By SDCN Staff Oceanside, CA–Oceanside police arrested a man in Mexico on suspicion of killing a 22-year-old woman riding in a moving vehicle on June 4 in Oceanside. Detectives identified the suspect in the shooting as 25-year-old Vincente Huerta of Oceanside and issued a warrant for his arrest.  On August 11, Huerta was arrested in […]

By Gina Yarbrough Carlsbad, CA–A male bicyclist was killed by a motorcyclist being pursued by a State Parks officer for reckless driving and speeding Monday in Carlsbad, authorities said. Carlsbad police received a call at about 1 p.m. of a traffic collision on Carlsbad Boulevard near Palomar Airport Road. When officers arrived at the scene, […]

By SDCN Staff Del Mar, CA–Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a deadly two-alarm fire that killed a man at his home Friday afternoon in Del Mar, authorities said. The fire was first reported just before 2 p.m. in the 1500 block of Luneta Drive.  A passerby called 9-1-1 after hearing a smoke detector going off, and […]

By Gina Yarbrough Temecula, CA–U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a driver with nearly 50 pounds of fentanyl with a street value of $700,000 concealed inside his vehicle on Wednesday at the Murrieta Border Patrol checkpoint, officials said. Border Patrol agents stopped a blue 2018 Volkswagen Jetta at about 11:27 a.m. on Interstate 15 just north […]

By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–Oceanside police Tuesday have identified and arrested a suspect in the alleged hit-and-run death of a 68-year-old Oceanside resident on June 5, authorities said. Sean Richter, 34, of Oceanside was taken into custody at the Oceanside Police Department on suspicion of felony gross vehicular manslaughter and the hit and run death […]

By Gina Yarbrough Vista, CA–A man on a motorized scooter was struck by an oncoming vehicle at an intersection early Tuesday morning in Vista, San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputies said. Sheriff’s deputies and Vista Fire Department personnel responded to a 3:30 a.m. report of a traffic collision involving a Toyota Prius and a pedestrian at […]

By SDCN Editor Fallbrook, CA–A single-engine plane crash at Altman Plants nursery killed a passenger, and seriously injured a pilot Saturday afternoon in Fallbrook, the North County Fire Protection District reports. Fire crews responded to a report of a plane crash at about 1:52 p.m. at the nursery in the 2500 block of Olive Hill […]

By SDCN Editor Vista, CA–Operation HOPE-North County, an emergency shelter for families with children, and single women, has appointed Jimmy Figueroa as the new executive director.  Figueroa comes to the role from the Resilience Community Mentoring Program where he served as program manager. He developed and implemented the program under the Vista Community Clinic’s Health […]

By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–A major fire broke out from a large pile of metal at a recycling business Monday morning in Oceanside, fire officials said.  Oceanside fire crews received multiple 911 calls at 7 a.m. for a thick plume of black smoke rising at Aim Recycling Oceanside at 1030 West Airport Road near westbound […]

By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–Oceanside Police found a 17-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound in a vehicle Sunday near the front gate of Camp Pendleton, authorities said. At about 11:30 p.m., officers responded to multiple calls of shots fired from the area of 1300 North Pacific Street near the Oceanside Harbor.  Officers responded and […]