A judge has finalized a ruling that the city of San Diego is not liable for injuries suffered by a woman who was struck by a vehicle during the so-called “Zombie Walk” in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter at the Comic-Con International two years ago. Cynthia Campbell was photographing the walk on July 26, 2014, when […]
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Person Mysteriously Found Dead in Allied Gardens
Updated at 8:47 p.m. June 10, 2016: A woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances in an Allied Gardens apartment this afternoon. The fatality at a residential complex in the 7600 block of Mission Gorge Road was reported about 1:15 p.m., according to San Diego police. The cause of the unidentified woman’s death was not […]
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8,000 to Graduate From UCSD in All-Campus Ceremony
UC San Diego will conduct its first all-campus commencement ceremony in 16 years Saturday on the RIMAC Field. More than 8,000 students are scheduled to receive diplomas. After the all-campus graduation, individual colleges will hold ceremonies Saturday afternoon and Sunday. “We are confident the UC San Diego class of 2016 will have a positive impact […]
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AT&T Launches Faster Internet Service in San Diego
AT&T said it launched its gigabit-speed internet service Friday in parts of San Diego, San Marcos and Carlsbad. The company said the new service is fast enough to download 25 songs in one second or a high-definition movie in 36 seconds. Locations served include the Civita planned community in Mission Valley, an urban village that will ultimately […]
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Too Cute! Baby Koala Appears with Mother at San Diego Zoo
A koala joey born last fall at the San Diego Zoo has emerged from her mother’s pouch and can be seen by visitors at the Australian Outback exhibit, theme park officials announced Friday. The joey was born in November and kept inside the pouch until the recent emergence. Since coming out, she’s clung to the […]
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Don’t Let Congress Cut Funding for Visually Impaired
By Kim Gibbens Imagine for a moment that you’re recently retired. Then slowly — or even suddenly — your vision begins to slip away. You’re no longer able to perform basic household functions or to care for yourself without help. You become demoralized, confused and depressed. Now imagine — after paying state and federal taxes for your […]
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Escondido-Based EcoVivarium Receives $15K Grant
EcoVivarium, an Escondido-based nonprofit, announced Friday it received a $15,000 grant from the John Krakauer Charitable Trust. EcoVivarium is a nonprofit focused on providing educational experiences with the help of reptiles, amphibians and arthropods. The animals are unique not only by their species, but by the fact that more than 98 percent of them are […]
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Father Who Allowed Alcohol at Teen Party Gets Reduced Conviction
A civil attorney who allowed alcohol at a Playboy-themed birthday party for his 18-year-old daughter had his misdemeanor conviction reduced to an infraction Friday and was ordered to pay a $125 fine. Jeffrey Lake pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to violating San Diego County’s social host ordinance, which makes the homeowner responsible for any […]
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San Diego County’s Home Prices Go Up
The median sales price of homes in San Diego County rose last month, while the number of residences that changed ownership fell, according to San Diego Association of Realtors figures. The price of a single-family home that sold in May was $570,000, or $10,000 more than the month before. The cost was 9 percent higher […]
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Man Accused of Throwing Hospice Patient Through Door Goes to Trial
An Aug. 30 trial date was set Friday for a caretaker accused of throwing a 93-year-old woman through a screen door in Oceanside. William Sutton, 66, is accused in the attack on Margaret Wood, who lives in hospice care. Wood’s granddaughter-in-law, Lisa Wood, told police she found a video recorded April 16 that shows Sutton […]
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Woman’s Body Found Inside Car Near Ocean Beach Pier
The body of a woman was found Friday in a car parked near the Ocean Beach Pier. The death in a public parking lot at the foot of Newport Avenue was reported shortly before 11:30 a.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The unidentified woman appeared to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, […]
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Study: Why Some Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis Work, Don’t Work
Cellular and genetic processes vary in different joints in the body, explaining why treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis sometimes work and sometimes don’t, according to a study announced Friday by the UC San Diego School of Medicine. According to results published in the online edition of Nature Communications, Wei Wang, a professor in the departments […]
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Botched Robbery at Fashion Valley Mall Jewelry Store Gets Man 16 years
A man who took part in a botched armed robbery at a Fashion Valley mall jewelry store was sentenced Friday to 16 years in state prison. Joey James Levy, 37, pleaded guilty last month to attempted robbery and admitted that he has been to prison twice before. Another man, 28-year-old Reginald Anthony Howard, also pleaded guilty […]
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Chargers Submit 110,800 Signatures Supporting New Downtown Stadium
The Chargers announced Friday that they submitted nearly 110,800 signatures in support of its downtown stadium and convention center annex plan to the city of San Diego. The total is well above the 66,000 or so needed to place the plan for a 61,500-seat facility in the East Village on the November ballot. The signatures will […]