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California Innocence Project wins 4 clemency cases; progress slows on others
SAN DIEGO — Four state prison inmates whose freedom has long been championed by the California Innocence Project were among the dozens of prisoners recently granted clemency by Gov. Gavin Newsom, signaling...
Vandalizan 20 coches en Chula Vista
CHULA VISTA — Algunos residentes del centro de Chula Vista encontraron las llantas rajadas en sus autos, camionetas y SUV estacionadas en la calle e incluso en sus entradas el jueves por...
20 cars vandalized, tires slashed in Chula Vista
CHULA VISTA — Residents in central Chula Vista found tires slashed on their cars, pickups and SUVs parked on the street and even in their driveways Thursday morning, police said.Officers responded to...
Equipo SWAT arresta a 4 personas en National City
NATIONAL CITY — Equipos SWAT de la policía de National City y de San Diego rodearon una casa en National City el jueves por la mañana y detuvieron a cuatro personas con...
4 suspected gang arrested by SWAT team in National City
NATIONAL CITY — National City and San Diego police SWAT teams surrounded a home in National City early Thursday and arrested four men suspected of assault, conspiracy and child abuse, authorities said.The...
Driver smashes into front of South Bay surplus store
SAN DIEGO — A driver who lost control of his sports car plowed into the front door of a small military surplus shop in the Palm City neighborhood of San Diego on...
Los expertos temen que aumente la violencia domestica entre las familias que permanecen en casa
SAN DIEGO — Mientras que las familias, compañeros de cuarto y parejas cumplen con las órdenes estatales de permanecer en casa, para prevenir una mayor propagación del virus COVID-19, los expertos en...
Experts fear rise in domestic violence among shut-in families
SAN DIEGO — As families, roommates and intimate partners comply with statewide orders to stay home, to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus, domestic violence experts predict rough times ahead.They say...
Robber jumps counter, steals pills at Mira Mesa drug store
MIRA MESA — A man jumped over a pharmacy counter in a Mira Mesa drug store Saturday evening, demanded drugs and ran out, police said.The robbery occurred about 5:40 p.m. at the...
Missing Murrieta man found in San Pasqual canyon
NORTH COUNTY — A Murrieta man, missing since March 20 and reported by his wife to be distraught over a potential world financial crisis because of COVID-19, was found alive and lost...
Release of sexual predator to Jacumba Hot Springs delayed 30 days
EAST COUNTY — The release of a sexually violent predator to a supervised home in Jacumba Hot Springs, planned to take place by next week, has been delayed for a month, sheriff's...
San Diego to stay cool, misty following Friday’s wild weather
The rain, hail and snow that hit San Diego County on Friday will give way to a chilly weekend and the possibility of more light precipitation, according to the National...
Lightning blasts Spring Valley house, 2 injured
SPRING VALLEY — A fire apparently caused by lightning destroyed a Spring Valley house early Friday, injuring two residents and prompting neighbors to leave their homes temporarily because of a broken and...
Fire in Chula Vista garage called arson
CHULA VISTA — An early Wednesday morning arson fire damaged a converted garage rental where a woman was living with her children, but they were away at the time, police said.The renter...
Residents push back against housing sexual predator in Jacumba Hot Springs
EAST COUNTY — A telephonic public meeting over the proposed release of a sexual predator to a supervised home in Jacumba Hot Springs drew familiar concerns from some of the public...
Fire doused in chapel storage room near Mission San Luis Rey
OCEANSIDE — A small fire early Tuesday destroyed contents of a storage room at the Serra Center, a chapel near the historic Mission San Luis Rey.The mission was not damaged, nor was...
San Diegans under stay-home order head to beach, snow as coronavirus cases climb to 159
SAN DIEGO — Under statewide orders to stay home or limit travel to prevent the spread of coronavirus, how did San Diegans respond on a sunny Saturday?They headed to the beach, parks,...
Tattooed robber steals cash from Point Loma 7-Eleven store
POINT LOMA — A robber with tattooed fingers held up a Point Loma convenience store early Friday.He escaped with cash from a 7-Eleven on Adrian Street near West Point Loma Boulevard shortly...
El Cajon 7-Eleven clerk shot during robbery dies; 3 teens arrested
EL CAJON — An El Cajon convenience store clerk shot during an early Friday morning robbery has died, and authorities have arrested three teen suspects, police said. El Cajon police identified the...
Armed carjacker threatens pickup owner, steals truck in Encanto
SAN DIEGO — A carjacker stuck a gun in a pickup driver's face and stole the vehicle late Thursday in the Encanto neighborhood of San Diego, police said.The 39-year-old victim wasn't injured...
Man, 41, fatally shot in Chula Vista in dispute over a dog
CHULA VISTA — A 41-year-old man was fatally shot Thursday night in Chula Vista when he and a woman met with another man regarding some sort of dispute over a dog, police...
1 dead, 1 wounded in Otay Mesa shooting; SDPD officer hit by DUI driver
OTAY MESA — One young man was killed and another was wounded while a teenage girl hid in the trunk of their car during a shooting late Thursday in Otay Mesa, San...
Rescatan a migrantes que cruzaban la frontera cerca de Otay Mountain antes del amanecer
South County — Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza y bomberos trabajaron durante las horas de la madrugada del jueves cerca de Otay Mountain para rescatar a cinco personas que cruzaban la frontera,...
Pre-dawn rescue of border-crossers near Otay Mountain
SOUTH COUNTY — Border Patrol agents and firefighters worked through the pre-dawn hours Thursday near Otay Mountain to rescue five border-crossers, including a woman suffering severe hypothermia.Agents hiked for hours and found...
Caregivers arrested, suspected of child sexual abuse, torture
SAN DIEGO — San Diego police arrested two people on suspicion of sexually assaulting and torturing a toddler in their care, authorities said Wednesday.The child's mother began to suspect in January that...
CHP sees less traffic, more speeding drivers on freeways as COVID-19 concerns keep people home
SAN DIEGO — A near-empty freeway, apparently, is too much of a temptation for many San Diego drivers to resist.With thousands of people staying indoors to avoid COVID-19 infection, those relatively few...
Federal hearing for Poway synagogue shooting suspect delayed
SAN DIEGO — A federal court hearing for the Rancho Peñasquitos man charged in the deadly Poway synagogue shooting is being postponed for a month because of COVID-19 court closures.The hearing scheduled...
Teen, woman hit by pickup, injured at Talmadge intersection
SAN DIEGO — An 81-year-old driver hit two pedestrians in Talmadge Monday night, seriously injuring one of the victims, San Diego police said.One of the pedestrians, a 67-year-old woman, suffered an open...
Homeless man dies in drive-by shooting near busy El Cajon intersection
EL CAJON — A 41-year-old homeless man died in a drive-by shooting in El Cajon Monday night after earlier confronting people on the street.Police identified him as San Diego resident Tony Montates,...
1 dead, 6 badly injured in I-5 collision in Cardiff
A suspected DUI driver on marijuana caused a collision that killed another driver and severely injured herself and five others on Interstate 5 in Cardiff Saturday, March 14, the California...
El concejal de Chula Vista dio positivo en el test de coronavirus
CHULA VISTA — El concejal de Chula Vista Steve Padilla dio positivo para el virus COVID-19, anunció el sábado por la noche.Dijo que estaba en casa, en aislamiento, y que estaba bien."Me...
Judge approves release of sexually violent predator into Jacumba Hot Springs home
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego judge has decided that a sexually violent child molester qualifies to be released from a state mental hospital and housed under supervision in Jacumba Hot Springs.The...
Chula Vista councilman tests positive for coronavirus
CHULA VISTA — Chula Vista Councilman Steve Padilla tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, he announced Saturday night.He said he was home, in isolation, and doing well."I feel healthy, strong and safe,"...
Driver dies in sedan crash over the side of I-15 in Fallbrook
FALLBROOK — A driver died in a 100-mph crash off Interstate 15 in Fallbrook, where three cars were reported to be racing Saturday evening.A silver sedan swerved off the southbound freeway lanes...
Gunman fires rifle at San Diego police helicopter, misses
LA JOLLA — A man took two pot-shots at a San Diego police helicopter in the Bird Rock neighborhood of La Jolla Friday night, but missed the copter and its crew, authorities...
1 dead, 6 badly injured in I-5 collision in Cardiff
CARDIFF — A suspected DUI driver on marijuana caused a collision that killed another driver and severely injured herself and five others on Interstate 5 in Cardiff Saturday, the California Highway Patrol...
Husband found guilty of killing wife, dumping body in bay 2 years later
SAN DIEGO — Matthew Sullivan stabbed his wife to death in 2014, hid her body for two years, then disposed of it in San Diego Bay where it was quickly found, a...
DUI driver who killed nurse in crash gets 15 to life in prison
SAN DIEGO — A tearful 37-year-old woman whose wrong-way DUI crash killed a Scripps Mercy Hospital nurse apologized repeatedly in court Friday before being sent to prison for 15 years to life."I...
Burglar backs SUV into Mission Valley Verizon store
SAN DIEGO — A burglar backed a large SUV through the front of a Mission Valley Verizon store early Friday, scooped up cellphones and other items and took off in a...
Masked robbers hit 3 San Diego stores in overnight spree
SAN DIEGO — Two masked robbers, one with a gun, hit convenience stores in Tierrasanta, Rancho Peñasquitos and San Carlos overnight, San Diego police said.Police said they couldn't be sure that...
Appeals court denies rehearing for sexual predator kept in mental hospital
SAN DIEGO — An appeals court has denied a rehearing for a sexually violent predator locked up in a state mental hospital who wants to be released under supervision into a San...
Talmadge rapist pleads guilty, agrees to 43-to-life prison term
SAN DIEGO — A 43-year-old San Diego man on Thursday itted raping a woman in her Talmadge home before he stole her car last year.Leonard Derrick Jr. pleaded guilty in San Diego...
Did a San Diego man murder his wife, whose body was found in the bay? A jury will decide
SAN DIEGO — A prosecutor laid it out to jurors on Wednesday: Matthew Sullivan stabbed his wife to death because of her infidelity and divorce actions, hid her body for two years...
19 to life for 2016 attempted murder of Mira Mesa gang rival
SAN DIEGO — A 21-year-old gang member whose friend was fatally shot while they tried to kill a Mira Mesa rival was sentenced Wednesday to 19 years to life in prison.The sentencing...
Truck thief shot at by police pleads guilty to South Bay crime spree
SAN DIEGO — A man accused of ramming a San Diego police car, carjacking and shooting at another car over a four-day South Bay crime spree last fall pleaded guilty to three...
Speeding driver crashes off I-8 in Del Cerro
SAN DIEGO — A driver going about 120 mph on Interstate 8 Saturday night crashed and was trapped in the vehicle that caught fire, San Diego police said.Officers doused most of the...
Carlsbad driver severely injured in crash into fallen branch
CARLSBAD — A motorist suffered major injuries Saturday night when his car hit a fallen tree branch in the road in Carlsbad, police said.The 39-year-old Carlsbad man was heading north on El...
Suspected shoplifter runs from store, is hit by car
CLAIREMONT — A shoplifting suspect in Clairemont ran into the street to avoid a security officer and was hit by a car Saturday night.The 39-year-old woman suffered a broken pelvis and other...
Fire damages house in Lake Murray area
SAN DIEGO — A fire broke out in a house in the Lake Murray area Saturday night, with no injuries reported.Smoke was reported to be filling the house on June Lake Drive...
Abusive City Heights caregiver gets 13 years in prison
SAN DIEGO — A former City Heights caregiver was sentenced Friday to 13 years in state prison for abusive treatment of two people in her care, including a man who died, while...
Judge hears objections to housing sex predator in Jacumba, delays ruling
SAN DIEGO — One victim of sexually violent predator Michael James Poulsom warned a San Diego judge on Friday that the question isn't "if" the convicted child molester will re-offend, but "when.""He...
Ex-Parks and Rec worker repays the $100k she embezzled
A former San Diego city employee official who itted embezzling more than $100,000 from the Parks and Recreation Department paid back every penny on Thursday and was placed on probation.Lisa...
El acusado de disparar en una sinagoga de Poway podria enfrentar la pena de muerte
SAN DIEGO — La Oficina del Fiscal del Distrito pedirá la pena de muerte contra John Earnest, acusado de disparar contra una sinagoga de Poway en un crimen de odio que dejó...
Accused Poway synagogue shooter to face death penalty
SAN DIEGO — The District Attorney's Office will seek the death penalty against John T. Earnest, accused of hate-crime shootings at a Poway synagogue that left one dead and three wounded, prosecutors...
Accused Poway synagogue shooter to face death penalty
SAN DIEGO — The District Attorney's Office will seek the death penalty against John T. Earnest, accused of hate-crime shootings at a Poway synagogue that left one dead and three wounded, prosecutors...
Three prosecutors win local Superior Court seats; one race unresolved
SAN DIEGO — Prosecutors C.J. Mody, Alana Robinson and Michelle Ialeggio won Superior Court judgeships in San Diego County by garnering more than 50 percent of the votes in their separate races.Assistant...
Prosecutors win races for four San Diego County judges’ seats
SAN DIEGO — Two federal prosecutors and two county prosecutors won seats on the San Diego Superior Court bench Tuesday night.In the competition for Seat No. 18, Deputy District Attorney C.J. Mody...
Stove fire spreads through Vista home, injures residents, firefighter
VISTA — Two women barely woke in time to escape a kitchen stove fire that nearly destroyed their Vista home and injured a firefighter Tuesday, the fire chief said.All three suffered injuries...
2 ex de una iglesia de El Centro itieron su participacion en un esquema de trafico humano
SAN DIEGO — Dos ex de una iglesia del condado de Imperial se declararon culpables el miércoles por cargos federales de tráfico laboral que implican una conspiración para obligar a reclutas indigentes...
Six injured in pile-up in Oceanside; one patient airlifted to hospital
OCEANSIDE — Six people were injured, three seriously, in a three-vehicle collision in Oceanside Saturday night.Two sedans and an SUV crashed on El Camino Real near Fire Mountain Road just after 11...
Felon sleeping in car with BB rifle arrested at Chula Vista strip mall
CHULA VISTA — Chula Vista police on Saturday surrounded and arrested a man who was sleeping in his car next to a realistic-looking BB rifle while parked at a strip mall, authorities...
13 people rescued off Del Mar coast after suspected ‘dump and run’ from smuggling boat
An intense search off the coast of Del Mar lasted about 12 hours Friday, Feb. 28, for several people feared missing from a panga smuggling boat.Ten people made it to...
Husband held for trial in beating death of Somali wife in City Heights
SAN DIEGO — Two sisters of a Somali immigrant living in City Heights testified Friday that, before her beaten body was found last year, her husband threw around accusations that she had...
11 personas rescatadas en costa de Del Mar, se sospecha que habian huido de barco de contrabando.
DEL MAR — Una intensa búsqueda se llevó a cabo en la costa de Del Mar el viernes por la mañana para encontrar hasta cinco personas desaparecidas de un barco de contrabando.Los...
13 people rescued off Del Mar coast after suspected ‘dump and run’ from smuggling boat
An intense search off the coast of Del Mar lasted about 12 hours Friday, Feb. 28, for several people feared missing from a panga smuggling boat.Ten people made it to...
2 ex-church from El Centro it labor trafficking, benefits fraud
SAN DIEGO — Two former of an Imperial County-based church pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal labor trafficking charges involving a conspiracy to force homeless recruits from San Diego and other cities...
San Diego man gets 25 years in prison for making sex videos with children
SAN DIEGO — A former San Diego corporate executive who traveled to the Philippines to have sex with children was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison for child pornography.Carsten Igor...
13 people rescued off Del Mar coast after suspected ‘dump and run’ from smuggling boat
DEL MAR — An intense search off the coast of Del Mar lasted about 12 hours Friday for several people feared missing from a panga smuggling boat.Ten people made it to shore...
Crews work small brush fire behind Crowne Plaza hotel in Mission Valley
MISSION VALLEY — A fire broke out in the heavy vegetation near the San Diego River and the Hotel Circle North exit from westbound Interstate 8 Thursday evening.Fire crews reported about half...
County bar issues ratings for 11 lawyers competing for 4 San Diego Superior Court judge’s seats
SAN DIEGO — Five of 11 local attorneys running for San Diego Superior Court judge next week have been rated by the county Bar Association as "exceptionally well-qualified" for the job while...
Long prison term ordered in 2017 murder of Ocean Beach man over sex video
SAN DIEGO — Before a judge Wednesday sentenced a National City man for murdering another man whose body supposedly was never found, the prosecutor dropped a bombshell that the victim's skull had...
Wine clubs settle lawsuits over customers’ automatic renewals
SAN DIEGO — Two national wine clubs have settled lawsuits alleging they broke California law by not notifying customers that their hips would be renewed automatically, the District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.Direct...
Man shot in baseball bat assault on Fallbrook deputy given probation
SAN DIEGO — A man who was shot while attacking a Fallbrook sheriff's deputy with a baseball bat in 2018 was placed on probation for five years and ordered into a residential...
Patient leaps from ambulance, is struck, killed on I-5 in Encinitas
A 23-year-old military man jumped out of the back of a moving ambulance and was struck by a car and killed on Interstate 5 in Encinitas Saturday, Feb. 22, the...
Exoficial de Obama se reune con la multitud de Barrio Logan por Elizabeth Warren
BARRIO LOGAN — Más de 200 personas abarrotaron el patio trasero de una cervecería de Barrio Logan el sábado por la noche para gritar y gritar su apoyo a la candidata presidencial...
Driver suffers major injury from crash in San Ysidro
SAN YSIDRO — A motorist who sped through a puddle on a San Ysidro road and crashed Saturday suffered major injuries, San Diego police said.The 21-year-old Ford Mustang driver was heading north...
Patient leaps from ambulance, is struck, killed on I-5 in Encinitas
ENCINITAS — A 23-year-old military man jumped out of the back of a moving ambulance and was struck by a car and killed on Interstate 5 in Encinitas Saturday, the California Highway...
Former Obama official rallies Barrio Logan crowd for Elizabeth Warren
BARRIO LOGAN — More than 200 people jammed the back patio of a Barrio Logan brewery Saturday night to whoop and holler their for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren and...
Light prison for two men in 2000 robbery-murder of 71-year-old
SAN DIEGO — Two men who itted their roles in the baseball bat-beating death of a 71-year-old North Park man 20 years ago were sentenced Friday to low prison by a...
Prosecutor: Wife was stabbed, kept in freezer 2 years before found in bay
SAN DIEGO — A former Point Loma resident stabbed his wife to death, hid her body for two years in a home freezer, then dumped the body in the bay, where it...
Rapist charged in multiple attacks gets 50 to life for crimes dating to 1995
SAN DIEGO — An Arizona man linked by DNA to a series of rapes in San Diego and Riverside counties as far back as 1995 was sentenced Thursday to 50 years to...
Weekend jail for punching cop at Halloween by man dressed as Jesus
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego judge on Thursday crafted an unusual sentence of 35 weekends in jail for a 24-year-old man who was dressed as Jesus at Halloween when he sucker-punched...
Driver reports being shot on I-8 in La Mesa
LA MESA — A motorist reported being shot as he drove on the freeway through La Mesa Saturday night, San Diego police said.The wounded driver headed home in the Grantville area, where...
Driver, 81, suffers major injuries in San Ysidro freeway crash
SAN YSIDRO — An 81-year-old Tijuana woman suffered major injuries on Saturday when she crashed into the center median of Interstate 5 approaching the border.It wasn't clear why she suddenly swerved into...
Jury convicts man of murder in freeway shooting of Navy ‘good Samaritan’
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego jury on Friday found a man guilty of murdering a Navy man who thought he was going to help a disabled motorist when he stopped on...
Sun’s glare hits driver, who hits pedestrian in Alpine
ALPINE — The glare of the rising sun on Friday momentarily blinded an Alpine driver and kept him from seeing a pedestrian in the road until it was too late to avoid...
Valley Center teen arrested, schools locked down over shooting threat
VALLEY CENTER — Deputies arrested a 15-year-old Oak Glen High School student suspected of threatening to bring a gun to school and harm people on Friday.The boy had been suspended, but was...
Carjackers use U-Haul trailer to block victims, steal their Jeep in Otay Mesa
SAN DIEGO — A pair of carjackers in a U-Haul van blocked a couple’s Jeep in an Otay Mesa parking lot late Thursday night then ordered to victims to get out of...
Appeals court quizzes attorneys on law over release of sexual predator
SAN DIEGO — Appeals court justices on Thursday questioned attorneys on the correct legal standard for deciding whether a sexually violent predator is fit for release into community-based supervision and treatment somewhere...
Appeals court to hear arguments over sexual predator’s release to community
SAN DIEGO — As the "bolder-than-most rapist," Alvin Quarles sexually assaulted, robbed or burglarized nearly two dozen residents in San Diego and rural eastern communities in the 1980s. On Thursday, county prosecutors...
Two stabbed in unrelated attacks when witnesses intervene
SAN DIEGO — San Diego police investigated stabbings near Petco Park and in Barrio Logan within minutes of each other Saturday night, both involving witnesses who tried to break up arguing couples.In...
Two stabbed at Oceanside’s Sunset Market street fair
OCEANSIDE — Two men were stabbed and two men were arrested during the Oceanside Sunset Market downtown street fair Thursday night, leaving police trying to figure out if they were all connected.A...
Two brush fires erupt at homeless camp along SR-52 in Kearny Mesa
KEARNY MESA — Two small brush fires broke out Saturday night at a homeless encampment along state Route 52 in Kearny Mesa.The fires prompted closure of the Convoy Street on-ramp to eastbound...
El clima tormentoso y frio que se avecina en todo el condado de San Diego
SAN DIEGO — Si no cortaste el césped el sábado, llegas demasiado tarde. Se espera lluvia en todo el condado de San Diego desde el domingo por la mañana hasta el lunes...
Motorcyclist dies in Oceanside collision, truck driver arrested
OCEANSIDE — A truck driver suspected of making an illegal turn that caused a fatal collision with a motorcyclist in Oceanside was arrested on Saturday.The truck, pulling a 15-foot trailer loaded with...
Stormy, chilly weather ahead across San Diego County
SAN DIEGO — If you didn't get your lawn mowed on Saturday, you're too late. Rain is expected across San Diego County Sunday morning until Monday evening.Forecasters with the National Weather Service...
Allanan dispensario de Chula Vista, decomisan productos de marihuana por un valor de $4 mdd
CHULA VISTA — La policía de Chula Vista cerró un dispensario ilegal de marihuana el viernes, arrestando a cinco empleados e incautando productos de cannabis con un valor estimado de 3 a...
Chula Vista dispensary raided, police seize up to $4M in pot products
CHULA VISTA — Chula Vista police shut down an illegal marijuana dispensary on Friday, arresting five employees and seizing an estimated $3 million to $4 million worth of cannabis products.Four workers were...
50 pounds of cocaine seized when speeding driver caught in San Clemente
SAN CLEMENTE — Border Patrol agents who followed a speeding driver north into San Clemente found about 50 pounds of cocaine in the car with the man's wife and infant son, authorities...
Man takes fatal drug overdose, stabs girlfriend near Spring Valley
SPRING VALLEY — A man who took a lethal drug overdose stabbed his girlfriend several times before ing out at their Casa de Oro apartment, sheriff's officials said Friday.The 36-year-old man died...