The massive spending plan signed by President Donald Trump Friday includes language barring the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute medical marijuana programs in states where they are legal, defying Attorney General Jeff Sessions.Sessions had made personal pleas to lawmakers not to renew the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, which bars the…
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A quarter-acre garden along Imperial Avenue in southeast San Diego is growing a lot more than vegetables.“It’s a wonderful food oasis in a food desert in southeast San Diego,” explained Trisha Gooch, of the local non-profit organization Second Chance, which strives to help those struggling with addiction, incarceration, homelessness and…
Unfounded threats of explosives allegedly placed at two high schools in San Diego’s North County Friday were likely cases of “swatting,” officials confirmed.Swatting is the act of falsely reporting an emergency to authorities, triggering a law enforcement presence to an unwitting person’s address who is not at all involved with…
After two mistrials, a San Diego judge ruled Friday there will be no retrial in a case involving a 15-time deportee accused in a DUI hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a boy on his way home from Disneyland.A judge decided there would be no new evidence for either side to…
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions move to urge federal prosecutors to seek death for drug traffickers “dealing in extremely large quantities” this week has some in the legal cannabis community worried, NBC News reported.The guidelines for capital punishment include selling 60,000 kilograms of marijuana product annually or $20 millon in…
Students furious about school shootings in Parkland, Florida, and confronting the National Rifle Association and its political allies as they demand gun control laws with new urgency, are impressing an earlier generation of protesters who took to the streets 50 years ago.As survivors of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) has received more than 49 threats towards local schools in the weeks following a deadly shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida. SDUSD Superintendent Cindy Marten announced at a press conference Friday school police have investigated more than 49 threats and that the district…
An East Coast-style pizza company is planning its expansion into Mission Beach and La Mesa. Eater San Diego shares those tasty details, plus other top stories of the week from San Diego’s food and drink scene.Surf Rider Pizza Co. Expanding Throughout San DiegoThe East Coast-style eatery, which serves pizza, cheesesteaks,…
Friday marked the beginning of the end for toy seller Toys R Us as the toy retailer began liquidation sales on March 23 at hundreds of stores around the country.The going-out-of-business sales are the latest in a series of sad news for the 70-year-old company. On Thursday, Toys R Us founder,…
A man was detained Thursday night for allegedly intentionally setting fire to a mobile home in Spring Valley.The fire began just before 9:45 p.m. at a unit located at 10767 Jamacha Blvd., investigators with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSO) said. Heavy smoke stemmed from the roof of a…
A girls empowerment firefighters camp will return this month after recent controversy. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez Reports. Source: NBC San Diego
The teenage girl who was shot in the halls of her Maryland high school has died, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday. Jaelynn Willey, 16, died at 11:34 p.m. Thursday. Her parents announced that they had decided to take her off of life support hours earlier. Teen Girl Shot…
Protesters decrying the death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark swarmed Sacramento Thursday, forming a human chain to block fans from attending a professional basketball game at the Golden 1 Center. They also gathered at Sacramento City Hall and flooded Interstate 5. Clark, a black man, was unarmed when he was fatally…
A D.C. woman will be flying for free for the next year after getting a $10,000 voucher from United Airlines. But she said the experience leading up to the voucher was not a pleasant one.Allison Preiss said she was getting ready to board her flight from Washington Dulles International Airport…
President Donald Trump considered firing chief of staff John Kelly this month and not naming a successor, three sources familiar with his discussions told NBC News.The president has talked with close associates about running the West Wing more like his business empire, with Trump as his own chief of staff,…
A massive fire that sent flames leaping from a New York City apartment building where a star-studded movie was being shot has killed an FDNY firefighter, according to witnesses and officials.[[477718023, C]] Toys R Us Liquidation Sales Postponed Michael R. Davidson, 37, died from his injuries while battling the fire on St.…
A 14-year-old girl groped by a man as she waited in line at a Vista Panda Express bravely shared her story with NBC 7 Thursday.She’s sharing her story just one day after the incident in hopes it will give others courage to speak up. San Diego Deputy Accused of Lewd…
A man thanked his lucky stars on Thursday after a good Samaritan pulled him out of his flipped SUV that was swept away in a rushing flood during a storm in Santa Clarita, California.The man tried to drive through flood waters on Road Runner Road, just off Sand Canyon. Fortunately,…
A strike team from northern San Diego was sent to the Santa Barbara area Thursday to help with the flooding from the latest rainstorm there.The area was devastated by the Thomas Fire in December 2017. Thursday was the third consecutive day of rain in the burn zones that are susceptible…
Attorneys for a Camp Pendleton Marine say their client accidentally stabbed a fellow recruit, and never meant to kill him.Pfc. Raymond Begay appeared in a military court Thursday morning at the Marine Corps base, where prosecutors argued that Begay should be charged with second-degree murder and obstructing justice.The prosecution said Begay…
