teacher at Louise Sandrini Elementary School from 2013 to 2017, according to the... Full story
TEMECULA – A motorist was killed and another driver was injured Thursday, April 22, in a fiery three-vehicle collision on Interstate 15 in Temecula. Kevin May, 47, of Fontana was at the wheel of a box truck directly behind a Prius and failed to slow down, causing his vehicle's "front end to collide into the Toyota's rear end,'' according to CHP representative Officer Lassig. May, who was hauling furniture, is suspected of driving under the influence of drugs, Lassig said. H...
WASHINGTON – In a joint letter sent April 23, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) and Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) expressed their support for the Rolling to Remember motorcycle ride held in Washington, DC each Memorial Day in remembrance of POW/MIA veterans. As the event date quickly approaches, Issa and Calvert called for a swift Pentagon review of the permit request that has thus far gone unanswered. Congressman Issa said: “Last week, veterans and advocates asked for help in breaking through Washington red tape so this eve...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration launched a new round of Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance – called Supplemental Targeted Advances – on April 22, that will provide $5 billion in additional assistance to 1 million small businesses and nonprofit organizations that have been most severely affected by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supplemental Targeted Advance program is the latest SBA relief program to launch as part of the American Rescue Plan Act on March 11. “Many of our nation’s...
SAN DIEGO - Babies born to mothers diagnosed with cannabis use disorder are more likely to experience negative health outcomes than those without the disorder, according to findings published today by UC San Diego researchers. Researchers from UCSD's Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science examined nearly five million live births that occurred in California between the years 2001 and 2012, during which diagnoses of cannabis use disorder rose. Cannabis use disorder is defined as continued cannabis... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A 32-year-old man was behind bars today on suspicion of fatally shooting a 28-year-old man and wounding four others at two separate locations in downtown San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, police said. The initial shooting was reported about 10:30 p.m. Thursday on J Street near Fifth Avenue, San Diego police Lt. Andra Brown said. Additional callers also reported that the suspected gunman had walked away and opened fire again near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Island Avenue. Officers responded to the scene on J...
SAN DIEGO - A Riverside man who allegedly fled from Border Patrol agents in Pine Valley in an RV occupied by undocumented immigrants made his initial court appearance today on federal charges. Vicente Villegas, 20, is charged with high-speed flight from an immigration checkpoint for allegedly leading agents on a pursuit in the early morning hours of Dec. 12. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Border Patrol agents initially saw about 40 people climb into the RV after it crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. Agents later tried...
BONSALL – The driver of a 2021 Dodge Charger who was killed during a collision with a big rig Thursday, April 15, on Interstate 15 southbound, north of Route 395, was identified as a 42-year-old male from Baldwin Park, according to the CHP. His name was withheld pending notification to family. The Dodge Charger was in the No. 3 lane. A 73-year-old male from San Diego was driving a 2015 Freightliner tractor-trailer combination in the No. 4 lane. Before the collision, the D...
A California woman admitted killing her three children, saying she hugged, kissed and apologized as she drowned her infant daughter and the girl's 2-year-old and 3-year-old siblings Saturday, April 17, to save them from what she said would be a lifetime of sexual abuse. In a jailhouse interview, Liliana Carrillo told KGET-TV that she wanted to "protect" her kids – 3-year-old Joanna Denton Carrillo, her 2-year-old brother Terry and 6-month-old sister Sierra – from their fat...
California employers added 119,600 new jobs in March, the second straight month of growth following a topsy-turvy year of enormous losses and inconsistent gains during an unpredictable pandemic. New unemployment claims, both for traditional employees and independent contractors, are at their lowest levels since the pandemic began more than a year ago. Restaurants and hotels, which have weathered heavy losses during a year of stay-at-home orders, accounted for more than half...
WASHINGTON – Rep. Darrell Issa, along with 39 fellow lawmakers, sent a letter to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee urging members to prioritize the continued and completed construction of the southern border wall and true border security infrastructure. The letter specifically cited that in December 2020, Congress approved $1.375 billion for border wall construction. But this year, “The Biden administration not only abruptly and irresponsibly ended immigration policies that were successfully dis...
SAN DIEGO – In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, The San Diego Foundation and San Diego Gas & Electric Friday, April 16, announced a $42,000 grant to the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce in support of a new initiative to support Black women entrepreneurs in the region. “Black women entrepreneurs are among the fastest-growing group of women-owned businesses, but they still face the dual challenges of racial and gender discrimination,” Tashonda Taylor, SDG&E’s vice president of customer operations, said. “We remember No....
