By County News Center San Diego, CA–A wild vole ― a small, mouse-like rodent ― collected in routine monitoring in an open, rural area in Chula Vista has tested positive for hantavirus, the first local detection of the potentially deadly disease in 2022. County officials are reminding people to never sweep up or vacuum up […]

By SDCN Editor Imperial Beach, CA–A man in his 80s died Monday in a deadly apartment fire in Imperial Beach, fire officials reported. The blaze was reported just before 5:30 a.m. in an apartment building in the 500 block of 7th Street.  When firefighters arrived, they found one of the units on the second floor […]

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–County health officials have extended the existing water contact closure area to south county beach shorelines due to sewage-contaminated water flows from the Tijuana River. The runoff in the Tijuana River has been entering the Tijuana Estuary and observations indicate contamination of ocean water now extends from the International border […]

San Diego, CA–The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality has lifted the water contact closure for the Imperial Beach shoreline and the Silver Strand shoreline.  This includes all beaches north of the south end of Seacoast Drive.  Recent water quality testing has confirmed that the ocean water is safe for recreational use […]

By Gina Yarbrough Imperial Beach, CA–U.S. and Mexican authorities arrested a San Diego man on suspicion of the murder of his stepmother and half-brother in Imperial Beach. Mexican authorities took  47-year-old Marco “Marky” Antonio Valadez Jr. into custody on Friday and turned him over to U.S. authorities at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.   Sheriff’s […]

San Ysidro, CA–Authorities are investigating a shooting incident involving a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer and human smugglers last weekend at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The use of force incident is currently being investigated by the San Diego Police Department and the Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility.   On Sunday […]

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality has issued a general rain advisory Thursday to beach-goers and surfers to avoid water contact at all coastal beaches and bays due to recent rainfall.  Rain brings urban runoff, which can cause bacteria levels to rise significantly in ocean and […]

Imperial Beach, CA–The Medical Examiner’s Office conducted the autopsies today and has identified the two victims of Saturday night’s shooting as 55-year-old Raquel Pitsenberger and her son, 35-year-old Marco Antonio Valadez, Jr., who also goes by “Tony.” Both are residents of San Diego. The preliminary cause of death for Pitsenberger was multiple gunshot wounds and […]

San Diego, CA–The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality has lifted the water contact closure for the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Border Field State Park shorelines.  This includes beaches from the International Border to the south end of Seacoast Drive.  Recent water quality testing has confirmed that the ocean water […]

By Gina Yarbrough Imperial Beach, CA–A man and a woman died from gunshots inside a residence on Saturday in Imperial Beach, the Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s deputies received a report of a shooting around 4:20 p.m. in the 1300 block of Fern Avenue.  When deputies arrived, they found a woman and a man who had […]