The city of El Cajon opened the doors of its brand-new 15,000-square-foot animal shelter Saturday. The project was 10 years in the making and funded by a voter-approved tax increase. The new building is triple the size of the former facility, which was built in the 1950s. Police Arrest Man…
La Mesa California
A driver deliberately ran over a man after the female passenger in the car got into a fight with the victim’s girlfriend, police said. The incident happened around 1:20 p.m. at the intersection of East Madison Avenue and North First Street when Michelle Bergen, 29, of Lakeside got out of…
With just three days until election night, the top two California gubernatorial candidates aren’t taking a moment for granted in trying to get out their messages (and attack their opponent) one more time. From the campus of UC Davis, Democrat Gavin Newsom shot back against political ads that portray him…
A brush fire in Laguna Beach and Aliso Viejo forced mandatory evacuations of 2,145 homes and quickly grew to more than 250 acres on Saturday afternoon. The fire was first reported shortly after 1 p.m., and the wind-driven blaze, initially dubbed the Aliso Fire, quickly grew from an original half-acre.…
Two climbers fell to their deaths while climbing the Freeblast Route on El Capitan inside Yosemite National Park Saturday morning. Park Rangers received 911 calls reporting the falls at approximately 8:15 a.m. Rescue staff responded to the scene but the climbers, identified as Jason Wells, 46, from Colorado and Tim Klien,…
