A man pulled out a BB gun during an altercation during Saturday’s Capital Pride Parade, causing widespread panic and mistaken reports of an active shooter, police say. Several people were hurt in the chaos as hundreds fled. D.C Police Chief Peter Newsham confirmed to News4 that a shooting did not…
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Deals, discounts, and an app can prepare you for a less expensive trip to the San Diego County Fair. But, to take a moment and think about next year’s fair and a fair memento that you might like to take home after the 2020 fair. The fair, well before they…
Nancy Hauer, the superintendent of the Dehesa School District, has been placed on paid leave several days after she denied committing a felony charge involving misappropriating state public funds by inflating enrollment figures at charter schools. Hauer, 57, is only charged with one felony count and appeared with nine other…
The San Diego Police Department introduced their largest class of recruits in more than 25 years on Friday. The next academy class has 63 new recruits who will start training on June 10. Witness Turns in Friend Suspected of Killing His Own Roommate “They will be in training for approximately…
Jupiter will be closer to Earth on Monday than at any other time of the year, offering skywatchers a chance to see the planet at its biggest and brightest, NBC News reported. A pair of binoculars or a small telescope should make it possible to see Jupiter’s largest moons and…
Whether you prefer glazed, old-fashioned, jelly or chocolate covered, June 7 is the day to indulge without guilt because it’s National Doughnut Day. The beloved Mary’s Donuts in Santee knows how to celebrate the unofficial holiday; the doughnut shop has been baking one of America’s favorite pastries for 35 years.…
Another great Taste is in the bag! At 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 3 the trucks, vans and vehicles could be heard rolling into the parking lot at the Town and Country Hotel for the “Taste of San Diego – East” produced by the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce. This…
Neil Sedaka, Smokey Robinson and Dionne Warwick are set to play this year’s San Diego County Fair, which first opened in 1936, when Sedaka was a mere 3-years old. None of them, of course, had the foggiest as to what the American entertainment realm held for them. Life was big…
Almost 2,700 graduates from Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges will be receiving 5,652 degrees and certificates at this year’s commencements, setting a new record as the largest graduating class from the two East County colleges. With many earning multiple degrees and certificates, 1,860 graduates are expected to receive 2,752 degrees and…
After more than four months closed, the popular Ocean Beach Pier reopen Friday to a swarming crowd just in time for the Memorial Day holiday. The pier underwent about $309,000-worth of repairs and upgrades after high surf from a winter storm in mid-January ripped off a portion of the railing,…
One of San Diego’s biggest tourist destinations has debuted its latest attraction — a winding, high-speed roller coaster that is meant to simulate ocean tides. SeaWorld San Diego’s Tidal Twister opened to the public on Friday with two dueling tracks that twist, turns and dips to give guests the feeling that…
The California Highway Patrol, California Police Chiefs Association, and the Peace Officers Research Association of California announced Thursday they are no longer opposed to a bill that could change the way officers are allowed to use deadly force. If passed, San Diego Assemblywoman Shirley Weber’s AB 392 would limit officers’…
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By Rep. Susan Davis Probably one of the most shocking aspects — and there are many to choose from — about the attack on our democracy during the 2016 presidential election is how it has divided our nation. Americans have always come together in a show of unity whenever we…
“To protect and to serve” means something more to members of the Kiwanis Club of Santee than to most area residents. Club members have honored outstanding local law enforcement officers for over two decades, in recognition and memory of their own Kiwanians who served the Santee community with notable distinction.…
Leadership East County is an 11-month program facilitated by the San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce. The program is in its 28th year and will start again on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. If you work or live in East County and want to gain leadership knowledge and a new…
The San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce has announced the appointment of San Diego native Rick Wilson as its new president and CEO. Wilson succeeds Joe Mackey, the most recent El Cajon Citizen of the Year recipient, who served as the Chamber’s interim CEO following the departure this past…
Even more restrictions are coming for San Diego restaurants Friday as the city rolls out the second phase of their Styrofoam ban. Starting Friday, San Diego restaurants will no longer be allowed to hand out plastic foam egg carton and food containers under an ordinance passed on Jan. 8 that…
Both sides have rested in the McStay family murder trial, San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Thursday. Closing arguments in the case against Charles Merritt are expected to begin on Tuesday, May 28. Merritt is charged with killing Joseph and Summer McStay along with their 3- and 4-year-old sons.…
A former U.S. Marine arrested last week on rape charges has been discharged from the corps for assaulting another Marine, the U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday. Former gunnery Sgt. Mark Richard Neeley II, 36 was found guilty by a military judge on April 12 of the assault and was other…
