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Archives for August 2019

Jazzmeia Horn’s ‘Love and Liberation’ Album Elevates her to Uniquely Diva Status

August 31, 2019 By sdcnews

By Danny R. Johnson – Jazz and Pop Music Critic SAN DIEGO–Ironically, Concord Jazz chose to release the talented and gifted song stylist Jazzmeia Horn’s second album titled “Love and Liberation,” on August 23, 2019, which coincided with the very week the nation observed the 400th anniversary of the first recorded arrival of 20 enslaved […]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Music Tagged With: Entertainment, Music

Birch Aquarium relaunches Toddler Time

August 30, 2019 By sdcnews

LA JOLLA–In September, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego relaunches Toddler Time, a series of fun and engaging events geared towards guests ages 2 to 5. Toddler Time will take place every other Wednesday morning beginning at 10 a.m. and features, live music, dancing, art activities, yoga, and more. After the […]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Museums Tagged With: Lifestyle

Sears store in Carlsbad to close by mid-December

August 30, 2019 By sdcnews

CARLSBAD–The Sears store in Carlsbad will be closing its doors. The store, located at The Shoppes at Carlsbad Mall, will begin liquidation sales in mid-September, according to TransformCo, the store’s parent company. Larry Costello, Public Relations Director for Sears and Kmart, released a statement about the closure: “After careful review, we have made the difficult […]

Filed Under: Local, North County Tagged With: Local news, North County

County uses test to check beach water quality

August 30, 2019 By sdcnews

SAN DIEGO–This Labor Day weekend, local beachgoers can feel more confident about frolicking in the ocean, thanks to a couple of enhancements to the County’s beach water testing program. San Diego County’s Department of Environmental Health (DEH) now has a testing tool that allows officials to alert beachgoers faster than ever before when the water […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: Environment, Ocean

Authorities crack down on underage drinking

August 29, 2019 By sdcnews

SANTEE–The San Diego County Sheriff‘s Department has partnered with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) through a countywide grant to help prevent underage drinking and other crimes that may occur at ABC licensed establishments.  In July, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received an ABC grant of $100,000. The money is being spent […]

Filed Under: East County, Local Tagged With: East County, Local news

Maryland man facing federal indictment for attempting to provide material support to ISIS

August 28, 2019 By sdcnews

A federal grand jury on Wednesday returned a superseding indictment charging a Germantown, Maryland, with federal charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.  Rondell Henry, 28, has been detained by federal authorities since his […]

Filed Under: National Tagged With: National

Los Angeles man to plead guilty to federal narcotics, money laundering charges for running unlicensed Bitcoin exchange

August 27, 2019 By sdcnews

LOS ANGELES–A Westwood man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for owning and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business where he exchanged up to $25 million in cash and virtual currency for individuals, including Darknet drug dealers and other criminals – some of whom used his bitcoin ATM kiosk. Kunal Kalra, 25 […]

Filed Under: National

UC San Diego Health performs first HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant in region

August 27, 2019 By sdcnews

LA JOLLA–For the first time in Southern California, surgeons at UC San Diego Health have transplanted the kidney of a deceased donor with HIV into a recipient with a pre-existing HIV infection. The procedure is part of an unprecedented multi-site national clinical trial to evaluate the safety and benefit of HIV-to-HIV kidney transplantation. The procedure […]

Filed Under: Health, Medical Tagged With: Health, Medical

SANDAG prices $335 million in capital grant receipts for Mid-Coast Trolley

August 27, 2019 By sdcnews

SAN DIEGO–San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has issued $335 million of its Series 2019 Capital Grant Receipts Revenue Bonds to help finance the construction of the Mid-Coast Trolley Project.  The bonds will accelerate SANDAG’s receipt of an approximately $1.04 billion grant with the Federal Transit Administration under the Capital Investment Grant program.   “The bonds […]

Filed Under: Central San Diego, Local Tagged With: Local news

San Diego State University grant funding soars to $148.5

August 27, 2019 By sdcnews

SAN DIEGO–Grant funding at San Diego State University (SDSU) rose 10 percent in 2018-19, reaching $148.5 million—the second-highest amount in university history.  The increase demonstrates the university’s continued excellence in achieving support for its research activities, notably in a year that saw a government shutdown and an unpredictable federal budget environment. Some 312 investigators received […]

Filed Under: Education

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