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Escondido's role in wife-killing case comes into focus in Friday's Dateline episode
A new Dateline episode airing on Friday night sheds light on a case that has ties to San Diego County. An Escondido woman was warned that the man she married may be a murderer. In the two-hour episode "Chameleon," Dateline correspondent Andrea Canning uncovers the dark secrets of John Smith,...
Firefighters Contain Blaze to Save Iconic Oceanside Pier
On Thursday afternoon, April 25, social media erupted into a frenzy as reports and images spread of a fire burning on the iconic Oceanside Pier, the well-known surf spot in San Diego County, California. Dark smoke billowed into the sky from a vacant restaurant (the former Ruby’s diner) at the end of the pier.
California health officials issue warning about raw oysters from Korea over norovirus
The California Department of Public Health issued a warning to distributors and retailers to not sell raw oysters from a Korean company over a potential link to norovirus cases.In a statement posted Friday, health officials said the oysters in question are from JBR Inc., a company based in Tongyeongsi, South Korea. Officials said the oysters are likely connected to at least 33 confirmed and probable cases of norovirus reported among patrons who ate at three restaurants in San Diego County in late March and April.The oysters were shipped under the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List unique identifier "KR 15 SP"....
Advocacy groups want more input in county's plan for federal migrant aid
San Diego County and local advocacy groups are at odds over the process for spending $39 million of federal funds for migrant aid as a key deadline looms. Why it matters: The money is critical to address the ongoing migrant crisis in San Diego, where tens of thousands of people, many seeking asylum, have been released and arrested by border patrol in recent months.
Powerful sedatives and in-custody deaths
At least six people in San Diego County who died in-custody were injected with powerful sedatives during police altercations. The shrieks and full-throated screams coming from inside Wesley Garrett-Henry's room were unsettling as if Henry-Garrett was possessed. The screams echoed through the hallway of the downtown San Diego residential motel where Garrett-Henry lived.
Baja Officer Caught at Border with 35 Packages of Cocaine Pleads Guilty
A Baja California state police officer who tried to drive through the San Ysidro Port of Entry in a drug-laden vehicle pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal drug count. Victor Alfonso Moreno-Mejia, 35, who Mexican officials said had been an officer for seven years, was arrested last September with around 100 pounds of cocaine in his car.
California county the top migrant arrival region for first time since '90s
California's San Diego County is now the top region for migrant arrivals along the southern border of the United States — likely the first time since the 1990s. Figures from border patrol authorities show a growing uptick in migrant arrests in the Southern California county over the last three weeks, surpassing those...
Inmate, officer sentenced for smuggling gold grill into Donovan prison
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego County inmate was sentenced to nearly three years for bribing a corrections officer to smuggle a gold and diamond grill into prison. Shawn Brown, a Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility inmate, received a 30-month sentence in federal court on Wednesday for bribing an officer to smuggle into prison dental molds and an expensive grill for his mouth.
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