Christian High School junior Alaina Zamorano not only won the girls varsity race at the Coach Downey Cross Country Classic meet Sept. 27 on the Morley Field course in San Diego but also set a meet record. Zamorano completed the 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) course in 18:54. The previous record of 18:58…
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Four homeless men were beaten to death overnight with a metal object in Chinatown, authorities confirmed early Saturday. A 24-year-old man is in custody in the brutal slayings, they said. Groom-to-Be Accused of Sexually Assaulting Wedding Guest Two victims were found on East Bowery Street around 2 a.m., police said…
Online birth control services, which have grown in popularity in recent years, do a good job of screening women for health conditions that may become dangerous when taking birth control pills, according to a new study that sent “secret” shoppers to test the safety of these companies, NBC News reports.…
A violent repeat sex offender who broke parole in New York and was suspected of hiding out in the North County was arrested Friday by the San Diego Police Department. Dale Dulac, 57, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for multiple sex crimes, including two convictions of rape in…
TripAdvisor announced it would not sell tickets to specific experiences where tourists come into “physical contact” with captive wild animals, cutting ties with SeaWorld and other animal attractions, the company said Wednesday. TripAdvisor and its Viator brand said it would also no longer generate revenue from any attraction that continues…
Weeks before the whistleblower’s complaint became public, the CIA’s top lawyer made what she considered a criminal referral to the Justice Department about the whistleblower’s allegations that President Donald Trump abused his office in pressuring the Ukrainian president, U.S. officials familiar with the matter tell NBC News. The move by…
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney denounced President Donald Trump’s appeal to Ukraine and China to investigate one of his main political opponents, calling the overture “wrong and appalling.” The Utah Republican said Friday that Trump’s call for a probe of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter was “brazen…
LA MESA, Calif. — Three people were taken to a trauma center Friday morning after a vehicle crash in La Mesa caused a tree to fall onto a house. The crash was reported around 10:30 a.m. along the 4200 block of Avocado Boulevard. The vehicles were heading in opposite directions…
A Santee woman was sentenced Sept. 27 to 11 years and eight months in prison for killing a man while she was driving while intoxicated. Lauren Ashley Freeman, 24, wiped away tears during her sentencing involving the death of Justin Callahan, 35, before San Diego Superior Court Judge Runston Maino.…
The old West Hills High School auto shop looks barely recognizable now. Its high-vaulted ceilings may be the same and there is a familiar echo in the large room, but the workshop has changed both face and purpose and great things are coming out of the doors. For ten years,…
The Steele Canyon Cougars debuted beautiful new midnight-blue uniforms last Friday night against visiting Mira Mesa High but it was the same ol’ defense that recorded a 45-0 shutout of visiting Mira Mesa. The Cougars were the county’s No. 2-ranked team – behind Grossmont Hills League rival Helix – in…
The mother of a transgender boy who killed himself shortly after allegeldy getting ridiculed by staff at Rady Children’s Hospital has settled the discrimination lawsuit she filed. Fourteen-year-old Kyler Prescott was admitted to Rady Children’s Hospital’s Gender Management Clinic in April 2015 as a result of having suicidal thoughts and…
A 12-year-old girl who accused three sixth-grade boys of pinning her down and cutting her dreadlocks has admitted to school officials she was not attacked and cut her own hair, her family’s attorney and the school said. Amari Allen, a sixth-grader at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Virginia, said three…
President Donald Trump sought help from the Australian prime minister to investigate the origins of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, a Justice Department official told NBC News Monday. The call to Scott Morrison, the Australian leader, came recently after Attorney General William Barr in May asked John Durham, the…
San Diego Police received a call around 7 p.m. on Sunday evening about a male victim with multiple gun shot wounds at Dana Landing near Mission Bay. Police found a 23-year-old male victim with gun shot wounds to his lower body near 2600 Ingraham Street, according to Lt. Mike Ramsey.…
A mother of a Discovery Elementary student claims her daughter’s multiple injuries were caused by a gopher hole-filled grass field that the school failed to maintain. Sofia Corbisiero has suffered a broken leg, fractured wrist and sprained ankle, according to the lawsuit. The family told NBC 7 there were five…
Twenty four years ago this week, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the double murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The highly publicized trial was dubbed the trial of the century, inciting a media frenzy that had never been seen before. Check Out These Free or Cheap Things…
By ALEX OWENS The hills around Helix High School should be alive with the sound of music come Oct. 11. That’s because the Highland Players are presenting the classic musical “Sound of Music” for seven performances. It’s the first time in a while that the Helix Drama Department has presented…
By LINDA MICHAELS Nonita Vidal Degen is a local mixed-media artist who loves plein-air painting of the San Diego landscape. She is a self-taught artist whose artistic interest has spanned many years. Through the years she has been a mother, teacher, banker, and a nurse. And, she has always applied…
By JILL DIAMOND It’s not every day you have a piece of history in your own backyard but the city of La Mesa does, the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum and the La Mesa Depot. If you haven’t visited, the PSRM Association has been focused on the 100-year celebration of the…