Girls from three local high schools completed a drone training program at the Elementary Institute of Science (EIS) and have earned their FAA Remote Pilot Certification. The program, called “Girls Take Flight,” began last spring and will culminate in a graduation ceremony at EIS on Jan. 11, 2019. “We structured…
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Iran confirmed Wednesday it is holding U.S. Navy veteran Michael R. White at a prison in the country, making him the first American known to be detained under President Donald Trump’s administration. View Full Story Source: NBC San Diego
New York City will begin guaranteeing comprehensive health care to every single resident regardless of someone’s ability to pay or immigration status, an unprecedented plan that will protect the more than half-a-million New Yorkers currently using the ER as a primary provider, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. It’s not health…
All four directions of a busy Mira Mesa intersection just west of Interstate 15 are closed indefinitely after a pedestrian was struck by a car Tuesday, authorities said. A Sig Alert was issued just after 5:35 a.m. for the intersection of Mira Mesa Boulevard and Black Mountain Road and traffic…
The tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster in California will call SeaWorld San Diego home once construction of the thrilling ride is complete in 2020. The park announced Monday that Mako, which will also be the only floorless dive coaster in the state, is coming next year to the southeast…
Police are searching for a driver who hit a woman riding a bicycle near Mission Bay. The accident happened at around 8 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of West Mission Bay Drive near Quivira Road when the woman in her 40s was hit trying to cross the street going from…
A suspect who claimed he had a gun robbed a man in the Midway District for his car keys but failed to steal his car after he appeared to be unable to start the high-tech vehicle. Surveillance cameras were rolling when a man, identified by police as 39-year-old Robert Bustillos,…
The man who was killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday evening in the Midway District was identified Sunday as an 18-year-old Marine from Oak Park, Illinois, a Marine sergeant told NBC 7. Victor Molinar was a “poolee,” someone who has enlisted but not yet gone through basic training, before he…
A suspect in the brutal 1986 stabbing of an Escondido man will make his first court appearance on Monday after a bloody handprint helped authorities tie him to the slaying more than three decades later. Nathan Eugene Mathis, 62, of Ontario, California was arrested on April 18 on one count of…
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama is getting withering criticism on social media after rescinding its decision to honor political activist and scholar Angela Davis. Davis is a Birmingham native who has spent decades fighting for civil rights. She was an active member of the Black Panther Party, Student…
OK, you can all exhale now. The Eagles are off to New Orleans for a rematch against the Saints in the NFC conference semifinals after a heart-stopping 16-15 win over the Bears at Soldier Field. It wasn’t over until former Eagle Cody Parkey missed a 43-yard field goal in the…
LA MESA, Calif. — Police Wednesday night were investigating the burglary of a La Mesa home tented for fumigation. Authorities believe one person broke into the home on Elden Street. The suspect was described only as wearing a mask and a backpack. No one was home at the time of…
A Gold Award is a big deal. Helix Highlander Sarah Mauricio would know – she became one of only 58 girl scouts in San Diego to earn hers in 2018. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest achievement in Girl Scouting with fewer than 10 percent of scouts attaining…
San Diego County’s Local Agency Formation Commission will be revising the structure of annexation application fees. No vote was taken at LAFCO’s Dec. 3 meeting following the discussion, and the action which drew no board member objections was to release the proposed fee structure for public review. An actual vote…
Backcountry fire services are changing hands. The lack of any protests to dissolve County Service Area No. 115, which had been responsible for fire protection and emergency medical services for the Pepper Grove area, and to annex the CSA No. 115 area into the Lakeside Fire Protection District and the…
As the sports calendar flips over to 2019, one of the most inspirational stories from 2018 still has a very recent feel to it. Four days after being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on Nov. 12, 83-year-old Willie O’Ree returned to his adopted hometown of San…
The vote is changing. The San Diego County Water Authority board meeting Dec. 6 approved the 2019 vote entitlements for SDCWA member agencies, and the weighted vote for the Otay Municipal Water District and the Padre Dam Municipal Water District will increase from the agencies’ 2018 vote entitlements while the…
A wrong-way driver now faces charges of murder and driving under the influence after a freeway crash left a motorcyclist dead, according to the California Highway Patrol. Adam Barooshian was arrested Tuesday morning after CHP said he crashed driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of State Route 76 in Bonsall.…
Cubic Corp.’s defense business received a $7.6 million U.S. Navy contract to support H-60 helicopters, known in the Navy as Sea Hawks. Some 90 percent of the work will be performed in San Diego and another 3 percent in Poway. Funds will pay for unspecified non-recurring engineering efforts. NAVAIR, the…
Allegations of child abuse and assault at a since-suspended Arizona shelter for migrant children have been referred to prosecutors for review, NBC News reported. The three incidents investigated by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office took place over three days at the Hacienda del Sol facility in Youngtown, officials said in…
