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.…
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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,…
A man was in custody Saturday after leading police a chase from National City to Middletown. The pursuit started around 3:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Roosevelt Avenue when officers tried to pull over a vehicle for an expired registration tag, according to the National City Police Department (NCPD).…
Nine people were arrested in a warrant sweep Saturday by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSO) in the South County region. The suspects were apprehended in the cities of Imperial Beach, National City and the unincorporated areas of Bonita and Lincoln Acres with outstanding warrants, “regardless of charge or…
A Lincoln Park man was stabbed with an ice pick by his neighbor following an argument, police said. The stabbing happened around 4:45 p.m. after the two neighbors got into an argument, San Diego police Officer Robert Heims said. Police Arrest Man Accused of Exposing Himself to Student The victim, a…
