Chula Vista firefighters made a lifesaving albeit unusual rescue when they pulled more than a dozen ducklings from a storm drain Sunday. The 13 ducklings became trapped in a storm drain near Showroom Place and Fenton Street. The mother duck was nearby for a time but eventually flew away, leaving…
La Mesa California
In 1978 Camp Pendleton erected a two-line sign along Interstate 5 with the words “Preserving California’s Precious Resources” and the circular Marine Corps emblem in the middle. There was just one problem, and it wasn’t that Camp Pendleton was focusing on environmental stewardship prior to the modern green movement. The…
In Texas two children, ages 8 and 3, died when a tree fell on a car Saturday afternoon, trapping them inside, Angelina County Sheriff’s Department told NBC News. They were pronounced dead at the scene. In West Monroe, Louisiana, a 13-year-old boy drowned in a drainage area in what officials…
Michelle Buckley was a busy single mom raising two teenagers. As a physical therapist assistant at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, she understood the importance of keeping fit. She exercised, ate healthy food and got regular checkups. She was also a firm believer in breast self-exams because 10 years prior, at age…
A Paradise Hills family said they were terrorized after their home was broken into by a masked man overnight. The victim, who asked NBC 7 to not reveal her identity, said she was home asleep with her two young sons when the suspect entered the home through an open window.…


