A man who stabbed two women in East County has been sentenced to 69 years and four months in state prison. Consecutive terms were handed down to Patrick Christian Douglas, 52, by El Cajon Superior Court Judge Herbert Exarhos on April 26. A jury convicted Douglas on March 13 on…
La Mesa California
A woman who worked for the City of San Diego for 26 years is suing, claiming for years she was paid less than men she directly supervised. She has since been fired. Lorie Cosio-Azar worked for the city’s Sustainability and Environment Protection Department for nearly three decades. She developed a…
A car went up in flames in the underground parking garage of a University City apartment complex, forcing residents to evacuate early Friday. San Diego Fire-Rescue crews responded to the fire at the La Jolla Garden Villas on Lebon and Nobel drives just east of Interstate 15 at about 3:30…
UPDATE: A new timeline, with additional details from Assistant States Attorney James Murphy, has been published here. Laying out a horrific narrative, Chicago police detailed their investigation into the murder of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa, who was strangled to death after she went missing in late April. For Years City Paid…
Coloring books, even for adults, are a dime a dozen these days. But as I write this, I keep looking at the new coloring book beside me. My fingers itch to shade in and pencil in color onto the birds in the new Coloring Southern California Birds by Wendy Esterly.…

