Video: Chula Vista home turns green

CHULA VISTA–A typical neighborhood home in Chula Vista has been transformed into extraordinary, efficient, attractive, comfortable, and cost effective. The City of Chula Vista, ConSol, and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) Emerging Technologies Program along with General Electric (GE), California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE), the County of San Diego, and Sweetwater Authority teamed [...]

Law enforcement salute local heroes at luncheon

District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis with Sandy Gonzalez, 18, of Spring Valley at the Salute to Heroes luncheon. Courtesy photo.

SAN DIEGO–District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis Thursday joined other law enforcement leaders to honor victims of violent crime. Dumanis joined San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore and San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne at the 21st annual Salute to Local Heroes luncheon, an annual event honoring heroes who performed brave acts that assisted fellow citizens or law [...]

Whooping cough case reported at local school

SAN DIEGO–A 5-year-old child at a San Diego area school diagnosed with whooping cough brings the total number of cases to 426 for the region in 2011, County Health and Human Services Agency officials said today. No cases have been reported yet for 2012. The student was up-to-date with immunizations and attends Kate Sessions Elementary [...]

District Attorney launches hotline to report suspected corruption

SAN DIEGO–District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced a new Public Corruption Hotline for the public to call in with tips that may lead to investigations or prosecutions similar to the South Bay public corruption bribery and perjury case involving school board members, the former superintendent of the Sweetwater Union High School District and a contractor. “Public [...]

Pigeon-toed bandit sought in pharmacy robberies

SAN DIEGO–San Diego Police Robbery Unit detectives are asking the public’s help in searching for a man known as the “Pigeon-toed bandit.” The man is suspected of robbing several pharmacies that began last July. On December 24 at about 10 a.m., a male wearing a Santa hat entered the point Loma Cabrillo Drug located at [...]

Former CHP officer denied parole

SAN DIEGO–The California Board of Parole Hearings has denied parole for convicted murderer Craig Peyer for a term of 15 years. Peyer, a former California Highway Patrol officer, killed 20-year old Cara Knott in 1986. He is serving a sentence of 25 years-to-life in prison. “Craig Peyer continues to pose a very real danger to [...]

Suspect sought in Teralta Park sexual assault

Teralta West

SAN DIEGO–San Diego Police Department Sex Crimes Unit detectives are investigating a recent sexual assault that occurred near Teralta Community Park. On Sunday, January 1 at about 8:30 p.m., the victim was walking home from work on the bike path near 4000 University Avenue at Teralta Community Park when she was confronted by the suspect. [...]

Charges filed in public corruption case‏

Rick Santorum

SAN DIEGO–District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis today announced criminal charges against five defendants in a wide-ranging public corruption case involving Sweetwater Union High School District School Board members, the former district superintendent and a South Bay contractor—all of whom were involved in a “pay-for-play” culture with businesses that were awarded voter-approved bond projects worth hundreds of [...]

Billboard unveiled publicizing $55,000 reward for Navy man

Ron Harnis.

SAN DIEGO–San Diego County Crime Stoppers unveiled a new billboard publicizing a $55,000 reward for information on the unsolved murder of Ron Harnish. Harnish, a member of the Navy, was shot and killed on December 27, 2006 in San Diego. The billboard is on the corner of 30th and G Street which is a few [...]

Former leader of the Arellano-Felix organization pleads guilty

SAN DIEGO–Benjamin Arellano-Felix, the former leader of the Tijuana Cartel/Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO) entered a guilty plea in federal court in San Diego today. Arellano-Felix was extradited by the government of Mexico to the United States on April 29, 2011, to face charges in the Southern District of California for narcotics trafficking, money laundering and organized [...]