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30 dogs, 1 cat, 2 chickens rescued from flooded San Ysidro home
Thirty dogs, two chickens and a cat were rescued from a San Ysidro home suffering flood damage due to a plumbing emergency Tuesday, the San Diego Humane Society said. San Diego firefighters were called...
View ArticleCan dogs ‘talk’ to humans? A UC San Diego study offers an intriguing clue
They’re quite smart, highly social and very expressive. Does this mean that dogs might have an unrealized ability to, in effect, directly talk to humans? A new study by UC San Diego and the school’s...
View ArticleSan Diego County turns to retired FBI agent as new leader of...
The new executive officer at the San Diego County Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board is no stranger to law and order. Brett Kalina, a newly retired supervisory special agent with the FBI, was...
View ArticleCarlsbad considers ban on sleeping in vehicles
Carlsbad wants to reassess its policies for helping the homeless and could restrict sleeping in vehicles in light of a recent Supreme Court decision. “We need to look at people living in vehicles and...
View ArticleForward progress stopped on brush fire burning north of Valley Center
Cal Fire officials announced they had stopped forward progress on a brush fire that had burned 30 acres north of Valley Center on Wednesday. Dubbed the Keys Fire, the blaze began around 2 p.m. near...
View ArticleScene: La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest Gala
Dozens of guests gathered Aug. 10 at the home of Tom and Maureen Shiftan above La Jolla’s Windansea Beach to celebrate La Jolla Music Society’s 38th annual SummerFest music festival. Upon arrival at...
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Community mourning death of San Diego police officer killed in fiery crash
Community members on Wednesday mourned the loss of San Diego police Officer Austin Machitar, dropping flowers at the Clairemont intersection where he was killed in a fiery crash, while others brought...
View ArticleVista marks 50 years since opening senior center. It’s become much more than...
In 1974, Vista opened a senior center in the cafeteria of the old Lincoln school, at what is now the Civic Center. It was a place for seniors to gather for lunch and a game of bingo. Over that half...
View ArticleEnforcement of camping ban reducing Encinitas violations, Sheriff’s captain...
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows cities to start enforcing their bans on sleeping outdoors has already reduced illegal camping problems in Encinitas, the captain of the Sheriff’s...
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First kisses, epic storms, night surfing: The stories of San Diego County’s...
Summer is slipping away. But it’ll never quite leave us, least of all in San Diego County, whose five dreamy ocean piers produce memories that last a lifetime. Few people forget the joy of casting a...
View ArticleDriver who crashed into SDPD officers identified as teen boy
The driver who led police on a brief pursuit in Clairemont before he slammed into another patrol car, killing an officer, has been identified as a 16-year-old San Diego boy. Edgar Giovanny Oviedo first...
View ArticleEncinitas parks commission will look into turning L-7 housing site into...
The Encinitas Parks & Recreation Commission will explore the idea of turning a city-owned site that’s previously been proposed for low-income housing into a native habitat park. In a 3-2 vote...
View ArticleUniversity of San Diego graduate will travel to International Space Station
Jonny Kim, who earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of San Diego, will spend eight months on the International Space Station doing research, becoming the latest NASA astronaut with San Diego...
View ArticleConstruction begins on transit-oriented Oceanside apartment complex
Construction began this week on a transit-oriented, mixed-use project with 295 apartments in four-story buildings with ground-floor shops and restaurants on 18.9 acres near the Crouch Street Sprinter...
View ArticleMichael Morgan to sing spirituals at his farewell-to-San Diego concert
A farewell concert for renowned San Diego bass singer Michael Morgan will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 8 as part of the Community Concerts at Christ Lutheran Pacific Beach, 4761 Cass St....
View ArticlePedestrian critically injured in hit-run crash in east San Diego
A pedestrian was gravely injured Thursday in a hit-and-run on a Ridgeview/Webster-area street, San Diego police said. The 57-year-old woman was crossing Federal Boulevard to the north at Euclid Avenue...
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In latest example of deteriorating public discourse, San Diego County seeks...
Lawyers for San Diego County are scheduled to appear in court Friday morning to ask a judge to extend and expand a temporary restraining order that was granted earlier this month. The legal action —...
View ArticleArrest made in Ocean Beach fatal assault
A suspect has been arrested in connection with an assault in Ocean Beach last year that led to the victim’s death. Andrew Phillip Restrepo, 36, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on Fifth Avenue in the...
View ArticleSan Diego Congress members want the State Dept. to do more to stop...
San Diego Congress members are calling on the U.S. State Department to press Mexico to address unprecedented levels of sewage pollution spilling over from Tijuana, causing unbearable rotten-egg odors...
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Overdose deaths in San Diego County decrease, but fentanyl and meth remain...
Accidental but deadly overdoses continue to plague the region, but local data released Thursday provides hope: The number of people who died from a drug or alcohol overdose in San Diego County dropped...
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