A powerful message using pinwheels in escondido thursday. Palomar health forensic services put out 891 pinweels on the law of their medical center downtown. One pinwheel for every child abuse and sexual assault survivor interviewed by the organization in 2017. Advocates, prosecutors and child abuse survivors spoke at the event. According to the program,…
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A 5.3 magnitude earthquake was reported just after 12:30 p.m. in the Channel Islands and was felt across Los Angeles and parts of Southern California.The 5-mile deep quake was centered just off the Ventura County coast, 95 miles southwest of Los Angeles.Los Angeles hasn’t felt a quake that strong since La…
A Good Samaritan’s effort to help a San Diego police officer involved in a traffic collision inadvertently set off a massive police response in San Carlos.Dave Nelson of La Mesa rushed to aid the officer who had just been hit by a vehicle driven by an elderly woman at the…
The Thunderbirds pilot killed in a F-16 Fighting Falcon crash at the Nevada Test and Training Range was identified Thursday as Maj. Stephen Del Bagno.The U.S. Air Force identified Bagno in a statement. Inside World’s Largest Cruise Ship’s ‘Ultimate Family Suite’ “We are mourning the loss of Major Del Bagno,”…
President Trump on Thursday claimed women in an immigrant caravan are being raped in record numbers. The remark came during a West Virginia event that was supposed to focus on the new tax plan. Source: NBC San Diego
A San Diego police sergeant was transported to the hospital with injuries after a crash in San Carlos Thursday. The crash involving three vehicles, one an SDPD patrol vehicle, happened at the intersection of Jackson and Golfcrest drives, near Mission Trails Golf Course, just before 9:45 a.m., the San Diego Police Department…
The San Diego Zoo is one of a handful of parks in the running for North America’s Favorite Zoo.The competition launched by USA Today 10 Best is aimed at finding an attraction that excels in animal care while fostering meaningful animal and human interactions. ‘This Ain’t Nothing’: Shacknai Reacts to…
President Donald Trump touted the urgency of tougher security measures along the border between the United States and Mexico on Thursday, claiming women trying to cross the border in an immigrant caravan “are being raped at numbers never seen before.””Yesterday, it came out where this journey coming up, women are…
San Diego County Crime Stoppers honored two deputies from the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station Thursday for helping children in North County. Deputies Dustin Nelson and Todd Baker mentor students participating in the RESPECT (Respect, Ethics, Strength, Perserverance, Education, Courage and Trustworthiness) Project. Parents, probation officers and school counselors recommend middle and high…
Federal public health officials are joining Massachusetts health officials in investigating a large cluster of reported HIV cases in Lawrence and Lowell.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agreed to help the Massachusetts Department of Public Health with investigating the cases, which it said involves people who inject drugs and…
A controversial proposal to bring a housing development to a plot of land near the Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve is set to be considered by the San Dieguito Planning Group Thursday. The Harmony Grove Village South proposal aims to redesignate a plot of undeveloped land near the intersection of Harmony Grove…
A loyal and beloved Southern California police dog whose heroics and determination helped bring a five-hour standoff to an end earlier this year has been euthanized.Orange Police Department K9 Bosco was euthanized due to a medical condition discovered Wednesday, the department announced in a statement. Details about Bosco’s illness were not…
Lawyers for former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick on Thursday are slated to question under oath the general manager and head coach for the Baltimore Ravens to understand why they did not offer the quarterback a job, according to a report.The former signal caller wants to find out if the…
Facebook has asked several major U.S. hospitals to share anonymized data about their patients, such as illnesses and prescription info, for a proposed research project. Facebook was intending to match it up with user data it had collected, and help the hospitals figure out which patients might need special care…
The perennial marker of spring has officially blossomed in the nation’s capital as Washington DC’s famous cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom. Peak bloom generally occurs in the last week of March or the first week of April and means that at least 70 percent of the Shoshino flowers are…
San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore was surprised by the civil verdict in the Coronado mansion mysterious death case and found the theory presented by the family’s attorney “not logical.”Gore said his department has an open mind and would be willing to meet with the Zahau family and their attorney…
A defiant Adam Shacknai expressed disappointment Thursday in the verdict of the wrongful death trial involving the death of his brother’s girlfriend at a Coronado mansion more than six years ago.”This ain’t nothing,” Shacknai said outside the San Diego courthouse downtown. A Timeline of the Deaths at Spreckels Mansion On…
If you had to start with the similarities between a burrito and a deep dish pizza pie, would you begin with the cheese?Of course you would, and we’ll just state that, boldly, right there. Because their true commonality, the share factor that solidifies their food-cousin status, is cheese, and lots…
A Michigan college student saved a drowning squirrel by performing first aid techniques she learned while watching an episode of the NBC sitcom “The Office.”Natalie Belisto, a student at Central Michigan University, rushed out to rescue the squirrel after hearing from a peer that it was drowning in a pond.…
Over a dozen survivors of the 2016 deadly mass shooting inside the Pulse nightclub are suing social media sites Facebook and Twitter, as well as Google-owned YouTube, accusing the tech companies of “aiding and abetting” the terror group ISIS.The lawsuit, filed by 16 survivors in federal court in Orlando on…