LA MESA, Calif. — Four teenagers are accused of assaulting a cab driver early Wednesday and stealing his taxi at gunpoint near a La Mesa restaurant. The teens were arrested a short time later after abandoning the vehicle in a remote industrial area about six miles away, police reported. The…
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A local United States Postal Service office is investigating an Otay Mesa man’s claim that a mail carrier pepper sprayed his dog on multiple occasions. Alfonso Galindo said he caught on surveillance video at least 10 instances where his dog squirms on the ground in pain after his mail carrier…
Southern California has doubled the number of high-tech cameras in fire-prone areas across the region in order to better help firefighters detect and respond to wildfires. The ALERTWidlfire Camera Network is made up of more than 160 cameras, 70 in Southern California alone, developed by scientists at UC San Diego…
Chula Vista police arrested a former Sweetwater Union High School District employee and accused the woman of embezzling thousands of dollars from the cash-strapped district. Danya Margarita Williams, 42, was arrested on allegations she stole more than $50,000 in money orders between June 2016 and November 2017. Otay Mesa Man…
The American journalist Cody Weddle was detained Wednesday in Venezuela after his home in Caracas was raided, the Venezuelan Union of Journalists (SNTP) said. The organization made the announcement via their Twitter account and said that the home of the reporter, who is a contributor for ABC, CBS, Florida’s WPLG Local…
