As a baby, Jaelah Jerger suffered up to 30 seizures a day and the FDA-approved drug her parents tried to treat her epilepsy didn’t work.Her father, Jade Jerger, told NBC News every time Jaelah had seizure, “it’s like watching part of her life slip away.”Feeling helpless, the Jergers decided to…
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A San Diego research institute has been awarded a $1.3 million federal grant to fund critical research for families devastated by Alzheimer’s Disease. Inside the Conrad Prebys Center For Chemical Genomics researchers hope to zero in on specific chemical compounds that could be part of new medicine to slow the progression of…
A member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians and a former employee of the Tribal Council was arrested Thursday.Destiny Nelson, 35, is a tribal member and a former employee of the council who allegedly used her position to embezzle approximately $68,000, according to investigators.The sheriff’s department began investigating this…
Officer Geoff Burr said 600 volunteers helped cover 165,000 hours last year for the San Diego Police Department. Source: NBC San Diego
Jurors have signaled they have reached a verdict in the case of a man accused of driving drunk without a license and slamming into a Lyft driver who had stopped along the side of the road to help sick passengers. Lyft driver Henry O. Reyes, 41, was killed and three passengers were injured…
