Ten local entrepreneurs seeking funding have been selected to pitch at Hera Fund’s inaugural “Hera Quick Pitch,” San Diego’s only all-female pitch event. The finalists will pitch to a panel of judges in a room full of female angel investors on Thursday, May 21. The winners will receive cash prizes and in-kind services worth nearly $6,000, such […]
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Police Station Windows Broken in Suspected Vandalism
San Diego’s Mid City Police Station was vandalized with thrown rocks, which broke windows on the building and on private vehicles owned by police officers Sunday. The building, at 4310 Landes St., was damaged at 3:20 a.m. as rocks broke the front windows of the lobby and community center. Four personal vehicles were also damaged. […]
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Flexing Your Financial Muscles in Five Easy Steps
By Taylor Schulte According to a recent TD Bank Fiscal Fit survey, seven out of 10 Americans feel that sound financial health can have a positive impact on overall health and well-being. For those who have a financial plan in place, the number increases to eight out of 10. However, as many focus on their […]
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Small Plane Lands on Santee Street, Hitting Parked Car
A small plane made an emergency landing on Prospect Avenue in Santee on Saturday, hitting a parked car as it came to a stop. No injuries were reported, either in the car or the plane, Heartland Fire & Rescue firefighters said. The emergency landing was not far from the end of a runway at Gillespie Field, a […]
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Man Stabbed Walking Out of Linda Vista Party
A man was stabbed at a party in Linda Vista Saturday. The victim, 21, walked outside a party on the 6900 block of Fulton Street at 12:13 a.m. when a group of men surrounded him. They struck him in the chest, stomach, and arms. Police said the victim suffered four wounds and did not know […]
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San Diego Universities Set for Commencement
Commencement will be held at Cal State San Marcos Saturday, following a one-day delay due to rainy weather. The College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences will be split into two ceremonies at the school’s track stadium, one set for 9 a.m. and the other at 1:30 p.m. Ceremonies that had been planned for […]
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One Dead in Wrong-Way Collisions on Cabrillo Freeway
One person died early Saturday after a wrong-way driver collided with two other vehicles on the Cabrillo Freeway in Mission Valley. The collisions occurred just south of Interstate 8 at 1:35 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol online incident log. One person died at the scene of the accident. The wrong-way vehicle was a white pickup truck. […]
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Drought Continues Despite Two Late-Season Storms
Millions of gallons of rain and melted snow have been captured from the pair of storms that soaked Southern California over the past week and a half, but officials insisted it will take far more rain and conservation to end the state’s four-year drought. “Although Mother Nature is providing California a late-season gift, we’re relying […]
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Pupping Season Ends, But Rope Remains at Children’s Pool
The city of San Diego’s prohibition on people going down to the beach at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla is scheduled to end Saturday. The ban went into effect Dec. 15 at the beginning of “pupping season” for the area’s harbor seals and ended Friday. The City Council adopted the ban early last year after a rope barrier […]
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Visit a Unique San Diego Park on Explore Mission Trails Day
San Diegans can sample one of America’s largest urban parks during Explore Mission Trails Day on Saturday. The annual celebration beginning at 9 a.m. offers dozens of “Discovery Stations” that focus on connecting kids to nature. Children and adults can ascend climbing walls, ride mountain bikes, experience close-up encounters with birds of prey and other animals, take […]
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8 Bodies Found in Wreckage of US Marine Chopper in Nepal
Updated at 10:40 p.m., Friday, May 15 Eight bodies were recovered from a crashed U.S. Marine helicopter in earthquake-ravaged Nepal, it was reported Friday night. Authorities had said earlier Friday, after the wreckage was found, that it was unlikely any of the six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers believed to have been aboard had survived. […]
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Scripps Nurses Treat 175 Survivors After Nepal’s 2nd Earthquake
A team of San Diego-based nurses that was marooned in a remote mountain village following Nepal’s second major earthquake was flown out by helicopter and has resumed treating patients. Nurses Debra McQuillen and Jan Zachry, along with team leader Tim Collins, spent an extra night in the village at the 6,000-foot level following Tuesday’s magnitude-7.3 […]
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SD Students Participate in Annual Solar-Powered Boat Races
Students from 43 Southern California high schools will be low-speed racing on the waters of Lake Skinner near Winchester this weekend, in a contest requiring competitors to power their rigs using nothing but energy from the sun. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s 13th annual Solar Cup Competition will feature teams from Los Angeles, […]
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Rainstorm Deluges Region for Second Day, Sets Records
Updated at 7:00 p.m, Friday, May 15 A blustery late-season Pacific storm drenched the San Diego area for a second day Friday, delivering more welcome moisture to the drought-weary region while causing quite a few rainy-day headaches for motorists. By early afternoon, the unsettled atmospheric system had dropped a total of 2 inches of precipitation […]