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SAN DIEGO–Today, over 200 union janitors, interfaith leaders will conduct a prayer service, including the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual to call for compassionate treatment of union janitors who are negotiating a new contract with the companies. In the spirit of Passover, clergy will make a pilgrimage to deliver bitter herbs to four companies employing contracted […]

SAN DIEGO—Benjamin Arellano-Felix, the former leader of the Tijuana Cartel/Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO), was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in San Diego by Judge Larry A. Burns to serve 25 years in federal prison. Judge Burns also ordered Arellano-Felix to forfeit $100 million in criminal proceeds. The sentence followed Arellano-Felix’s conviction for racketeering and conspiring to […]

SAN DIEGO–Two San Diego men were arrested on charges of impersonating FBI agents as part of a scheme to defraud a San Diego woman. Nenad Videnovic, 22, and Brian John Murphy, 33, were charged with false impersonation of an officer or employee of the United States. Videnovic was arrested by FBI agents on March 27 […]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 3:30 a.m.  DUI checkpoints are an enforcement tool proven effective in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in […]

SAN DIEGO–On behalf of the Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC), West Coast General Corporation/Select Electric will be performing a major cut-over transition of old to new railroad signaling equipment starting on Friday night, March 30 at 11 p.m. until Sunday evening, April 1, for the Downtown San Diego Quiet Zone project. The cut-over will remove […]

SAN DIEGO—The county has been named one of five winners of the inaugural America’s Best Intergenerational Communities Awards by MetLife Foundation and Generations United. San Diego County has long been recognized as a leader in intergenerational programs. “We congratulate San Diego County for earning this designation,” said Donna Butts, executive Director of Generations United. “It […]

SAN DIEGO–The Department of Environmental Health has issued a general advisory for the coastal waters of San Diego County due to recent rainfall. Swimmers, surfers, and other ocean users are warned that the levels of bacteria can rise significantly in ocean and bay waters, especially near storm drains, creeks, rivers, and lagoon outlets that discharge […]