By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–Road Runner Sports, a San Diego-based running, walking, and fitness retailer, opens its first South Bay running specialty store in Otay Ranch Town Center in Chula Vista. The new storefront is the retailer’s 44th brick and mortar in the U.S. and features a digital foot scanner and shoe fitting system, […]
Driver, passenger killed in traffic collision in Chula Vista
By SDCN Staff Chula Vista, CA–A driver and passenger were killed after their vehicle veered off Interstate 805 freeway and collided with a wall in Chula Vista on Saturday, authorities said. The Chula Vista Police Department received several calls, just before 10 a.m., regarding a single vehicle traffic collision into a wall near the intersection […]
Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing boat off San Diego
By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 42-year-old man from the sportfishing vessel Outrider approximately 70 miles south of San Diego on Friday morning. Outrider crewmembers contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watchstanders at approximately 11 p.m., Thursday night, requesting assistance for a passenger who was displaying […]
Pacific Surfliner service temporarily suspended south of Irvine Station
By SDCN Staff Orange, CA–The Los Angeles, San Diego, San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, which manages the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service, has temporarily suspended service south of Irvine until further notice for emergency track repairs due to coastal erosion in San Clemente, officials said. Consultations with geologists, geotechnical engineers, and surveyors revealed that […]
Four people plead guilty in scheme to defraud U.S. Department of Education
By SDCN Staff Four people pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to defraud the Department of Education’s financial aid programs of millions of dollars in federal funds. According to court documents and statements made in connection with their guilty pleas, Sandra Anderson, 63, of Palmetto, Georgia; Yolanda Thomas, 51, of Columbus, Georgia; Leo Thomas, 56, of […]
Gov. Newsom signs legislation to empower CA students in education
By SDCN Staff Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom Friday signed legislation empowering students to be more active in their education and community. The governor also signed legislation increasing services and advancing equity throughout California’s public schools. Newsom signed SB 997, SB 955, and SB 291 that would provide students a seat at the table in local […]
Federal agents seize over $2.05 million of narcotics in the Imperial region
By SDCN Staff Imperial, CA–El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen and three Mexican nationals accused of smuggling narcotics, in three separate events, over the weekend. The combined value of narcotics seized was over $2.05 million. The first incident occurred on September 23 at approximately 2:50 p.m., when agents encountered two […]
Deer mouse tests positive for hantavirus near Pine Valley
By County News Center San Diego, CA–A deer mouse collected in routine monitoring from an open area in Guatay near Pine Valley has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, public health officials said. The County Department of Environmental Health and Quality is reminding people to never sweep up or vacuum up after wild rodents […]
Additional repairs needed at Hodges Reservoir Dam
By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–Ongoing repairs currently underway at Hodges Reservoir Dam have led the City of San Diego to determine whether more work is needed to address additional defects that were detected and to ensure the safety of the dam. The discovery will likely delay the completion of this crucial repair project by […]
Russian oligarch, associates indicted for sanctions evasion, obstruction of justice
By SDCN Staff The Justice Department announced the unsealing of an indictment charging a U.S. citizen and three citizens of the Russian Federation with violating new U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this year in response to Russia’s unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine. According to court documents, Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, aka Oleg Mukhamedshin, 52; and Natalia Mikhaylovna […]