CHULA VISTA–To help fuel health care workers at Scripps Mercy Hospital- who are caring for COVID-19 patients from the U.S.-Mexico border-PETA Latino delivered healthy vegan burritos from Chipotle as well as vegan ice cream generously donated by Baskin-Robbins. The donation to doctors, nurses, and support staff in the hard-hit facility’s intensive care unit and other departments […]

CHULA VISTA–Chula Vista Walmart associates and the Latino Restaurant Association hosted a hot meal giveaway Friday for hospital front line workers at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista. Chula Vista Walmart stores teamed up with the restaurant association to help feed and provide care bags.   “We wanted to show our appreciation for the local […]

CHULA VISTA–A man was arrested in connection with the shooting death of a teen in Imperial Beach early Friday morning, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.  Sheriff’s deputies located a crime scene at a residence in the 400 block of 7th Street in Imperial Beach. They identified Johnnathan Riebeling, 19, as the alleged […]

CHULA VISTA–Chula Vista police are investigating the suspicious shooting of a man who later died from his injuries at a local hospital in Chula Vista early Friday morning. Chula Vista Police Department officers responded to Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista at about 12:45 a.m. for a report of a male with a gunshot wound.  Hospital […]

SAN DIEGO–sewage-contaminated runoff in the Tijuana River has forced the closure of the Coronado shoreline, the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health reports. The sewage also has been entering the Tijuana Estuary from the International Border north to the Tijuana Slough, Imperial Beach and Silver Strand shorelines. All of those shorelines are closed. […]

SAN DIEGO–The County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health has extended the existing water contact closure area at the Tijuana Slough and Imperial Beach shorelines north to include the Silver Strand Shoreline.   Sewage-contaminated runoff in the Tijuana River has been entering the Tijuana Estuary and observations indicate contamination of ocean water now extends from […]

SAN DIEGO–U.S. Border Patrol agents working alongside Air and Marine Operations (AMO), San Diego Fire Department, and Cal-Fire, helped rescue five people after receiving a distress call Wednesday night. The incident began on March 18 at approximately 9:30 p.m. when members of San Diego Sector’s Foreign Operations Branch (FOB) received a phone call from a […]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health has lifted the water contact closure for the Imperial Beach shoreline.  This includes beaches from the south end of Seacoast Drive through Carnation Avenue in Imperial Beach. Recent water quality testing confirms that Tijuana River flows are no longer impacting these beaches.  The area was recently […]

SAN DIEGO–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the ports of entry along the California border with Mexico over the weekend intercepted 207 pounds of narcotics valued at more than $1.8 million, in two separate cases. On Feb. 29, at about 11:15 a.m., a 20-year-old man and 19-year-old-woman, both Mexican citizens, were awaiting entry […]

SAN DIEGO–San Diego County Department of Environmental Health has lifted the water contact closure for the Imperial Beach shoreline. This includes beaches from the south end of Seacoast Drive through Carnation Avenue (including Camp Surf) in Imperial Beach. Recent water quality testing confirms that Tijuana River flows are no longer impacting these beaches. The area […]