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San Diego County’s Air Pollution Control District selected projects from 49 organizations to receive $21.3 million in grants for projects designed to keep 692 tons of greenhouse gas and pollution out of the skies. The grants, part of the county’s Clean Air for All campaign, will reimburse the selected businesses, local governments, schools and utilities for swapping out high-polluting, heavy-duty equipment for low-polluting or zero-polluting vehicles, boats and machinery. The district has notified all the organizations tha...
San Diego resident Robert DeLaurentis, an aviator and former Navy officer, described his unique journey Wednesday, Aug. 12, after completing a nine-month circumnavigation from the South Pole to the North Pole to spread a message of peace. The 26,000-mile trip took DeLaurentis to 22 countries and six continents and was originally intended to last just five months. The coronavirus pandemic changed his plans. “When things get difficult, you’ve got to go back to fundamentals,” DeLaurentis told City News Service. “Fund...
SAN MARCOS (CNS) - San Diego Gas & Electric today denied media reports that a three-acre brush fire was sparked by a downed power line. The fire at 3:30 a.m. Friday prompted the evacuation of about 100 residents near Plateau Avenue and South Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos Fire Marshal Jason Nailon said. SDGE spokeswoman Denice Menard said Saturday that reports on the cause of the fire were incorrect. "Media reports that a downed power line caused the three-acre brush fire in San Marcos are not accurate,'' Menard said in a...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the city of San Diego is one of four cities in the state that will receive $500,000 in state funding to support residents affected by power shutoffs due to the threat of wildfires. While visiting Sonoma County emergency responders, local officials and residents affected by the Kincade Fire, Newsom announced the establishment of the Local Government Public Safety Power Shutoffs Resiliency Program, which will provide funding to local governments to maintain power...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A former San Diego man accused of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS made his initial court appearance Friday. Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, 34, currently of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is charged with providing support to ISIS, which allegedly involved him providing personnel and money to those engaged in terrorist activities in Syria. Abdullahi is accused of facilitating the travel of at least three Canadians and two Americans to Syria to fight for ISIS, all of whom were later killed fighting for...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An April trial date was set today for the death-penalty case of a man accused of gunning down a San Diego police officer and wounding his partner in 2016. Jury selection is due to begin April 6 for the trial of Jesse Michael Gomez, 58, who is charged with murder and attempted murder, with a special-circumstance allegation of murder of a police officer. Gomez is accused in the death of Officer Jonathan "J.D." DeGuzman, who was shot about 11 p.m. July 28, 2016, in the 3700 block of Acacia Grove Way. DeGuzman,...
VISTA (CNS) - A professional photographer who sexually assaulted four teenage girls during modeling sessions at a rented Carlsbad residence where he had set up a temporary studio was sentenced to 25 years in state prison today. Robert Koester, 52, pleaded guilty last month to 23 felonies related to raping and inappropriately touching the teens – some of whom were drugged and unconscious during the abuse – as well as creating child pornography of the girls. Koester also faces federal charges locally, as well as charges in his...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Prescription drug deaths in San Diego County declined last year while deaths due to opiates like heroin and fentanyl rose, according to data released today by San Diego County's Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force. The county's 2019 Prescription Drug Abuse Report Card found that 246 residents died due to prescription drug abuse last year, a decline of 10% over the county's 2017 figures. The report found that 7.4 people per 100,000 residents died due to prescription drug overdoses, the lowest rate of the last...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Six teenagers were in custody today for their involvement in a fatal stabbing during an alleged gang brawl at an Escondido park. Patrol officers responding to reports of a fight involving about 20 people at Grove Park on East Mission Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday found Mauricio Renteria, 37, suffering from multiple stab wounds and head trauma, according to police. Medics took the Escondido resident to Palomar Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Lt. Chris Lick said. The suspects, who range in...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A man accused of setting a fire that killed his parents and sister at the family's Logan Heights home was charged today with murder and arson causing great bodily injury. Wilber Romero, 26, was booked into county jail Friday on suspicion of causing the deadly blaze that also injured two of his siblings earlier this month. Police and prosecutors have not commented on a potential motive, nor what led them to identify Romero as the alleged perpetrator or how he's believed to have caused the blaze. The fire in...
VISTA - An Oceanside physician pleaded guilty today to sexually assaulting and exploiting five female patients referred by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. On the day his trial was scheduled to begin, Dr. Edgar Manzanera entered into a plea deal in which he will be sentenced on Nov. 20 to three years probation. He will also have to register as a sex offender and surrender his medical license. Manzanera, who was contracted by the VA to review pension disability claims, admitted one count of sexual exploitation by a...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 24 formally approved a strategic, five-year plan that focuses on better firefighting and medical services in unincorporated areas. The board voted 4-0 -- Supervisor Greg Cox was absent -- to approve the plan, which has several objectives, including: -- supporting the health and professional development of San Diego County Fire's employees; -- strengthening public safety and emergency response to protect the public; -- providing organizational and...
SAN DIEGO - The county of San Diego's Vector Control Program will conduct a routine mosquito larvicide drop today on more than 30 waterways around the county. Vector Control officials conduct mosquito larvicide drops about once a month for half the year -- April or May through October -- to combat the spread of the potentially fatal West Nile virus. The virus is usually carried by birds but mosquitoes can transmit it to other animals, including humans, by biting them. About 80% of people who become infected with West Nile vir...
SAN DIEGO - The principal of Lincoln High School in San Diego has launched an investigation after hearing reports that students attending a football game at San Clemente High in Orange County were subject to racial taunts and slurs, it was reported on Monday, Sept. 16. Lincoln Principal Stephanie Brown sent a letter to parents informing them that several students attending the game Friday night were "met with racial slurs by fans of the other team,'' the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The cheerleading squad left early...
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - Northbound traffic on Interstate 15 was briefly backed up Saturday, Sept. 14 as firefighters battled a brush fire, the California Highway Patrol said. A brush fire on the right side of the northbound Interstate 15 and State Route 78 interchange was reported at 1 p.m. Saturday. Escondido firefighters worked on putting out the flames on the side of the freeway for about an hour. The fire was extinguished at about 2 p.m., according to a CHP incident report. Traffic on the northbound side of I-15 was backed up...
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Uber has stopped its service at Southern California's Ontario International Airport because of fee increases. The ride-hailing company ceased operations at Ontario at one minute after midnight Friday. The San Bernardino Sun says the airport east of Los Angeles recently began charging Uber and its app-based competitors $4 for a pickup and $4 for a drop-off. Uber called the charges unfair because taxi cabs and limousines are assessed a single $3 fee. Ontario said in a statement last month that Lyft, U...
SAN DIEGO - The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 10 agreed to move forward with negotiations aimed at returning mental health services to Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside. For the next several months, the county will work with Tri-City on plans for a 16-bed facility to treat psychiatric patients. If negotiations are successful, the county and Tri-City would co-invest in the facility, with each paying 50 percent of the costs. As part of the agreement, Tri-City would own the facility. The facility is estimated to...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's newest elephant was introduced today to the rest of the herd, but he's sure to stand out. Umzula-zuli -- "Zuli'' for short -- weighs more than 270 pounds, making him the largest elephant calf ever born at the Safari Park, according to zoo officials. Ndlulamitsi, nicknamed "Ndlula,'' gave birth to Zuli without complications just before midnight on Sunday, which happened to be World Elephant Day. After a short separation from the rest of the herd to allow for bonding, Zuli met the...
At 11 a.m. today, Oceanside Lifeguards have temporarily closed the beaches from Wisconsin to Harbor Beach due to a hammerhead shark sighting, according to the City of Oceanside's official Twitter page. Oceanside Police are monitoring the situation from a boat offshore and officials say the beach will reopen when they assess the shark has moved on....
SAN DIEGO - High surf and strong rip currents could lead to flooding and dangerous conditions at local beaches tonight, the National Weather Service said today. The NWS issued a beach hazards statement through midnight for San Diego coastal areas, as well as the shorelines in Orange, Los Angeles, and Ventura counties. Surf of two to four feet could cause minor flooding of low-lying roads or parking lots near the water's edge, forecasters said. Rip currents will make the waters dangerous for swimmers and will enhance the...
SAN DIEGO - San Diego County Supervisors Greg Cox and Ron Roberts today requested Chief Administrative Officer Helen N. Robbins-Meyer create a group to conduct an assessment of the county's child welfare system and recommend improvements. The working group the supervisors seek will work under the county's Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council. The 13-person group would look to make improvements in ensuring the health and safety of foster youth in the county "Our Child Welfare System has made great progress in recent...
Firefighters are continuing the battle against the reported 18,137-acre Holy Fire today as it rages through the northwest area of Lake Elsinore. The fire crossed from Orange County into Riverside County Aug. 8. "We continue to actively engage, but cannot get ahead of the fire," Cleveland National Forest announced this morning on its Twitter page. While published reports are announcing the loss of a home in the area, Valley News has yet to independently verify this information....
SAN DIEGO - Backers of an initiative that would have raised San Diego's hotel tax to fund a long-awaited expansion to the city's bayfront convention center failed to collect enough valid signatures to earn a spot on the November ballot, the city clerk's office announced today. A random sampling of the campaign's more than 114,000 signatures by the county Registrar of Voters fell short of the threshold of verified signatures needed to place the issue on the ballot. A signature-by-signature count will start immediately, but...
SAN DIEGO - A nearly 7-week-old greater one-horned rhino calf and her mother barreled into their Asian Savanna field exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park for the first time today. The female calf, Carole, and her mother, Asha, had been in a protected area called a boma since the calf's birth June 22. The animals' one-on-one time allowed them to properly bond before interacting with other animals in their new 40-acre habitat, according to the zoo. The rhinos exited the boma...
SAN YSIDRO - A 19-year-old U.S. citizen living in Tijuana was arrested at the San Ysidro Port of Entry with 61 pounds of methamphetamine, 14 pounds of heroin and just under 11,500 fentanyl pills, authorities said. Cristian Araujo Aguirre is accused of attempting to drive across the U.S.-Mexico border with the drug stash on Wednesday. He was arraigned Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on a drug importation charge. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers noticed anomalies in the front...