Actress Diane Guerrero took the stage Saturday at D.C.’s Families Belong Together rally to share her own experience of family separation and demand change for the children being “irreversibly damaged” at the border today. Guerrero’s mother and father were deported back to their native Colombia when she was just 14…
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Puerto Ricans who fled Hurricane Maria’s devastation and have been living in temporary housing on the mainland were granted a reprieve Saturday night when a federal judge temporarily blocked the government from ending an assistance program that was set to expire, NBC News reported. U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin…
A widespread heat wave is expanding across large parts of the country and has some parts of the nation experiencing triple-digit temperatures for the weekend leading up to the 4th of July holiday. An estimated 120 million Americans are under some form of heat warning or advisory, stretching from Illinois,…
A motorcyclist was killed early Saturday morning in a suspected drunken driving crash on state Route 94 in Emerald Hills, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident started around 3:20 a.m. on eastbound SR-94 at Federal Boulevard when a woman crashed her Blue Honda Civic into the center divider,…
Homicide detectives were called Saturday to a downtown San Diego condominium to help police determine how a woman died. A 911 caller reported the woman was found not breathing in her home on Front Street, two blocks from Horton Plaza mall, San Diego Police Department (SDPD) Lt. Matt Dobbs said. …
Hundreds rallied against the Trump Administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy at six planned rallies in San Diego County Saturday, joining demonstrations across the United States. “Show me what democracy looks like, this is what democracy looks like,” Teresa Castillo from Las Cruces, New Mexico said as she and hundreds of residents…
A car crashed into a power pole Saturday afternoon knocking out power to nearly 700 customers in Escondido. The crash happened around 4 p.m. at the 3000 block of Felicita Road, near Felicita County Park. 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast The crash knocked down the power pole, leaving…
The historic state capital of Annapolis is draped in grief from a shooting attack on the local newspaper, which killed journalists who chronicled soccer games, art exhibits and the fabric of small-city life. A sign outside The Annapolis Bookstore, a block from the Maryland State House, starkly expresses the depth…
If pictures are any indication, an officer injured in a shootout in the College Area last Saturday is in good spirits while he recovers in the hospital. San Diego Police Department officer Francisco Roman got a visit from famed Chopper the Biker Dog, a Boston Terrier who makes the rounds…
The trial for the man accused of shooting an off-duty sheriff’s deputy and a bystander started Friday with the prosecutor showing surveillance video that tracked the movement of the suspect before and after the shooting. This is a case of a “predator and his prey” prosecutor Michael Riley said during…
A local family filed a claim against the County of San Diego after their infant died while in foster care. Zane Thomas was prematurely born in June, 2016. According to court documents, during the pregnancy his mother took drugs. 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast A few weeks after…
Gun owners who legally purchased an AR-15 or other assault-style rifles could face a felony charge if they don’t register their weapons or modify them by midnight Saturday. Anyone trying to register at the last-minute may find it a painstaking and long process. 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast…
A judge has put a hold on at least a dozen civil lawsuits aimed at San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy Richard Fischer, and the county, until a pending criminal trial plays out in court. Fischer is awaiting trial on charges of groping or touching more than a dozen women who…
Some people like to talk about problems, others like to fix them. Fourteen-year-old Kenan Pala falls in the second category, but Saturday morning in Mission Bay, the only number that matters was the amount of trash collected. 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast Pala organized a clean-up day at…
The 31st annual Stand Down event opened its doors Friday to hundreds of homeless and needy military veterans. The three-day event is a one-stop self-help station on a field next San Diego High School hosted by the Veterans Village of San Diego. One of the most popular features is a…
U.S. intelligence agencies believe that North Korea has increased its production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months — and that Kim Jong Un may try to hide those facilities as he seeks more concessions in nuclear talks with the Trump administration, U.S. officials told…
Comcast is having a nationwide service outage Friday and working to restore service, the company confirmed in a statement amid reports of problems. “One of Comcast’s large backbone network partners had a fiber cut that we believe is also impacting other providers,” according to the statement. “It is currently affecting…
A man armed with an assault rifle prompted a search by ground and air in Oceanside Friday, police said. The man was arrested at about 10:40 a.m. after running into a canyon near Loretta Street and State Route 76 in order to evade officers, the Oceanside Police Department (OPD) said. …
A man believed to be connected by DNA to the 1974 cold case of a woman slain inside a chuch on the campus of Stanford University allegedly shot and killed himself at a San Jose apartment complex Thursday as authorities arrived to serve a warrant, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith…
The red, white and blue whale-shaped funnel of Carnival Cruise Line’s ships will return to San Diego after a seven-year absence, the cruise line has announced. Carnival Cruise Line’s 963-foot vessel, Carnival Miracle, will begin docking at Port of San Diego on Dec. 1, 2019 for three months-worth of cruises…