A kayaker’s body was found in the San Vicente Reservoir on Saturday afternoon, according to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. Deputies said local lifeguards were searching for the kayaker around 11 a.m. after another boater spotted the overturned kayak. 12 Immigrant Workers at Trump Golf Course Fired, Lawyer Says They…
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SAN DIEGO — Two Little Caesars restaurants in San Diego County were robbed at gunpoint Friday night and the crimes may be connected, authorities said. The first happened around 9:30 p.m. at the pizza chain in the 6000 block of El Cajon Boulevard in the El Cerrito neighborhood, according to…
A judge rejected jail on Jan. 19 for a 75-year-old El Cajon psychiatrist who had pleaded guilty to felony sexual contact with seven female patients, and instead imposed one year of house arrest. Because of health and age issues, Dr. Leon Fajerman was ordered to pay $300 per month in…
Jeff Clemetson | Editor A long-awaited report on an incident at Helix Charter High School where a police officer was filmed slamming a student to the ground was met with frustration by community members and councilmembers at the Jan. 8 La Mesa City Council meeting. Yusef Miller vents frustration at the…
Jeff Clemetson | Editor La Mesita Park has a new playground — as new a playground as it gets. “This is the first Modern City to be installed in the world,” said Tom Norquist, senior vice president of PlayCore, the designers of the new Modern City playground product line. Shellece Gunnell…
La Mesa Courier launches new website Online readers of La Mesa Courier may have noticed a few changes to the design of the paper’s website over the last few months. In an effort to update its online presence, La Mesa Courier parent company SDCNN set out at the end of…
By Connie and Lynn Baer In the 2015-2016 school year, Grossmont High School began its PRIDE program, which is designed to teach students school-wide behavioral expectations through a reward program that reinforces positive behaviors. GHS PRIDE encourages students to be prepared, respectful, involved, disciplined, and empathetic (PRIDE). For the past…
By Della Elliott Cohesion and excellence are concepts often expressed in threes: The three musketeers. The Three Tenors. The three wise men. The Triple Crown. The three Olympic medals. The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District has a winning trio of its own — the winners of the 2018 Chancellor/Classified Senate Award…
Helix High School alumnus Nick Lupian is once again helping provide local representation on the San Diego Legion professional rugby team. The Legion is returning for its second season as a member of Major League Rugby. Lupian hopes to have an expanded role with the team after playing a partial…
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Venezuelans in San Diego packed Waterfront Park Wednesday to show solidarity with protesters who took to the streets of Venezuela to call for an end to President Nicolas Maduro’s regime. They also celebrated that opposition leader Juan Guaido has declared himself interim president. 80+ Birds Seized From Rancho Bernardo Condo…
A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was struck by a car on Interstate 15 in Escondido Wednesday while crossing lanes to help a driver in a stalled vehicle. The stalled vehicle was stopped on the shoulder of southbound I-15, near the end of the on-ramp from Via Rancho Parkway. 80+…
A San Diego semi-professional football team is dedicating its 2019 season to a former teammate who was killed in a motorcycle accident. Former San Diego Silverbacks player James Haiman, 29, was killed in a motorcycle crash Monday night at the intersection of Genesee Avenue and Balboa Avenue. 80+ Birds Seized…
The San Diego Humane Society seized more than 80 birds that were living in unsanitary conditions from a one-bedroom condominium complex in Rancho Bernardo Wednesday. When the San Diego Humane Society arrived to the unit located near the intersection of Bernardo Center Drive and Camino Del Norte they found a man living in the…
An apparent road rage incident in Anaheim was caught on video, as a man jumped onto the hood of a car and cracked the windshield with a punch with his bare hands. To put it mildly, Veneranda Valencia Alvarez is shaken. She can’t help but think what if this road…
A two-car rollover crash on a transition ramp between southbound state Route 163 and Interstate 5 trapped a driver and prompted a Sig Alert on Monday. The two cars crashed on the ramp from southbound state Route 163 to southbound Interstate 5 just before 5:30 a.m., according to California Highway…
Mira Costa College in Oceanside warned students of an indecent exposure incident on the campus Tuesday. The college police department sent an alert to students detailing the incident in Parking Lot 2B Overflow Tuesday just before 1 p.m. Coast Guard Family Sees ‘Devastating’ Impacts in Shutdown According to the email,…
It’s time for tee in San Diego: the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open swings into town soon, bringing the stars of the PGA Tour to the links – plus plenty of opportunities for fans to mix and mingle at a picture-perfect golf course. The prestigious PGA Tour golf tournament runs from Jan.…
Mounting research is calling into question whether bite mark evidence used in court cases is unreliable, and that’s just one of the forensic techniques being found tenuous by independent researchers, NBC News reported. Critics say the techniques are leading to wrongful convictions even after dozens of studies have warned that…
Nearly a dozen local businesses are teaming up with Yelp San Diego to provide a free luncheon for hundreds of federal workers affected by the government shutdown on Wednesday. The event at the San Diego Air and Space Museum will feed at least 500 people who have not been receiving…
