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SAN DIEGO–A local Marine from Santee was chosen from more than 70 applicants to adopt the young Chihuahua that fell 80 feet from a cliff in Ocean Beach Jan. 11. The four-month-old pup has been under the care of County Animal Services while it recovered from head trauma, fractured ribs and numerous bruises. Once the [...]
SAN DIEGO–B. Donny Love Sr., 44, was sentenced today to serve 55 years in federal prison and pay $325,000 in restitution to the General Services Administration, based on his conviction for the use of a weapon of mass destruction and other charges, arising from the bombing of the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse in San [...]
SAN DIEGO–The Registrar of Voters is conducting two special elections in March; the special primary for the 40th State Senate District on March 12 and the Municipal Special Election for Council District 4 on March 26. Poll workers are still in demand for both elections; especially those who are bilingual in Chinese, Filipino, Spanish and Vietnamese. [...]
SAN DIEGO–Cynthia Charlebois, Chief of the DA’s Victim Services Division has been selected by a national victim assistance organization to advise the United States military on selecting and training victim advocates as part of a congressional mandate directed to the Department of Defense. Last year, Department of Defense officials announced new initiatives would include providing [...]
By Gina Yarbrough POWAY–A 12 year-old Twin Peaks Middle School student was arrested Saturday for making terrorist threats by e-mail to his teacher and students, Poway Sheriff’s Department officials say. At a news conference Sunday, Captain Bill Donahue of the Poway Sheriff’s Department and Dr. John Collins of the Poway Unified School District, discuss the [...]
SAN DIEGO–The Department of Environmental Health has issued a general advisory for the coastal waters of San Diego County due to recent rainfall. Swimmers, surfers, and other ocean users are warned that the levels of bacteria can rise significantly in ocean and bay waters, especially near storm drains, creeks, rivers, and lagoon outlets that discharge [...]
SAN DIEGO–A Florida man pled guilty to conspiring to import unapproved foreign oncology drugs and sell them to doctors throughout the United States. Martin Paul Bean, III, of Boca Raton, pled guilty Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Bartick. As part of his guilty plea, Bean admitted that between 2005 and 2011, he operated a business [...]
SAN DIEGO–Paul Palmer, chief executive officer and president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County, spent the last 10 years growing this agency from serving just 230 children, to 1,707 children last year, and increasing critical revenue to serve more children. He has developed new programs and initiatives to serve some of San Diego’s [...]
SAN DIEGO–Three men with ties to documented street gangs were charged Friday with stealing iPads and laptops from San Diego area schools, District Attorney’s office said in a released statement. Eyon Zimmerman, 19; Trevor Williams, 21; and Thomas Burleson, 21, were charged with multiple felony counts, including burglary, receiving stolen property, and allegations of felonies [...]
SAN DIEGO–Commuters are spending much less time stuck in traffic on Interstate 15 after the full length of the I-15 Express Lanes between San Diego and Escondido opened to traffic in January 2012, according to a preliminary analysis by San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). About a decade ago, before the construction of the Express Lanes, [...]
