SAN DIEGO–It still has not been detected here, but San Diego County officials are urging backyard bird owners to watch for virulent Newcastle disease, a highly contagious, agriculturally dangerous, bird-killing virus, after the state expanded its quarantine in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. San Diego County’s Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures (AWM) […]
Driver Seriously Injured In Traffic Collision
CHULA VISTA–A driver is in serious condition Thursday after his vehicle struck a center median wall on southbound Interstate 805 in Chula Vista, the California Highway Patrol reports. Shortly before 11 a.m., a white 2005 Hyundai, driven by a 59-year-old man from Tijuana, struck the wall on southbound I-805 south of Telegraph Canyon Road. As […]
Flu Deaths Up In San Diego County
SAN DIEGO–Seven more influenza deaths were reported locally last week, and cases also set a new high for the season, signs that influenza is still widespread in the region, the County Health and Human Services Agency said Wednesday. The new flu deaths bring this season’s total to 42. The ages of the seven people who […]
County Passport Acceptance Facility Named Nation’s Best
The State Department has named the County’s passport application office the best public acceptance facility out of 8,000 operations of its kind in the nation. The award recognized the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors passport office’s superior customer service and implementation of a new online appointment system. The award states that the office at […]
Leader of Multi-Million Dollar Immigration Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty
SAN DIEGO–A man pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting that he orchestrated a long-running immigration-fraud scheme that tricked more than 100 victims out of millions of dollars based on false claims that they could secure immigration status in the United States. Hardev Panesar pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel to all counts, […]
Participants $200 Million Workers’ Comp Scheme Sentenced To Prison
SAN DIEGO–This week in federal court a slew of conspirators involved in a massive Workers’ Compensation kickback scheme were ordered to serve prison sentences and pay millions in financial penalties for their roles in the corrupt payment of millions of dollars to induce doctors and other medical professionals to refer hundreds of injured workers for […]
Rail Closures Planned This Weekend
OCEANSIDE–In order to facilitate infrastructure improvements along the coastal rail corridor, there will be no Coaster or Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service in San Diego county on the weekends of March 2 and 3, and 9 and 10. On the Fridays preceding the closures, March 1 and March 8, southbound Amtrak R2R trains A792 and A796 […]
San Marcos Man Sentenced For Stealing IDs Of Charities In Tax-Fraud Scheme
SAN DIEGO–A San Marcos man was sentenced in federal court to 46 months’ custody and ordered to pay a fine of $600,000, for misappropriating the identities of charities and using them to open bank accounts as part of a long-running tax fraud scheme. Robert Holcomb, 53, who appeared before U.S. District Court Judge William Hayes, […]
Medical Examiner’s Office Complete Autopsy Of Murdered Alpine Woman
ALPINE–The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed an autopsy of a woman found murdered last week near a vehicle parked on a driveway in Alpine. The examiner’s office has determine the cause and manner of death, and has notified the victim’s family of her death. The preliminary manner of death has been ruled […]
Oceanside Water To Receive $2.623 Million In Funding
OCEANSIDE–The City of Oceanside was notified this week that it will receive $2.623 Million in funding from the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART’s Desalination Construction Projects under the WIIN Act, subject to Federal appropriations. The funding will be used to construct two extraction wells within the Mission Basin as well as brine minimization treatment components. […]
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