By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego County Sheriff-elect Kelly Martinez announced two executive appointments to the agency.  Assistant Sheriff Rich Williams will serve as Martinez’s second in command. He began his career in 1992 working at various detention facilities. His first patrol assignment was at the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station. He was promoted to […]

By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego County District Attorney’s Office is receiving a $733,650 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for the ninth year in a row to prevent and prosecute impaired driving deaths and DUI-drug cases.  The grant award comes as San Diego County experienced more fatal DUI crashes in 2021 […]

By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–A man convicted by a jury in October of attempted murder on a San Diego Harbor Police officer has been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said in a news release. Daniel Quiroz, 31, engaged in a shootout with the officer […]

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) have extended the part-time Transit-Only Lane Demonstration Project along I-805 and SR 94 between National City and downtown San Diego.  Starting November 14, South Bay Rapid 225 will begin using […]

By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–A pedestrian was struck and killed early Wednesday morning while walking within the traffic lanes of Interstate 805 northbound, and north of Interstate 8 in San Diego, authorities said. The incident was reported around 4:48 a.m. when a Chrysler sedan, driven by a 41-year-old female struck the man. The uninjured […]

By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–County environmental health officials have issued an advisory Wednesday for all San Diego County coastal beaches and bays due to sewage-contaminated runoffs followed by the recent rainfall.  The water contact closure for the Tijuana Slough shoreline is being extended to include the Imperial Beach, Silver Strand, and Coronado shorelines. The […]

By County News Center San Diego, CA–Students and staff in the Chula Vista Elementary School District may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) while attending Fred H. Rohr Elementary School during summer and fall 2022 sessions, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency said Wednesday. The Chula Vista Elementary School District was notified […]

By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–A mother and two grandparents have been charged in connection with the child abuse death of an 11-year-old girl in Spring Valley, prosecutors said.  Leticia McCormack, 49, was the girl’s mother and is charged with murder, three felony counts of torture, and three felony counts of child abuse. If convicted […]

By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–Meals on Wheels San Diego County elected new board members who will serve three-year terms from 2022-2025.  The new members were voted into service on Sept. 27 and have already begun supporting the nonprofit by bringing in fresh perspectives and passionate ideas, all in support of the nonprofit’s mission to […]

By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has awarded the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department a $500,000 grant that will fund a year’s worth of special operations and campaigns designed to stop drivers under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Impaired driving checkpoints, patrols, distracted driving, and traffic enforcement will […]