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ESCONDIDO - At least one person was killed early this morning when a car crashed into a tree near a rural intersection north of Escondido, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of Old Castle and Indian Hill roads, just west of Interstate 15 in the unincorporated Hidden Meadows area, according to the CHP. A witness told dispatchers an older model Honda Accord sedan had crashed into a tree, the CHP reported. At least one person was pronounced dead at the... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Apple announced today that it plans to add about 5,000 employees to its San Diego workforce by 2026, a 500% increase from its 2018 goal, as part of the multinational technology company's plan to invest $430 billion and add 20,000 new jobs across the United States over the next five years. ``At this moment of recovery and rebuilding, Apple is doubling down on our commitment to U.S. innovation and manufacturing with a generational investment reaching...
LOS ANGELES - Quoting a homeless Air Force veteran who said he found a 19-year-old blind girl walking the streets of Skid Row, the federal judge overseeing a lawsuit seeking to end the downtown Los Angeles homelessness crisis has rejected a bid by the city and county to hit pause on his decree that all indigent persons in the area must be offered shelter within six months. In an order filed late Sunday in Los Angeles federal court, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter hit back at the city/county's claim that his housing order...
SAN DIEGO - A woman died after a man who apparently jumped from a parking structure in downtown San Diego's East Village landed on her, police said today. The incident was reported shortly before 7:25 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of J Street and Tenth Avenue, San Diego police Sgt. Dave Yu said. 10News reported a man and a woman had just left a restaurant and were walking on J Street when the man leaped from the parking structure and landed on the woman. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man who...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Caitlyn Jenner begins her campaign for California governor with a prized commodity for a candidate - celebrity. But while her name is widely recognized, what she would do in the job remains a mystery. Nearly two decades ago, Hollywood fame helped elevate another Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to the governor's chair. But he had already made a name in state politics, working to enact hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for school programs. He once...
SAN DIEGO - In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, The San Diego Foundation and San Diego Gas & Electric today 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," said Tashonda Taylor, SDG&E's vice president of customer operations. ``We remember #42 for... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Authorities searching for an aircraft that went missing with a pair of Vista residents aboard during a weekend trip from the San Diego area to Arizona found the wreckage of the plane with two bodies in it today in a wooded area near the Grand Canyon. A helicopter crew with the Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue located the crash site northeast of H.A. Clark Memorial Field in Williams, Arizona, shortly after 1:30 a.m., said Jon Paxton, spokesman for the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. The aircraft...
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced April 7 an increased reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the fatal shooting of an Oceanside man five years ago. The federal agency added $10,000 to an earlier offer of $1,000 posted by San Diego County Crime Stoppers for any tip that helps solve the mystery of who gunned down 35-year-old Brandon Keiser on March 22, 2016. Shortly after 10 p.m. that day, patrol o...
WASHINGTON – Rep. Darrell Issa announced the finalization of Palomar Health Escondido’s reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the formation and implementation of its COVID-19 alternate care site, which provides critical capacity for the region. After initial reimbursement challenges, Issa worked directly with state and federal offices to comprehensively review and quickly secure reimbursement. “Palomar was asked by two levels of government to take the lead in our community’s COVID-19 response and mad...
A transient accused of fatally stabbing a 64-year-old woman as she walked her dogs on a Riverside street made her initial court appearance Monday, April 12. Darlene Stephanie Montoya, 23, was arrested Saturday, April 10, after the alleged attack on Ke Chieh Meng of Riverside and is charged with murder and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon – a knife – in the commission of a felony. According to Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback, Meng was walking her...
SAN DIEGO - UC San Diego will host its commencement ceremony in person this June, with alumna Alicia Garza -- co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network -- as keynote speaker, it was announced today. Garza, who graduated in 2002, is also principal at Black Futures Lab, which is intended to make Black communities powerful in politics. "Alicia Garza's determination to be a catalyst for change has deeply influenced our campus community, and we are honored to feature her...
CARLSBAD - Melanie Burkholder began her campaign for California's 76th Assembly District today, challenging two-term Democrat Tasha Boerner Horvath. Burkholder, a Republican, took on Boerner Horvath, D-Encinitas, in 2020 for the same seat, ultimately falling short by a 55.6%-44.4% margin. The district encompasses coastal North County, stretching from the Camp Pendleton Marine base in the north to Encinitas in the south. Burkholder is a Secret Service agent and mental health counselor. ``California has gone from a state where...
SAN DIEGO - Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a $536-million wildfire package enabling the state to take urgent prevention actions in communities across the state, including San Diego County. Newsom signed SB 85 alongside legislative leaders at a fuels management project at Lake Oroville State Recreation Area which helped protect a Butte County community from last year's North Complex Fire. The legislative package builds on funding for wildfire protections proposed in Newsom's 2021-22 proposed state budget, providing funds to...
SACRAMENTO – Following last year’s record-breaking fire season, Governor Gavin Newsom announced March 30 emergency early action to boost firefighting support as California faces another difficult wildfire year. Using Emergency Fund authorization, Governor Newsom has approved $80.74 million for 1,399 additional firefighters with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to bolster fuels management and wildfire response efforts. The Governor’s January 2021 budget proposes $1 billion to support wildfire and f...
The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from April 15 to May 17. According to their news release, individual taxpayers can also postpone federal income tax payments for the 2020 tax year due April 15 to May 17, without penalties and interest, regardless of the amount owed. This postponement applies to individual taxpayers, including individuals who pay self-employment tax. This relief do...
SAN DIEGO – Ten years ago this month, the world watched as a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the eastern coast of Japan. The combined events caused over $360 billion in damage and washed 1.5 million tons of debris, including wrecked cars, buildings and homes, into the ocean. The tsunami also flooded Japan's Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, which melted its cores and leaked radiation. More than 18,000 people died, and many others were r...
The San Diego Association of Governments allocated an additional $5,497,000 for the project to provide a double track railroad corridor between the San Onofre and Pulgas control points. The SANDAG board voted 19-0 March 26 to accept and allocate $106,405,000 of Trade Corridor Enhancement Program funding provided by the California Transportation Commission. The allocations include $567,000 for the design and $4,930,000 for the construction of Phase 2 of the double tracking project, and an additional $1,000,000 was allocated fo...
LENNOX - Three earthquakes shook Southern California within about a half hour this morning, centered around the unincorporated Lennox area, near Inglewood -- with the first two considered foreshocks. No damage was reported. The largest -- a sharp, magnitude 4.0, according to the U.S. Geological Survey -- was at 4:44 a.m., about a mile east-northeast of Lennox. "The M4.0 that just happened was under Lennox, CA, near Inglewood. Very deep at 20 km, so everyone is at least 20 km... Full story
Apr 01, 2021 6:56PM ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - The gunman who killed four people and critically wounded a fifth at a Southern California office building knew all the victims and apparently before opening fire chained shut the gates to two entrances, delaying police from getting inside, authorities said Thursday. Among the victims of the "horrific massacre" Wednesday afternoon was a 9-year-old boy who was found cradled in the arms of a woman believed to be his mother, Orange County... Full story
California's state education board unanimously approved a model ethnic studies curriculum Thursday, March 25, after years of divisive debate, multiple drafts and more than 100,000 public comments about the proposal. The nearly 900-page curriculum focuses on "historically marginalized peoples" – particularly racial minorities – and calls on students to study the "imperialism, settler colonialism and genocide, both cultural and physical" of those peoples. The curriculum mad...
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, March 25, that judges must consider suspects’ ability to pay when they set bail, essentially requiring that indigent defendants be freed unless they are deemed too dangerous to be released awaiting trial. “The common practice of conditioning freedom solely on whether an arrestee can afford bail is unconstitutional,” the justices said in a unanimous decision. Judges can require electronic monitoring, regular check-ins with authorities or order suspects to stay in shelters or under...
The San Diego Convention Center was set up to accept about 500 girls between the ages of 13-17 which are unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the United States. The convention center will be used over the next 30-35 days to provide temporary shelter, Mayor Todd Gloria said on Saturday, March 27. The center will accept no more than 1,400 children. "This is a temporary emergency posture," Gloria said. "We want to make it clear that we are a welcoming city." The mayor said...
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, March 25, that judges must consider suspects’ ability to pay when they set bail, essentially requiring that indigent defendants be freed unless they are deemed too dangerous to be released awaiting trial. “The common practice of conditioning freedom solely on whether an arrestee can afford bail is unconstitutional,” the justices said in a unanimous decision. Judges can require electronic monitoring, regular check-ins with authorities or order suspects to stay in shelters or under...
An undocumented immigrant who participated in a telephone-based scheme that conned tens of thousands of dollars from elderly Inland Empire residents and others faces federal prison time at sentencing Monday, March 29, in Los Angeles. William M. Barrios, 36, pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge, admitting he acted as a collector for overseas conspirators in the scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Also charged are Barrios’ cousin, Elmer M. Barrios, 35, and 30-year- old Anuj M. Patel, both of Lake Els...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration is increasing the maximum amount small businesses and nonprofit organizations can borrow through its COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. Starting the week of April 6, the SBA is raising the loan limit for the COVID-19 EIDL program from six-months of economic injury with a maximum loan amount of $150,000 to up to 24-months of economic injury with a maximum loan amount of $500,000. “More than 3.7 million businesses employing more than 20 million people have fou...
