Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 2047
CAMP PENDLETON - Firefighters today continued battling a brush fire that has spread across thousands of open acres at Camp Pendleton, sending a pall of brown smoke over the northern reaches of the San Diego area and into southern Orange County. The blaze, which erupted Tuesday toward the northern end of the military installation, had blackened about 4,000 acres as of late Thursday afternoon but was posing no structural threats, according to base public-affairs personnel. By then, crews had the sprawling burn area roughly 20%...
SAN DIEGO - A wind advisory has been issued for San Diego County's valley and mountain areas until 5 p.m. Wednesday, with gusts expected to reach up to 55 mph, the National Weather Service said today. Santa Ana winds were slightly weaker in San Diego County this weekend than in neighboring Orange and Riverside counties, where utilities were considering Public Safety Power Shutoffs in some areas to avoid wildfire danger. Local winds were expected to increase Sunday night and...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County of San Diego health officials today linked nine cases of Salmonella to unpasteurized or ``raw'' milk products from a producer in Fresno, and encouraged county residents to discard the products. According to the county Health and Human Services Agency, the cases began in late September with products from Raw Farm LLC. ``The county recommends that people who have products from this company in their homes dispose of them immediately,'' said Dr. Seema Shah, medical director of the county's Epidemiology...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego federal judge today overturned California's three-decades-old ban on assault weapons for the second time in recent years. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, who has frequently ruled in favor of firearm advocates seeking to overturn state laws governing guns and ammunition, issued an injunction Thursday prohibiting state officials from enforcing the ban. In a written ruling, the judge stated that officials are seeking to prohibit individuals from acquiring guns used commonly in mass shootings and...
SAN DIEGO - Speaking in San Diego today, FBI Director Christopher Wray said domestic threats have increased since Hamas launched its attack on Israel last weekend. ``In this heightened environment, there's no question we're seeing an increase in reported threats, and we have to be on the lookout, especially for lone actors who may take inspiration from recent events to commit violence of their own,'' Wray said at Saturday's annual International Association of Chiefs of Police...
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - Lifeguard units responded today to a sinking vessel a mile and a half off the Oceanside Harbor. At 11 a.m. Sunday, occupants aboard a 22-foot Striper sport fishing boat called 911 and said they were taking in water, according to the Oceanside Fire Department. It was reported the vessel had capsized and all four occupants were in the ocean, with two victims using flotation devices. The first responding lifeguard was able to secure all four victims in the water until additional units arrived. An Oceanside...
SAN DIEGO - A former San Diego police detective who operated massage parlors that offered commercial sex services was sentenced today to nearly three years in federal prison. Peter Griffin, 79, a former vice detective, attorney, and private investigator owned and operated five businesses in California and Arizona between 2013 and 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Griffin was sentenced Friday to 33 months in prison, while three other defendants who managed Griffin's businesses were each sentenced to six months in...
LOS ANGELES - As part of a $7 billion federal program to launch seven regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs across the nation, including California, Mayor Karen Bass today commended the initiative for what she says will foster sustainability, climate resiliency and add hundreds of thousands of jobs. Of the $7 billion, California will receive up to $1.2 billion from the department to build or expand hydrogen projects that will power public transportation, heavy-duty trucks and...
SAN DIEGO - Kaiser Permanente and the union representing thousands of healthcare workers reached a tentative deal today that could end the labor dispute that resulted in a three-day strike last week. ``The frontline healthcare workers of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente,'' the union posted on social media. ``We are thankful for the instrumental support of Acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su.'' In a statement Friday, Kaiser said, ``The new...
SAN DIEGO - An analysis of parking costs at 50 major U.S. airports found that San Diego International Airport has the highest daily rate for parking, according to a recently released study. The analysis from travel company Upgraded Points examined 50 of the nation's busiest airports and each airport's costs for parking both during long weekends and throughout 7-day weeks. Those figures were also compared to the costs of Uber rides from the center of the nearest city in order to determine which transportation method was more...
SAN DIEGO - A man accused of fatally stabbing a Navy sailor at the victim's Point Loma residence more than three decades ago was tied to the crime through DNA evidence, a prosecutor told jurors today, but the defendant's attorney said the killing was an act of self-defense. Brian Koehl, 52, is charged in the killing of 31-year-old Larry Joe Breen, whose body was discovered on May 25, 1990. Breen, a petty officer and cook stationed aboard the USS Fox CG-33 who was slated to be...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and the city's Jewish leaders expressed sorrow today over the death of Ofir Liebstein, the mayor of Shar'ar Hanegev, San Diego's sister city in Israel, after news of Liebstein's death in the Hamas attack. ``This morning I learned of the death of Mayor Ofir Liebstein. He led Shar'ar Hanegev in southern Israel and was killed defending his community. San Diego is a sister city of Shar'ar Hanegev and there are deep connections between our two cities,'' Gloria posted on X. Gloria shared...
OCEANSIDE (CNS) - Two motorcyclists from Oceanside crashed their bikes on Interstate 5 near the Orange County/San Diego County border this morning, killing one of them, authorities said today. Officers were dispatched at around 9:20 a.m. Sunday to northbound I-5, just south of the U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint at San Onofre, according to the California Highway Patrol. A 20-year-old rider of a black Yamaha motorcycle was behind a 22-year-old rider of a Honda CBR600 motorcycle, and for reasons under investigation, the rider of...
SAN MARCOS - A bogus bomb threat forced a daylong closure of San Marcos High School today, four days after a similar criminal hoax prompted heightened security at an elementary school in the northern San Diego-area city. An unidentified person phoned in the threat to the West San Marcos Boulevard secondary school at about 8 a.m. Friday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. ``As a precaution, students arriving at school were sent home with their parents,'' Sgt. William Frierson said, adding that...
RIVERSIDE - Thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in Southern California and beyond returned to the picket lines today for the final day of a three-day strike billed as the largest of its type in U.S. history. According to the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, striking workers are planning to return to work at 6 a.m. Saturday. However, union officials said they may issue a 10-day strike notice on Saturday, potentially setting the stage for further walkouts if...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Strong high pressure and offshore flow were expected to bring hot weather to San Diego County inland areas today into the weekend, the National Weather Service said. There is a heat advisory in effect in the valleys, Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa, Santee and Poway from noon until 7 p.m. today. Temperatures are expected to be between 90 and 100. Skies were clear early Thursday morning, except for a couple of tiny patches of fog off Point Loma....
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Southern California and beyond hit the picket lines today to begin a planned three-day strike that their union dubbed the largest action of its type in U.S. history, while Kaiser officials insisted progress was made in 11th-hour contract negotiations. The strike began at 6 a.m. at Kaiser facilities across California, but picketing began three hours earlier at East Coast locations. An estimated 75,000...
SAN DIEGO - Camp Pendleton will begin live-fire mortar and artillery training today, with explosions that may be heard up to 50 miles away. Live-fire mortars will hit the ``whiskey'' and ``Zulu'' impact areas of the base from 6 a.m. until around midnight, according to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Impact area Zulu is five miles from Fallbrook and six miles from Oceanside, while whiskey is about seven miles from Oceanside and 10 miles from Oceanside. A noise advisory will be in effect until next week. Additionally, a...
SAN DIEGO - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 to become the first woman to represent California in that body, died at her home in Washington, D.C., Thursday night, her chief of staff confirmed today. She was 90. ``Sadly, Senator Feinstein passed away last night at her home in Washington, D.C. Her passing is a great loss for so many, from those who loved and cared for her to the people of California that she dedicated her life to serving,''...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Prosecutors announced charges today against 17 people who are either members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang or supporters of the group who allegedly took part in a racially motivated attack on three Black men in Ocean Beach this summer. A grand jury indictment returned earlier this month charges the group of defendants in the June 6 attack that left one man stabbed and another severely beaten. San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said the melee was possibly sparked because one of the...
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego federal judge today blocked California's ban on gun magazines that hold more than 10 bullets for the second time in recent years. In a ruling stemming from a lawsuit filed by firearm advocates, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez struck down the law in 2017, ruling it unconstitutional. Subsequent appeals resulted in differing decisions among judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the case went before the U.S. Supreme Court, which sent it back to the lower courts last year for...
SAN DIEGO - Several members of the San Diego Association of Governments' Board of Directors will today attempt to eliminate a controversial Regional Road User Charge -- sometimes referred to as a mileage tax -- from SANDAG's 2025 Regional Plan. San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones is leading the charge to excise the tax, and will lead a protest outside SANDAG's office Friday morning before the board is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. ``Despite years of political rhetoric suggesting the removal of this tax from the Regional...
SAN DIEGO - Two people were killed in a wrong-way collision today on state Route 76, according to the California Highway Patrol. The head-on crash between a red Nissan Xterra SUV and small white SUV happened at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday on SR-76 near Pala Mission Road, a CHP online log reported. A pit bull was injured in the collision and was taken by an Animal Resource Officer from Escondido, the CHP said. Traffic on eastbound and westbound SR-76 was diverted onto Pala Mission Road until 4:39 a.m. The CHP was investigating the...
SAN DIEGO - Maintenance crews will close state Route 52 connectors in various San Diego County locations beginning tomorrow for bridge work. Caltrans officials said the following connectors will be closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday: -- Southbound I-15 connector to eastbound SR-52; -- Eastbound SR-52 connector to northbound I-15; -- Westbound SR-52 connector to northbound I-805; -- Northbound SR-125 connector to eastbound SR-52. Caltrans reminded motorists to be aware of highway workers and moving...
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A 28-year-old Black man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting four men after luring them to his apartment via Grindr while posing as a white man under a fake name, police said today. Over the past four months, police received reports of four men who chatted with another male via the LGBTQ+ dating app and agreed to meet at his apartment in the city, according to the Escondido Police Department. Police say that when the men arrived at the residence, the man who answered the door was not the same...
