Drug dealers are offering teenagers $400 to strap a kilo to their bodies and walk across the U.S.-Mexico border and, increasingly, federal prosecutors are seeing San Diego-area high schools as the dealers’ recruiting grounds.“These kids are 14, 15, 16, 17 years old. They just see the $400 that they’re making.…
La Mesa California
A 26-year-old motorist was severely injured by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of Fifth and Ash in downtown just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday night.The 82-year-old driver, identified as Herbert Green, was arrested by San Diego police shortly after the crash just a few blocks away. OPD Looking for Man…
Four minor earthquakes shook the Ocotillo Wells area on Saturday evening between 5:00 p.m. and 6 p.m. Pacific Time. The largest of the quakes was a 3.5-magnitude temblor.The area started shaking with a 3.4-magnitude tremor, followed by the 3.5-magnitude peak, another 3.1-magnitude quake and finishing with a 3.3-magnitude shake. Updates:…
A driver hit a woman in the 500 block of E. Mission Rd. Saturday morning around 11 a.m., the San Diego Sheriff’s Department (SDSO) confirmed.Deputies said the woman was walking on the north sidewalk of the road when she was hit by a westbound vehicle OPD Looking for Man of…
Shane Harris took the final steps of his seven-month journey across the country on the Ocean Beach Pier Saturday.Harris, who started in Jacksonville, Florida, is a Navy veteran who found himself unemployed and nearly homeless a few years ago. He was raising his teenage daughter at the time. OPD Looking…
