San Diego, CA–A former corrections officer at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, was sentenced in federal court to 37 months in prison for smuggling methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, and cell phones into a state prison. Anibal Navarro, 43, of Chula Vista, pleaded guilty, admitting that he was part of a network of 12 individuals both inside […]

By County News Center San Diego, CA–With no new cases in more than a month, the shigella outbreak declared in October 2021 among people experiencing homelessness is over, the County Health and Human Services Agency said Friday. The last shigella case connected to the outbreak was identified on Dec. 11, 2021, and for over a […]

By SDCN Editor San Diego County, CA–Public safety officials issued a tsunami advisory Saturday morning for San Diego County and the West Coast after a violent undersea volcano erupted Friday near the Pacific nation of Tonga.  The San Diego County Office of Emergency Services issued the notice at around 7:41 a.m. to the coastal areas […]

San Diego, CA–The City of San Diego released an updated proposal for the redevelopment of De Anza Cove in the northeastern corner of Mission Bay Park and is asking San Diegans to weigh in on the plan. The revised proposal, titled De Anza Natural, would be an amendment to the Mission Bay Park Master Plan […]

By County News Center San Diego, CA–A record number of new COVID-19 cases have surged in San Diego county, according to County public health officials.  The record cases include 12,563 new cases reported for Sunday, 17,507 for Saturday, and 19,009 for Friday. The previous daily high in cases was 8,313 reported for Jan. 2. The […]

San Diego, CA–The owner of a large residential compound in the north county pleaded guilty in federal court admitting that he maintained the property as a drug-involved premise.  Sean Sheeter, 73, was charged just before the pandemic, in March 2020, with a violation of the federal “Crack House” statute.  As part of the plea agreement, […]

Former San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Russell, 25, pleaded guilty to one felony count of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a man he saw escape from a patrol car near the downtown San Diego jail in May of 2020.  Russell also admitted he personally used a firearm in the commission […]

By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–The San Diego FBI and the San Diego Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man suspected to be responsible for a bank robbery Wednesday in La Jolla. The suspect entered the Chase Bank, located at 8807 Villa La Jolla Drive, and presented a note to the […]

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, CA–Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) has marked a key milestone for Marine Corps history as they departed San Diego Bay with Carrier Air Wing Nine aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as the first Marine squadron to deploy the F-35C on an aircraft […]

San Diego, CA–Twenty-eight elected district attorneys across California have been granted a temporary restraining order, by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei, preventing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from enacting an increase from 50% “good time” custody credits to 66% credits for inmates who have been previously convicted of one or more serious […]