LA MESA, Calif. — Police Wednesday were investigating a shooting that wounded a man in La Mesa. Officers arrived around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday about two minutes after receiving multiple calls reporting gunshots outside Denny’s located in the 4200 block of Spring Street, a La Mesa police dispatcher said. People inside…
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July 23, 2009, is a day that changed Rhina Paredes-Greeson’s life forever. Her family was preparing to go on vacation. Her son, Eric Parades was just 15 years old, a sophomore at Steele Canyon High School. Best of Monica Dean’s Inspiring San Diego Stories from 2018 “He was beautiful, perfectly…
Investors across San Diego County say their relationship with Christopher Dougherty started with a “financial opportunity” pitch that promised them modest but dependable returns on their investment. Dougherty offered an investment opportunity in an organic beef ranch in Alpine. He touted new housing projects and a marijuana cultivation plan as…
A judge has delayed a decision to release a man convicted of sexually assaulting several children in the 1980s back into the San Diego community during a hearing Friday morning. In the 1980s, when Robert Nabors was just five years old, he was sexually assaulted by his older cousin, Alan…
San Diego police launched a search Friday morning in Talmadge for a suspect accused of sexually assaulting a woman. Investigators said the alleged sex crime happened around 5:45 a.m. in the 4400-block of 50th Street near El Cajon Boulevard. The victim, crying, ran to a neighbor’s home and said she…
A survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School died by suicide this past weekend. Sydney Aiello, 19, killed herself Sunday, friends of the former Parkland student told NBC 6. Family and friends were saying their goodbyes to Aiello at a funeral on Friday. Andrew Pollack, whose…
By Margie M. Palmer Yogis at the San Diego Yoga Center agree that its co-owner, Anthony Burkart, bends over backward to make sure students feel welcome, but his ability to twist and bend extends far beyond classroom greetings. It also landed him a first- place nod in the 50-year-old-and-older division…
By Jeff Clemetson | Editor Not everyone greets a truck crashing into their building with humor and forgiveness. But that is exactly how the congregants of the San Diego Taiwanese Presbyterian Church treated a March 6 incident, where a city-contracted tree-trimming truck rolled down a hill on West Point Avenue, across…
By Jeff Clemetson | Editor Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) — often referred to as granny-flats — are not new. But a new statewide mandate intended to streamline their construction as a means to add needed housing has forced city governments to develop new ADU ordinances that comply with the state rules.…
The Monte Vista varsity softball team has a particular mindset that it’s focusing on this season: Positivity. The Monarchs (3-3) defeated the Holtville Vikings (3-4, 0-2) Monday afternoon by a final score of 7-2 on their own turf. When things got intense, cheers and chants from Monte Vista’s dugout filled…
Every couple of years in the last decade, I would call my friend and former Spanish professor Marie James to meet for lunch. We’d catch up on details of our daily lives and she would tell me stories of her latest cruises or trips abroad. I was always in amazement…
A Dulzura man was sentenced March 14 to three consecutive life terms in state prison for poisoning his wife, who is a former Campo Elementary School teacher. Race Remington Uto, 28, won’t be eligible for parole until after he finishes a minimum of 21 years, said Deputy District Attorney Paul…
Washing, folding and putting away our clothes is one of those chores that is easily the most dreaded of all of our duties. We all have our differences, but I can almost guarantee that Americans’ strong dislike of doing laundry is one of those topics that helps us bond. What…
El Cajon Valley High School and Monte Vista High School have been targeted by Westboro Baptist Church, a group most known for its anti-gay demonstrations across the country. The group added to two schools to their picket schedule and their website says they will be in front of El Cajon…
The San Diego County Department of the Medical Examiner is releasing its entire database of sudden and unexpected deaths investigated by its staff going back to 1997. The free, searchable database will house 59,000 records or approximately 3,000 deaths a year that are examined by the medical examiner’s office. “Of…
President Donald Trump is announcing the nomination of a permanent administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration as the agency faces new scrutiny over its oversight of industry in the wake of a pair of deadly crashes involving a new Boeing aircraft. The White House announced Trump has selected former Delta…
The City of San Diego paid more than $576,000 since 2010 for violating the state’s public records law. According to data obtained by NBC 7 Investigates, in the last nine years the city has been sued for withholding public documents 23 times – two cases were filed by the same…
Among a 20-page list of military construction projects that may be cut to pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall are nearly two dozen projects at local military installations. The Pentagon document sent to Congress on Monday listed hundreds of projects envisioned around the U.S. and world worth around $12.9 billion. Is…
