Thirteen injured veterans joined thousands of athletes at the Ironman 70.3 Oceanside triathlon Saturday to fundraise for the Challenged Athletes Foundation’s Operation Rebound program.The program uses sports and fitness to help strengthen the mental and physical well-being of veterans, military personnel and first responders with permanent physical injuries Menendez Brothers…
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California Highway Patrol received a call regarding a found body near the recent Hart family crash in Mendocino County Saturday afternoon.The call came in at about 2 p.m. about a reported female body in the surf of the Pacific Ocean at Juan Creek and HWY. 1 in Westport. YouTube Shooting…
A man in his 40s was injured in a kitchen fire at Ballast Point Brewing Company in Miramar on Saturday, a fire official said.The fire happened shortly after 9 a.m. at the brewery in the 9000 block of Carroll Way, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokeswoman Monica Munoz said. Menendez Brothers Reunited…
Two women are still at-large Saturday in a shooting that happened at an indoor swap meet in Oak Park, police said.The shooting happened around 10:40 a.m. at the Fam Mart in the 1700 block of Euclid Avenue, according to the San Diego Police Department. Menendez Brothers Reunited in San Diego’s…
A man died after a fire erupted in an apartment at Trump Tower in Midtown on Saturday evening, according to a senior law enforcement official. The FDNY said four firefighters suffered burns and other non-life-threatening injuries in addition to the man, an occupant of the apartment who had been in critical…
Nineteen people were injured when a truck pulling a horse trailer with undocumented people inside overturned near the Golden Acorn Casino in Campo during a human smuggling attempt just before noon Saturday.The patients were treated for their injuries and taken into Border Patrol custody. Attack on Logan Heights Church Affirms…
A van has crashed into a crowd of people in the western German city of Muenster, killing two and injuring approximately 20 people, police said Saturday.The driver committed suicide inside the van, police said. Free or Cheap Things to Do in San Diego Authorities said a motive remains unclear. German…
“I thank God for the time we got to spend together,” friend Hannibal Smith said about a Marine killed in a helicopter crash near El Centro Tuesday during a training mission. “He was one the strongest men I know.” Smith is a trainer at NXPT Fitness on Murphy Canyon Road –…
A Carlsbad police officer was arrested on Friday for burglary and stalking, according to the Oceanside Police Police Department.Oceanside PD said they conducted an investigation on Jeffry Edwards after receiving a call from the Carlsbad Police Department saying one of their police officers may have committed a crime in Oceanside.…
A pilot was found dead after a small plane crashed near the Petaluma Municipal Airport Friday night.The plane came from Alaska and Col. Carleton Morrison was on his way to San Diego from Petaluma before crashing, according to Sgt. Spencer Crum of Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. YouTube Shooting Suspect ID’d; Parents…
La Mesa residents will soon be able to stroll the heart of the downtown village to shop for fresh produce, crafts and other items on Friday afternoons and evenings. The La Mesa City Council voted 4-1 at Tuesday’s meeting to move the Farmer’s Market to the downtown village on a…
A 57-year-old man was killed when he collided head-on with another car on Valley Parkway north on Beven Drive late Friday night around 11:30 p.m.The man, who was driving a Toyota Tacoma, was pronounced dead at the scene while a 36-year-old driver of a Honda Accord was taken to the…
The 13-year-old boy who fell into a sewer pipe during a family Easter celebration at Los Angeles’ Griffith Park thanked rescuers on Friday for saving his life. “I’m so thankful for everyone who was involved in my rescue. Because of them, I’m back with my family,” Jesse Hernandez said. Updates:…
A popular classified ads website, known to be used for human trafficking across the country, was shut down Friday. Backpage.com is a website many law enforcement agencies have used to recover trafficking victims here in San Diego “The place where they end up being advertised like a piece of pizza…
A man wanted on a federal warrant was arrested Friday night after evading police, triggering a huge police response in Talmadge.The incident started around 9:40 p.m. when the suspect ran from officers when contacted by police, San Diego Police Department Officer Robert Heims said. Menendez Brothers Reunited in San Diego’s…
Law enforcement groups are opposing a bill introduced this week by a San Diego lawmaker that would raise the legal standards for police officers to use lethal force.Democratic Assemblywoman Shirley Weber says her bill, the Police Accountability and Community Protection Act (AB 931), will help save lives. Menendez Brothers Reunited…
A Rancho Santa Fe couple was sentenced Thursday to federal prison for their roles in a multi-million bankruptcy fraud and tax evasion scheme, prosecutors announced Friday.San Diego accountant and disbarred attorney J. Douglass Jennings Jr., 73 of Rancho Santa Fe, pleaded guilty in September 2017 to bankruptcy fraud and tax…
Perhaps a road trip is just what the San Diego Padres needed after going 1-6 to start the season. The Friars traveled to Minute Maid Park on Friday to face the reigning World Series Champions, the Houston Astros. Luis Perdomo took the mound for his second start of the season…
A Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker who pleaded guilty in 2017 for arranging to smuggle narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced Friday to more than 11 years in prison and five years probation.Jesus Manuel Salazar-Nunez managed the shipment of four trailers filled with narcotics to later be smuggled into San Diego,…
The yearslong legal battle over San Diego’s long-term regional transportation plan ended Friday when the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) settled with environmental groups out of court.The settlement came after the California Supreme Court sided with SANDAG, ruling in July 2017 the agency followed state’s law when it conducted…