The successful North County Transit District program that offered reduced fares for students at Cal State San Marcos, Vista Adult School, Mira Costa and Palomar colleges will be ending this month, the agency said. The program was made possible through a grant by the California Low Carbon Transit Operations Program and…
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The Pendleton Fire Department is battling a 325-acre brush fire at Camp Pendleton near Range 600. The fire quickly grew from 75 acres just before 1 p.m. to 325 acres around 3:15 p.m. Man Who Stuffed Dead Woman Into Suitcase Sentenced to Life The fire is holding with parameters and…
Critics of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies made an emotional plea in federal court Friday, urging a judge to stop “a humanitarian crisis of the utmost importance” by immediately ordering the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reunite parents and children separated at the border. Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties…
People from all parts of California converged on San Diego Friday to demonstrate against the government’s immigration policy and the separation of migrant families. The large group is holding an overnight prayer vigil at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church with plans to sleep overnight on the church’s floor.…
A local Chuck E. Cheese restaurant was fined nearly $4,000 for violating child labor laws, the Department of Labor announced Friday. Man Who Stuffed Dead Woman Into Suitcase Sentenced to Life A local Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant was fined nearly $4,000 for violating child labor laws, the Department of Labor…
California State Park Rangers and a deputy search and rescue team discovered a body in Ocotillo Wells State Park Friday about 24 hours after a man was reported missing in the area. The man was reported missing and possibly stuck in sand to Park Rangers Thursday at around 4:30 p.m.…
Dick Leitsch, a titan of the early gay rights movement who led “sip-in” protests in the 1960s, died in New York City on Friday, Ken Lustbader, the co-director of NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project confirmed to NBC News. He was 83. Leitsch became an icon of the LGBTQ movement after…
A Virginia woman says her Uber driver refused to give her a ride because of her wheelchair. Kelley Simoneaux said she ordered a ride Wednesday night after leaving a restaurant in Arlington. World Cup: Colombia Knocks Poland Out of the World Cup, 3-0 According to Simoneaux, the driver pulled up…
A new record was set this week at Baylor University Medical Center Dallas when a baby boom hit Tuesday morning. Over a 48 hour period, doctors and nurses delivered 42 babies. World Cup: Colombia Knocks Poland Out of the World Cup, 3-0 “We’ve had a ton of people come in…
Although it’s June, there was meaningful football being played in San Diego Friday night. The Wounded Warrior Amputee Football Team suited up against a team of NFL alumni in the annual Game of Honor, playing their hearts out and securing bragging rights with a 48 to 28 victory. Man Who…
The FBI has confirmed an arrest in the case of the “Skinny Bandit” who struck three banks in six days. The man, dubbed the Skinny Bandit because of his tall, lanky frame, used a demand note threatening to shoot the bank clerk and customers if the clerk did not comply,…
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) arrived Friday morning at a Southern California facility housing mothers who have been separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Harris was expected to speak to the media outside of the Otay Mesa Detention Center with officials from the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial…
One-year-old Ayla Esler burst into a smile after hearing sound for the first time Tuesday, thanks to cochlear implants installed in the toddler’s ears last month at the Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. The moment was caught in a Facebook video posted by the hospital and viewed at…
Oceanside will begin accepting applications Monday for licenses to cultivate, manufacture, test and distribute medicinal marijuana. However, the seaside community has no rules in place for recreational marijuana sales which were made legal in California six months ago. Earlier this week, the Oceanside City Council approved cannabis delivery services for…
Homicide investigators were in a Lemon Grove neighborhood overnight, working to determine what led to the death of a man found bleeding on the ground outside a home. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department was first called to the neighborhood at about 9 p.m. when residents on Lemon Avenue reported…
With patriotic parties aplenty, there will be no shortage of fireworks in San Diego this 4th of July. Here’s our guide to the dazzling shows that will illuminate our skyline on Independence Day. Big Bay Boom9 p.m., San Diego BayWhether you decide to pick a spot on Shelter Island, Harbor…
Residents of a home in El Cajon awoke Friday to find flames pouring out of their laundry room. Correena Busse said her daughter was the one to alert them to the fire at their home on First Street, between Peach Avenue and Broadway, at about 5:30 a.m. Man Who Stuffed…
Police will not be filing criminal charges against an El Cajon Valley High School teacher who was placed on administrative leave after accusations of employee misconduct were made, but a district investigation is ongoing. Melissa Drake was first placed on administrative leave on May 16, when claims of misconduct were…
A San Diego man convicted of raping and killing a co-worker in a jealous rage then stuffing her body in a suitcase will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge ruled Friday. Convicted murderer Joshua Palmer asked family and friends of 21-year-old Shauna Haynes — who was found…
The Honduran toddler in a pink jacket pictured sobbing at the U.S.-Mexico border was not separated from her mother when they were detained, as was widely assumed, a man who identified himself as her father told various news outlets. The nearly 2-year-old was photographed by John Moore of Getty Images…
