SAN DIEGO — San Diego Board of Education Member Shelia Jackson congratulated KPBS for its recent KPBS “Envision San Diego program, “Building Expectations: Portrait of Lincoln High School.” “This informative program provides us with a wonderful teachable moment for why accountability and stability is paramount to the success of Lincoln and other urban schools,” said […]
Archives for April 2011
NCTD offers extra Coaster service and discount fares May 1
OCEANSIDE–The North County Transit District will offer extra Sunday COASTER trains and discount tickets May 1 to help San Diego County residents avoid the parking hassle of some of the area’s most popular events. ArtWalk*** – Take the COASTER to Santa Fe Depot and walk three blocks north to San Diego’s original fine […]
San Diego Court: Jessica’s Law does not violate constitutional rights
SAN DIEGO–District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis says a San Diego Superior Court has ruled that civil commitments do not violate a sexually-violent predator’s constitutional right to Equal Protection under the 14th Amendment and that sexually-violent predators (SVPs) can be held under indeterminate sentences. In a case that had wide-ranging impacts for all SVP’s in the state, […]
Arpaio treatment of detainees Human Rights violation after violation
By Enrique Morones After a two hour debate and later visit to “tent city” yesterday in Phoenix, there is a long list of violations and outrageous claims by Sherriff Joe that should only add to the investigation by President Obama’s Judiciary Department. He seemed particularly disturbed that President Obama had not invited him to that […]
San Diego man arrested in Route 163 freeway shooting
By Gina Yarbrough SAN DIEGO–California Highway Patrol arrested a local transit Wednesday in connection with a freeway shooting that left a female college student wounded and damaged a passing vehicle. Steven Joseph Dragasits, 58, was living in his RV Fleetwood in Kearny Mesa at the time of his arrest, says CHP officials. The RV was […]
San Diego police officer under investigation for off-duty incident
SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Police Department reports that one of its officers is currently under investigation for conduct related to an off-duty incident. Police officials say the incident stems from a neighborhood dispute. The investigation has been submitted to the San Diego District Attorney’s Office for review. The department is conducting a personnel investigation into the […]
Former Texas church minister sentenced for child pornography
DALLAS–A former church music minister was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in February 2010 to a two-count indictment charging felony child pornography offenses. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and […]
Former correctional officer sentenced for beating inmate, cover-up
WASHINGTON–A former Bexar County Sherriff’s Office Deputy was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia to 27 months in prison for depriving a man of his constitutional right to be free from excessive force and for obstructing justice, the Department of Justice announced today. Daniel Melgoza was also sentenced to two years supervised […]
Three men, two companies indicted for exporting computer-related equipment to Iran
WASHINGTON –One individual and his company in New York and two others and their company in California were indicted today in the District of Columbia on charges of illegally exporting millions of dollars worth of computer-related equipment from the United States to Iran via the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The two indictments were announced by Todd […]
County honors USD athletic department
SAN DIEGO–The University of San Diego Athletic Department was honored recently by the San Diego County Board of Education for USD’s support of the Torero Achievement Club initiative, which has brought thousands of elementary and middle school students to the campus for tours and men’s basketball and football games. “This is a very generous program […]
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