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Apr 06, 2021 11:14AM SAN FRANCISCO - California plans to lift most coronavirus restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15, with officials saying enough people should be vaccinated by then to allow for life to almost get back to a pre-pandemic normal. The mask mandate in the nation's most populated state will remain in effect, Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly said Tuesday, and he cautioned that California will reopen more widely in mid-June only if vaccine... Full story
SAN DIEGO - UC San Diego plans to return to in-person teaching with normal classroom occupancy for the fall term, university officials said today, citing the school's "Return To Learn'' COVID-19 response and increasing vaccination numbers. "We will support the health and well-being of students, staff and faculty in fall 2021 in accordance with the public health guidelines from the county and the state,'' Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth H. Simmons wrote in a joint letter released Monday.... Full story
RIVERSIDE - COVID-19-positive hospitalizations in Riverside County fell below 100 today, representing a one-year low as the county awaits confirmation that it will be moved into an even less restrictive tier under the governor's public health regulatory apparatus. According to the Riverside University Health System, 97 people diagnosed with coronavirus were being treated in hospitals countywide as of Monday, down from 104 on Friday. That number includes 23 patients in intensive care units, two less than at the end of last wee... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Authorities announced a five-figure reward today for information leading to the capture of a 37-year-old ex-Marine suspected of fleeing the country after allegedly murdering his girlfriend at an Allied Gardens apartment nearly five years ago. ``Raymond McLeod will be the first fugitive in history on our 15 Most Wanted List with an initial reward of up to $50,000,'' said U.S. Marshal Service Director Donald Washington. ``We want McLeod's new status as a 15-most-wanted fugitive and the $50,000 reward amount to be... Full story
LOS ANGELES - Aaron Sorkin's historical drama "The Trial of the Chicago 7'' collected the top Screen Actors Guild Award honor of best motion picture ensemble tonight, although leading individual performance honors went to the two leads of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' -- Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman.'' Meanwhile, Netflix' "The Crown'' continued its awards season dominance by winning the prize for best ensemble in a drama series, while Pop TV's "Schitt's Creek,''...
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
The National Institutes of Health has "systematically thwarted" government oversight of dangerous pathogen research, Rutgers University professor of chemical biology Richard H. Ebright told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The P3CO Review Framework was created in 2017 after a three-year pause on government funding of research that intentionally makes pathogens more deadly or transmissible. An NIH grant that involved the modification of bat-based coronaviruses and the...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - In a major advancement in the state's COVID-19 economic recovery, California health officials announced changes that will allow a resumption of indoor activities such as concerts, conferences and theater performances -- and a return of fans to indoor sporting events. The rules issued Friday, however, include strict capacity mandates based on counties' tier placement within the state's economic-reopening blueprint, along with requirements for attendees to... Full story
The suspect who rammed the car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one of them before he was shot to was identified as Noah Green, 25, from Indiana. Social media accounts belonging to him suggested he was a follower of the Nation of Islam and its leader, Louis Farrakhan, which is classified as a hate group. WXIN in Indianapolis uncovered that Green had filed a name change petition in Marion County Court in Dec. 2020. The records indicate Green... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Video shows the driver of the crashed car emerging with a knife in his hand and starting to run at the pair of officers, Capitol Police Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters.... 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
San Diego County’s 2021-2022 Community Development Block Grant plan includes funding for East Alvarado Street sidewalks and for Fallbrook Local Park. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote Tuesday, March 16, approved the county’s 2021-2022 annual funding plan for Community Development Block Grants, HOME Investment Partnerships, Emergency Shelter Grant and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS programs. The allocations include $589,632 for the design and construction of the East Alvarado Street sidewalks and...
San Diego County public health officials reported 205 new infections and seven additional deaths on Sunday, March 28, for a total of 1,752 new cases and 53 deaths in the preceding week. In the Fallbrook area, the 92028 ZIP code was showing a coronavirus case rate of 3.8 per 100,000 as of the week of March 7-13, the most recent week for which information is available. That’s of course lower than the 6.7 per 100,000 case rate during Feb. 28 – March 6. The county combines Bonsall’s 92003 ZIP code with Vista; the combined area...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Encore Club members look forward to resuming some in-person events soon now that many have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Encore club is a social club, but activities were necessarily limited during much of the last year. A new executive board is currently being chosen for the coming 2021-2022 season. They are looking forward to serving with a fun-filled calendar. Club memberships are now being accepted for both new members and those renewing th...
Easter is one of the reasons April is such a joyful time of the year. It is a special time when Christians around the world, whether Protestant, Roman Catholic or Orthodox, pause to celebrate Easter and the resurrection of Jesus. The Friday before the resurrection is often referred to as “Good” Friday because Christians believe that through his death, Jesus on that Friday paid the penalty for their sins. Good Friday was also a day when five astonishing miracles occurred. Dar...
Firefighters rescued a teenager who fell over the side of a trail in Fallbrook Wednesday afternoon, March 24. Dispatchers were told around 3:50 p.m. that someone – possibly a hiker – needed to be pulled off a slope or cliff in the area of Sleeping Indian and Conejo roads on the southwestern edge of Fallbrook near Oceanside, according to information from Capt. John Choi of North County Fire Protection District. Fire crews from North County Fire, the Oceanside Fire Dep...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – The San Diego County Sheriff's Department recognizes the negative impact unlicensed marijuana dispensaries have on neighborhoods and businesses. Unregulated pot shops attract criminals involved with other illicit drugs and are often the catalyst for violent crime, property crime and financial crime that affect us all. Products sold at unlicensed cannabis facilities are cultivated and manufactured using processes which may be harmful to consumers and are o...
While COVID-19 most frequently affects the lungs, other parts of the body may also be impacted, such as a loss of taste and smell. For a smaller number of people, instances of hearing loss are emerging, according to the International Journal of Audiology. Of equal or greater concern is that some people with hearing loss may be opting to delay treatment, in part due to COVID-19 exposure concerns with in-person medical appointments for testing and care. While hearing aid sales reached nearly 3.5 million in 2020, it represents a...
Coronavirus hospitalization levels in Riverside and San Diego counties have mostly stabilized and even slightly increased at one hospital, per data released March 22 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. According to the data, which is a compilation of statistics from hospitals across the nation for the week preceding March 12, individuals with COVID-19 made up 4% of patients at Temecula Valley hospital, 6% of those at Southwest Healthcare System, which includes Inland Valley and Rancho Springs medical centers...
PALA – Rep. Darrell Issa introduced the Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act, House Resolution 1975, a bill that will transfer approximately 721 acres of land adjacent to the Pala Reservation into federal trust status, Wednesday, March 17. This land was purchased by the Pala Band of Mission Indians in 2016 to prevent the construction of a landfill on sacred Chokla, Gregory Mountain, a site of tremendous cultural significance to Pala’s people. The Pala Band said in a news release that the tribe is grateful to Issa fo...
A Fallbrook woman is upset about the way she says her family was treated when Rainbow Municipal Water District replaced their property's water meter. Nancy Zucker said she and her husband were never notified that the water district would be replacing her meter, and that the district's actions resulted in her Morro Hills home being left without running water for days and forced the couple to call a plumber – though the water district maintains it has notified all ratepayers w...
Many leftists were quick to assume the perpetrator of the mass shooting Monday, March 22, in Boulder, Colorado, was a White man. Police revealed Tuesday, March 23, that the alleged shooter was 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, leading some users to quickly issue corrections or delete their posts. Jumping to the conclusion that a mass shooter is a White male has become extremely common in the past few years, but the phenomenon raises an important question. Are most mass...
RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Universal Health Services Southern California Medical Education announced it has received $1.125 million in CalMedForce awards to increase access to health care and address physician shortages. Of the total grant, $225K will support Emergency Medicine Residency Program training, $225,000 will support Internal Medicine Program training and $675,000 will support Family Medicine Program training. The local residency program will help increase access to care i...