A former San Diego prison guard was charged Wednesday with two felony counts for allegedly smuggling and distributing heroin and methamphetamine at the prison where he worked.Jose Dolores Salgado, 49, also allegedly conspired with another person for some time to distribute the drugs at Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County,…
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Shirley Murphy, GHD designee on Grossmont Hospital Corporation board of directors El Cajon resident Shirley Apple Murphy, a cultural psychologist, life coach and advocate for Native American issues, has been appointed to serve on the Grossmont Hospital Corporation (GHC) board of directors as a representative of the Grossmont Healthcare District…
A teacher was taken into custody at a north Georgia high school Wednesday after a person barricaded themselves in a classroom, according to tweets from the local police department.No children were in danger at Dalton High School, according to tweets from the Dalton Police Department, but one student’s ankle was…
San Diego police released new surveillance photos Wednesday of a few of the suspects allegedly linked to a heist at a high-end store involving $500,000 worth of stolen luxury items.The photos show three men, with the focus on one suspect who appears to have short, black hair and a mustache.…
Jewish people might not have been killed in the Holocaust if they had weapons, a Republican congressman from Alaska implied during an event in Juneau last week, NBC News reported.Rep. Don Young, the longest-serving member of the House, had been asked about guns in the wake of the high school…
A San Diego teenager is in the intensive care unit after contracting bacterial meningitis – an illness his family initially thought was the flu.Eleven days ago, mother Sarah Eyles thought her eldest son, Grant Eyles, 13, had caught the flu bug that’s been going around this season. Carlsbad Flower Fields…
Dozens of undocumented immigrants have been arrested across Northern California since Sunday, according to federal officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations.More than 150 people who are in violation of federal U.S. immigration laws have been arrested since Sunday, ICE said Tuesday. Car Break-Ins Hit ‘Epidemic’ Levels in…
Let the bursts of beautiful blooms come forth: the famous Flower Fields in Carlsbad will officially open Thursday for the 2018 spring season.The annual opening of The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch marks the unofficial start of springtime in San Diego County. This year, the fields of blooms will be…
Saying that “thoughts and prayers are not enough” following the Parkland shooting, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced the company will discontinue sales of all assault-style rifles and will raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21. The company will also end sales of high-capacity magazines. Source: NBC San Diego
A New York City real estate technology company was filming b-roll at a Brooklyn park when a feature-worthy event got in the shot.VirtualApt said its 360-degree video-shooting robot was stationed in Bushwick Inlet Park in Williamsburg on Monday afternoon when it accidentally filmed a man getting down on one knee…
Look at events and milestones celebrated by the royal family.Photo Credit: Chris Jackson/AP Source: NBC San Diego
A Westview High School student was taken into custody Tuesday, accused of threatening to shoot up the school, San Diego police confirmed. The unidentified teenager was overheard telling classmates to stay home Wednesday SDPD Acting Capt. Paul Phillips said. San Diego Teen’s Illness Turns Into Bacterial Meningitis Several students reported the…
The Grossmont Union High School District confirmed Wednesday the arrest of a West Hills High School student. The student was arrested “for making terrorist threats after he posted a photo of a Lego rifle on social media with a threatening message,” district spokesperson Catherine Martin posted via Twitter. San Diego Teen’s Illness…
A teenager whose detention by a school resource officer sparked protests by Helix Charter High School students said Tuesday she felt helpless when she was handcuffed and pushed to the ground.Scott Wulfing, a 9-year veteran of the La Mesa Police Department, handcuffed 17-year-old Brianna Bell and was in the process…
On Feb. 28, 1993, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian’s Mt. Carmel compound east of Waco looking for David Koresh — the leader of the sect officials believed was stockpiling weapons and ammunition.After a TV cameraman inadvertently tipped off a Davidian to the…
Although time and time again media mogul Oprah Winfrey has shut down speculation of a possible 2020 presidential run, she revealed to People Magazine there is one factor that might convince her — and that’s a call from God.“I went into prayer,” she said to People in their new cover…
A San Diego man is accused of drinking himself to sleep and passing out with a lit cigarette, causing a fire in Rancho Bernardo that killed his two children last fall.Firefighters found a melted whiskey bottle next to a bed while investigating the Oct. 28 fire sparked by discarded smoking…
San Diego researchers and the U.S. Air Force are flying straight into so-called “atmospheric rivers” to better understand storm patterns in Southern California and across the West Coast.USAF Hurricane Hunters and researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography will fly over the ocean Wednesday. San Diego Teen’s Illness Turns Into…
The Democratic National Committee is planning to contact 50 million voters before the midterm elections in November, trying to harness nationwide antipathy for President Donald Trump, NBC News reported.The DNC will announce the “IWillVote” plan Wednesday. It plans to focus on partnerships with a wide range of groups, from ones…
Daredevil Nik Wallenda brought his high-wire act to Maryland Wednesday morning, walking between two buildings at National Harbor.Wallenda used only a balance bar as he walked 75 feet in the air on a cable the diameter of a nickel. The 230-foot walk took Wallenda about four minutes to complete. Graham Praised…