An international soccer doubleheader scheduled Saturday at Petco Park in San Diego has been postponed to make way for the World Cup, the Padres announced Monday. The Padres attributed the postponement of the San Diego Clasico to the distraction of the World Cup, one of the world’s most famous and significant sporting events. The San […]
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Ex-Navy SEAL Faces New Grand Theft Charges in Fraud Case
A former Navy SEAL already charged with stealing more than $1 million from 11 active and retired SEALs was bound over for trial Monday on additional felony counts for allegedly stealing $50,000 from a family friend. Jason Matthew Mullaney faces up to 27 years in prison if convicted. He rejected a plea deal in March […]
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Another Group of Immigrant Families Flown to San Diego
Another group of undocumented Central American migrants arrived Monday in San Diego, continuing a process that has prompted intense opposition as well as widespread compassion for the plight of the exiles. The group of about 140 immigrants, who entered the United States illegally in Texas, were flown into Lindbergh Field late this morning and then bused […]
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U.S. Awards Nearly $1 Million to Family Health Centers to Train Doctors
Family Health Centers of San Diego was awarded a $900,000 federal grant Monday, part of $83.4 million handed out by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help train resident physicians. The grants, funded by the Affordable Care Act, were provided to 60 health centers that will provide training for resident physicians during […]
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Homeowners Urged to Prevent Wildfires by Clearing Brush
City officials gathered at a charred trailhead in Black Mountain Open Space Park Monday to urge San Diego homeowners to prepare their homes for fire season. “All signs point to a severe fire season, so we must be vigilant,” said City Councilman Mark Kersey, whose district bore the brunt of the Bernardo Fire in May. […]
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CSUSM Opens Unique, Off-Campus Speech Clinic
California State University San Marcos opened a unique off-campus speech and language clinic Monday to treat community members and provide training for students in its popular speech-language pathology major. Janet Powell, dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, said the 1,700 square-foot clinic in San Marcos will offer students “a meaningful, real-world […]
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Biotech Convention Gave San Diego $56M Shot in the Arm
So 2,500 biotech CEOs gathered in San Diego for nearly a week. What’s the bottom line? Besides world attention for keynote speakers Hillary Clinton and Sir Richard Branson, you get an economic infusion topping $50 million. The four-day BIO International Convention ending June 26 “was expected to bring more than $56.3 million to San Diego’s […]
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Jack in the Box, McDonald’s in Bad Taste? Consumer Ratings Low
San Diego-based fast-food giant Jack in the Box serves the second-worst burgers in the country, according to ratings released by Consumer Reports and published in its August edition. But it could be worse. McDonald’s, once run by former Padres owner Ray Kroc and his philanthropist wife, Joan, was 21st out of 21 chains surveyed. McDonald’s […]
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World TeamTennis Takes Flight as San Diego Aviators Debut Monday
A new sports league will take flight in San Diego Monday. The San Diego Aviators of World TeamTennis – co-founded by retired star Billie Jean King – will make their debut Monday night at the Valley View Casino Center, aiming to provide enough fun to make fans in San Diego. “It’s sports and entertainment meeting together,” […]
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Missing Poway Teen Found After Month, But Mystery Remains
Updated at 11 a.m. July 7, 2014 Family members said Sunday that a teenager who went missing on the eve of his graduation from Poway High School has been found. But why he vanished for nearly a month has not been revealed. Atticus VanArsdale, 18, had not been seen by his family since about 9 […]
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Cardiff Motorcycle Crash Sends Rider to Trauma Unit
A motorcycle struck a car that pulled into its path in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, leaving the rider in intensive care with broken ribs and other injuries, San Diego County sheriff’s officials said. The 37-year-old rider of a 2002 Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle was headed south on South Coast Highway 101 near Verdi Avenue at about 15 miles per […]
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Deputies to Test Nasal Spray to Save Drug Users Who O.D.
Some East County sheriff’s deputies will carry a nasal spray used to counteract breathing and other problems in someone overdosing on heroin or other types of opiates as part of a pilot program starting Monday. Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriffs Department in Santee, La Mesa and unincorporated areas near El Cajon will be […]
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UCSD to Offer Merit-Based Athletic Scholarships
The University of California, San Diego will offer merit-based scholarships to student athletes for the first time this fall, making it the last school in its conference to do so. The scholarships will be funded by fees from a 2007 student government referendum, with additional private support from alumni, families and friends. The change, which was approved […]
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City Lifeguards Rescue 468 over Busy July 4 Holiday
Nearly a million people flocked to San Diego’s beaches over the long Fourth of July weekend, which is typically the busiest of the year. The crowds kept lifeguards busy. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Lee Swanson said lifeguards made 468 rescues over the three-day weekend, nearly 250 on Friday. Friday also saw the highest attendance at […]