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Two adults and one child were taken to a hospital after a school van and a school bus were involved in separate crashes in a Massachusetts town amid icy conditions on Tuesday.Sutton fire officials said the victims of the van crash on Dodge Road in the afternoon were taken to…

Kimberly-Clark will cut 5,000 to 5,500 jobs, or 12 percent to 13 percent of its workforce, as the consumer products company tries to lower costs.The Huggies and Kleenex maker said Tuesday that it plans to close or sell about 10 manufacturing plants while expanding production elsewhere. It’s also looking to…

Months after he suffered devastating injuries while on the job, an Oceanside police officer was back at work Tuesday.Officer Brad Hunter, a 29-year veteran of the department, has no memory of the day he was injured. Suspect Charged in Officer’s Hit-And-Run Kicked Out of Court Hunter was conducting a traffic…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff suggested Tuesday that the government should step in to regulate Facebook and other social media companies the same way the government regulates tobacco companies.”Here’s a product: Cigarettes. They’re addictive, they’re not good for you,” Benioff told CNBC while in Davos, Switzerland, after referencing Russian election interference.…

The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians has set Feb. 1 as opening day for its Willows Hotel & Spa.Billed as an adult-only, tranquil retreat, Willows contains 159 suites in a brand new building. Viejas is also opening three new restaurants and expanding its gaming space. EU, South Korea Clear Qualcomm…

The California Highway Patrol has launched a zero-tolerance anti-DUI campaign in the wake of the rising frequency of officers that have been struck by vehicles on the shoulders of freeways.In the past 27 days, five CHP officers have been hit by vehicles while servicing motorists on the freeway, according to…

A man walking in the crosswalk was struck and dragged a short distance by an oncoming car in Liberty Station Tuesday. The victim later succumbed to his injuries, San Diego police said. The driver who struck the man at Rosecrans and Voltaire streets around 12:30 a.m. fled the scene but called…

A man who was using his cell phone while crossing a street near Mission Hills was struck and injured Monday, San Diego police said. The driver who hit the pedestrian didn’t stop, leaving the victim hospitalized and officers searching for leads. 80-Second Catalytic Converter Theft Caught on Camera Two pedestrians were…

Most of the tsunamis observed in California have been small, causing a slight rise in water levels in coastal areas and little damage. But whether they’re generated by local or distant sources, such as earthquakes in the Alaska Subduction Zone, tsunamis have led to deaths and destruction in the state’s…

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A handful of San Diego families were left blowing hot air after realizing their catalytic converters had been stolen from beneath their cars.The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said that 11 cases of stolen converters were reported between Dec. 16 and Jan. 16, including nine in the Northeastern Division alone.…

Search and Rescue teams suspended their search for a local musician who friends say hit his head in a fall from a pier in Pacific Beach on Sunday.The United States Coast Guard had been searching for the man alongside local lifeguards since Sunday evening after he fell from Crystal Pier…

A verdict has been reached in the case of a U.S. Marine accused of driving drunk and causing a head-on collision that killed two UCSD medical students in 2015.Jason Riley King was found guilty on two counts of Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated in association with the deaths of Madison Elizabeth…