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  • SD County COVID-19 hospitalizations dropping, but vaccine access still an issue

    City News Service|Updated Feb 4, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - While COVID-19 hospitalizations in San Diego County continue to decline, health officials say the number of vaccines continues to be insufficient for demand. The news came Wednesday as the county reported 968 new coronavirus infections and 54 new virus-related deaths. It was the second straight day the county reported fewer than 1,000 new cases. Prior to Tuesday, the county had logged at least that many every day since Nov. 30. County Board of Supervisors Chairman Nathan Fletcher praised the work county...

  • First San Diego County flu death reported this season in man who also had COVID-19

    City News Service|Updated Feb 3, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 65-year-old man from East County is the first influenza death reported in San Diego County this season, the county Health and Human Services Agency announced Wednesday. The man, who was also diagnosed with the coronavirus, died Jan. 13, had underlying medical conditions and had been vaccinated against influenza. "Influenza deaths are very unfortunate, but they do occur every flu season," said Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county public health officer. "While influenza activity has been very low this season, San...

  • San Diego Seals won't play until fall as NLL scraps season

    City News Service|Updated Feb 3, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The National Lacrosse League and its local affiliate the San Diego Seals announced today that the league is canceling plans for an abbreviated season this spring due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and will instead aim for a fall start. "We have gone through many scenarios — but the logistical challenges, including the recently announced tighter travel and quarantine restrictions across the Canadian border have required us to pivot," NLL Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz said. "We have decided to focus on p...

  • Fallbrook Girls Softball now registering

    Updated Feb 2, 2021

    FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Girls Softball is one of the few sports currently open for youth this spring. Due to COVID restrictions, the season will start as practices only but Fallbrook Girls Softball is optimistic that there will be softball games this season! Softball games will be allowed within the County guidelines for Return To Safe Play once the County is back into the Red Tier. Fallbrook Girls Softball is affiliated with USA Softball and is following all protocols put o...

  • San Diego County opens La Mesa vaccination super station, joining 3 elsewhere

    CNS|Updated Feb 2, 2021

    LA MESA (CNS) - San Diego County's fourth COVID-19 Vaccination Super Station opened today at the Grossmont Center Mall in La Mesa, joining similar sites in Chula Vista, downtown San Diego and San Marcos, while a smaller point of distribution opened at the San Ysidro Southwestern College campus. The Sharp HealthCare Grossmont Center Super Station will be open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., starting with the capacity to inoculate up to 2,000 people a day, with plans to expand...

  • COVID-19 cases in San Diego County hit 2-month low; no new deaths

    CNS|Updated Feb 2, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials have reported 1,082 COVID-19 infections -- the fewest new cases in more than two months -- and no additional fatalities. The county's cumulative COVID-19 case total is now 239,124, and the death toll remains at 2,619, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. The 1,082 cases reported Monday marked the lowest daily total since Nov. 30, but Monday was the 62nd consecutive day with more than...

  • San Diego County average gas price rises for 21st time in 22 days

    CNS|Updated Feb 2, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose today for the 21st time in the past 22 days, increasing nine-tenths of a cent to $3.437, its highest amount since March 13. The average price has risen 16 cents over the past 22 days, including one-tenth of a cent on Monday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It is 5.3 cents more than one week ago and 20.6 cents higher than one month ago,...

  • Faulconer announces he will run for governor

    City News Service|Updated Feb 2, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer on Monday officially began his campaign for governor, criticizing Gov. Gavin Newsom for such issues as income inequality and homelessness and pledging to begin the "California comeback." "California has become the land of broken promises," Faulconer said in an approximately 2 1/2-minute video released on YouTube. "We can clean up California and it starts at the top. "Governor Newsom's ruling class has failed us. He promised equality but gave us some of the worst income...

  • Report: Charges unlikely in shooting death of Ashli Babbitt

    City News Service|Updated Feb 2, 2021

    AN DIEGO (CNS) - Criminal charges are unlikely to be filed against a U.S. Capitol Police lieutenant who killed Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol last month, because a preliminary investigation has not found enough evidence to forward such a recommendation to federal prosecutors, it was reported Monday night. Officials warned, however, the investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, was not complete, according to The New York Times. Video footage from the Jan. 6 raid...

  • North County Vaccination Super Station opens in San Marcos

    City News Service|Updated Jan 31, 2021

    SAN MARCOS (CNS) - North County residents are now able to get COVID-19 vaccines closer to home, as San Diego County opened its third Vaccination Super Station Sunday at Cal State San Marcos Sports Center. "The vaccine offers our pathway out of this, the road to recovery, to restoring, to renewing,'' Board of Supervisors Chairman Nathan Fletcher said before the first patients with appointments started getting a dose of the vaccine at 9:30 a.m. Fletcher said the initial goal set in early January was to give 200,000 vaccinations...

  • Body Found at Mission Trails Park May Be Of Missing Runner

    City News Service|Updated Jan 31, 2021

    SAN DIEGO - After hikers discovered a body in the water today in Mission Trails Regional Park, the site of a search to find a man who went missing Friday, police said they have "reason to believe'' it was the missing man's remains. Official confirmation of his identity would come later from the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office, according to Officer Darius Jamsetjee of the San Diego Police Department. Max Lenail was last seen Friday at Mission Trails, where he went...

  • Two SD-Area High School Athletes Sue State, County, to Resume Youth Sports

    City News Service|Updated Jan 30, 2021

    SAN DIEGO - Two San Diego-area high school athletes are suing the state and county over coronavirus restrictions on high school sports, as part of a larger call on state leadership to allow youth sports to resume. The lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges millions of student athletes across the state have been barred from participating in athletic activities without adequate medical evidence to support the restrictions. The complaint filed Thursday on behalf of Nicholas Gardinera, a senior at Scripps Ranch High...

  • Hospitalizations trend downward as SD County reports 1,670 new COVID-19 infections

    City News Service|Updated Jan 29, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials reported 1,670 new COVID-19 infections and 37 deaths Friday, Jan. 29, as hospitalizations related to the virus continue to decline. Friday was the 60th consecutive day with more than 1,000 new cases, bringing the county's cumulative COVID-19 case total to 234,640 and the death toll to 2,571. The number of people in local hospitals with the virus declined to 1,391 Friday, down more than 400 patients from Jan. 12's record 1,804. A record number of patients in intensive...

  • Two SD County high school students sue state county to resume youth sports

    City News Service|Updated Jan 29, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two San Diego-area high school athletes are suing the state and county over coronavirus restrictions on high school sports, as part of a larger call today on state leadership to allow youth sports to resume. The lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges millions of student athletes across the state have been barred from participating in athletic activities without adequate medical evidence to support the restrictions. The complaint filed Thursday on behalf of Nicholas Gardinera, a senior at Scripps R...

  • Storm system dumping rain, snow across SD County

    City News Service|Updated Jan 29, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The third winter storm of the week has arrived in San Diego County, bringing heavy rain to the region Friday along with snow in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service. The "atmospheric river'' is making its way east across the county, with the heaviest rainfall expected early Friday morning, then scattered showers into Friday afternoon, forecasters said. The weather agency issued a flash flood watch that will be in effect through Friday afternoon in coastal areas, western valleys and the...

  • Shirley Weber confirmed as California's first Black Secretary of State

    City News Service|Updated Jan 28, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The California State Senate confirmed Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, as Secretary of State today in a 29-0 floor vote. The post opened when former secretary of state Alex Padilla, a Democrat from Pacoima, was named by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill Kamala Harris' U.S. Senate seat when she became vice president. James Schwab served as interim secretary of state while Weber's appointment was pending. "Dr. King teaches us that we are at our best when we stand up in service of others and I am humbled to...

  • jockey and horse racing

    North County Guy wins Unusual Heat Turf Classic Stakes

    Joe Naiman, Village News reporter|Updated Jan 27, 2021

    The Jan. 16 stakes races at Santa Anita Park included one won by San Luis Rey Training Center gelding North County Guy and one named after former San Luis Rey general manager and long-time Fallbrook resident Leigh Ann Howard. North County Guy won the 1 1/8-mile Unusual Heat Turf Classic Stakes for California-bred horses 4 years old and upwards. What had been the California Cup Oaks prior to this year became the Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks, and Closing Remarks (who...

  • SHERIFF'S LOG

    Updated Jan 27, 2021

    Jan. 11 200 block W. Clemmens Ln Battery 100 block W. Elder St Arrest: Kidnapping, domestic abuse with minor injury 400 block Industrial Wy Petty theft 4700 block Pala Rd Arrest: Public intoxication Jan. 12 31100 block Old River Rd Arrest: Trespassing 2900 block Reche Rd Arrest: Possession of controlled substance 200 block W. Aviation Rd Arrest: Battery against officer, resisting officer Jan. 13 4700 block Pala Rd Arrest: Outstanding felony warrant 3700 block Aroudba Rd Commercial burglary 300 block W. Clemmens Ln Vehicle...