San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott joined 11 other California prosecutors in urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions to exclude California courthouses from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. A letter sent Tuesday urges Sessions and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to include courthouses among the sensitive sites where immigration enforcement actions are discouraged. The California prosecutors argue […]
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Lake Morena Boat Launch Reopens Thanks to Recent Rain
The boat launch at Lake Morena in San Diego’s East County is open again after several years of inactivity and residents have the recent rains to thank, officials announced Wednesday. The boat launch was closed because the water level was too low, making it unsafe, according to the county. The heavy rains over the winter […]
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If Your Legacy Business Is Threatened, Call the Innovators Unscrupulous
If your long-established company with high profit margins is under attack by innovators, what’s the strategy? Easy…accuse the innovators of not playing by the rules. Robert Thompson, chief executive of News Corp., is just the latest scion of established industry to blame the innovators. In a March 29 speech he singled out Google and Facebook for creating […]
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Driver Slams Head-On Into Sheriff’s Community Service Officer Truck
A head-on crash Wednesday morning in Lemon Grove involving a Sheriff’s Community Service Officer vehicle injured a 7-year-old child, according to a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department report. The collision was reported just before 7:30 a.m. in the 8000 block of Palm Street, Sgt. Jorge Dueno said. The 22-year-old male driver of a Volkswagen Jetta “temporarily lost sight […]
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New CEO Takes Helm of San Diego Jewish Community Foundation
Nonprofit executive Beth Sirull has joined San Diego’s Jewish Community Foundation as the influential philanthropic organization’s president and CEO. Sirull comes to the foundation from Pacific Community Ventures, a combined for-profit/nonprofit organization based in San Francisco dedicated to creating jobs in low-income communities. “Over her 30-year career, Beth has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, bringing energy and […]
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Underage Suspect in Custody After El Cerrito Store Goes Up in Flames
A suspected arson fire damaged some merchandise at an El Cerrito-area clothing store Wednesday and left an underage suspect in custody, authorities reported. The non-injury blaze at Burlington Coat Factory in the 5400 block of University Avenue erupted shortly after 2 p.m., according to the Diego Fire-Rescue Department. By the time firefighters arrived at the […]
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Trial Ordered For Man Accused of Stabbing Dad in City Heights
A man accused of beating a 72-year-old man on a city bus and stabbing his father to death a day later in the victim’s City Heights apartment must stand trial on murder and elder abuse charges, a judge ruled Wednesday. Ismael Beltran, 23, is charged in connection with the Oct. 10 attack on George Myrick […]
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Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing 2 Gas Stations in 90 Minutes
A man who robbed two gas stations and tried to rob a third in various San Diego neighborhoods over a 90-minute span pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony charges. Hector Godinez — who has no prior record — faces a maximum of 20 years in state prison when he is sentenced June 7. Godinez, 32, pleaded […]
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Expect Noise Coming from Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado
Simulated gunfire and grenade explosions may be heard Wednesday as a Navy training exercise continues. The training is scheduled to run from 2 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday and again from 2 p.m. Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday, according to Naval Base Coronado. Navy officials said the training will take place in the vicinity […]
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Oceanside McDonald’s Robbed at Gunpoint
A McDonald’s restaurant in Oceanside was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday. A gunman and an accomplice escaped with cash following the hold-up at the fast food eatery on Vista Way near Jefferson Street around 4:30 a.m., according to Oceanside Police Sgt. Richard Schickel. A detailed description of the suspects was not immediately available. —City News […]
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Brief Police Chase in Hillcrest Ends in Sideswipe, Crash and Arrest
A 34-year-old man was injured Tuesday evening when he crashed his vehicle while attempting to flee police in Hillcrest. An officer stopped the man’s vehicle about 8:50 p.m. in the 3800 block of Park Boulevard after the officer witnessed the man drive in the wrong direction, going around some traffic signs in the area, according […]
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40-Story Skyscraper Will Replace Faded California Theatre Downtown
A plan to replace the dilapidated California Theatre building in downtown San Diego with a 40-story skyscraper was unanimously approved Tuesday by the City Council. The fenced-off building on C Street between Third and Fourth avenues has long been a civic eyesore, with the exception of a large, historic mural touting the Agua Caliente racetrack […]
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‘SoccerCity’ Plan for Mission Valley May be on November Ballot
The group behind the proposed “SoccerCity“ redevelopment of the 166-acre Qualcomm Stadium property in Mission Valley announced Tuesday that they will ask the City Council to put their plan before voters in November. The group — which includes La Jolla investor Mike Stone, former Qualcomm President Steve Altman and Peter Seidler, part of the Padres ownership […]
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2 Women’s Bodies Found After Fire in Cluttered Mission Hills Home
Firefighters extinguishing a blaze that destroyed a heavily cluttered Mission Hills home Tuesday found the bodies of two people inside the gutted structure. Flames began spreading through the house in the 1700 block of Fort Stockton Drive for unknown reasons about 5 a.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. It took crews just under […]