A highway between Tijuana and Ensenada was closed after a fire started early Wednesday morning. The ‘free’ highway was closed to drivers, starting at Puerto Nuevo and was re-opened by 11 a.m. As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the fire was 70-percent contained, after strong winds spread the flames, according…
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A powerful lightning bolt hit a Fort Worth parking lot Wednesday morning, opening a 15-foot hole in the concrete, authorities say. The Fort Worth Fire Department tweeted lightning struck near a Chevron gas station, at the intersection of Shadydell Drive and Boat Club Road, just before sunrise. The department said…
Coaches get sentimental. It happens. But current SDSU head baseball coach Mark Martinez is feeling especially nostalgic about Stephen Strasburg. After he graduated from West Hills High School, Strasburg pitched for San Diego State University. Martinez was an assistant coach when Strasburg pitched from 2007 to 2009, and during an…
The defense attorney for a Campo man charged with killing his two passengers in a 2017 drunk driving crash asked jurors Oct. 17 to not convict him of murder. The trial opened for Ryan Gary Renz, 26, who is charged in the Jan. 25, 2017 deaths of his cousin, Johnny…
By GENEVIEVE A. SUZUKI | La Mesa Courier A mind is a wild thing that sometimes needs to be sedated when it comes to everyday dealings. I’m not talking about medicating yourself to remove yourself from reality, but I am talking about holistic ways to calm the feral mind. One of…
