Approximately 50 gallons of oil was dumped in a South Crest area, authorities said.
A HazMat crew responded to the spill near Main Street and Rigel Street just before 9 a.m. Friday, according to the San Diego Fire Department.
The department handed over the incident to CalTrans and said it appeared the spill was intentional.
They later learned the oil was likely dumped about a week ago.
A Wells Fargo in Miramar Ranch North was robbed Friday morning, police said.
A man in his late 30s walked into the bank in the 12000 block of Scripps Summit Drive at about 10 a.m. Friday and demanded money, according to the San Diego Police Department.
He fled with an undisclosed amount of money in a gray four-door car driven by an unknown person. The vehicle had tinted windows.
Shortly after, police pulled over a gray or silver Ford Focus nearby. The police activity slowed traffic on the SR-163 and I-15 intersection.
Police said the traffic stop may or may not have been related to the bank robbery.
The suspect is described as a man in his late 30s, about 6-feet-tall and 180 to 200 pounds with a light beard and mustache.
He was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, dark jacket, dark beanie cap, gloves, dark oval shaped sunglasses and gray pants.
Ed. Note: An earlier version of this article stated that one person was taken into custody. The suspect is still at large though.
Don't drink and drive and Facebook.
A teenager from Astoria, Ore., was arrested after he apparently posted a Facebook status update about a drunken hit-and-run he allegedly committed Wednesday, The Daily Astorian reported.
He was caught the next day after the Facebook post was reported to authorities, according to the paper.
"Drivin drunk ... classsic ;) but to whoever's vehicle i hit i am sorry. :P," Jacob Cox-Brown, 18, reportedly wrote on his Facebook page.
On Thursday, local authorities, thanks to the Facebook message and phone calls to two officers, got a tip linking Cox-Brown to the accident.
"Astoria Police have an active social media presence," police said in a press release Wednesday. "It was a private Facebook message to one of our officers that got this case moving, though. When you post ... on Facebook, you have to figure that it is not going to stay private long."
After the tip, authorities matched the damage at the scene with that on a car at Cox-Brown's home, the Daily Astorian reported.
Cox-Brown was arrested and charged with two counts of failing to perform the duties of a driver.
A young Jack Russell terrier mix from Kansas is homeward bound after somehow wandering more than 1,500 miles to San Diego.
A San Diego woman brought the 13-month-old pup into the county's Department of Animal Services on New Year's Eve, according to a statement from the county.
A name tag on the puppy revealed his name was Rascal and his zip code was 620 -- Oswego, Kansas.
Animal control employees called Rascal's owners and arranged to have him flown back home.
No one knows for sure how Rascal made it to San Diego, but he's certainly not the first to end up here. After seven years of being missing, a cat named Sophia was reunited with her family in Arizona.
A microchip was planted in Sophia, so the San Diego Humane Society was able to contact her family. The organization paid to fly Sophia home to her family last month.
Rascal's family will pick Rascal up on Saturday in Tulsa.
“I haven’t told the kids this time. I’m not saying a word until we see him. I’m not breaking their hearts again,” said Nikki Lewis, Rascal's mom, in a statement. “I’m just telling them we’re picking up someone at the airport. The kids are going to be so excited.”
Lewis added that Rascal may now be an indoor dog.
It’s the end of the road for Anthology, the second of San Diego’s well-known music venues to close its doors recently.
The iconic Little Italy venue's marketing manager said Friday that Anthology was closing and will not be reopening.
"It is with great sadness that I send this email today to inform you that owner Howard Berkson announced today that Anthology has officially closed its doors and will not be reopening," Anthology's Casey Pukl wrote in a note sent out in the afternoon.
Over the past three years, SoundDiego has covered acts ranging through all genres of music, including Hubert Sumlin, Bettye Lavette, Susanna Hoffs, the Milk Carton Kids, Parliament-Funkadelic, Leo Kottke, Los Lobos, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bela Fleck, Booker T. Jones, Albert Lee, John Popper, Joan Osborne, the Jazz Crusaders and dozens of others.
The Little Italy venue is the second in a month in San Diego to shut down after the owners of downtown’s 4th and B lost their lease late last year.
“It’s a great loss to the San Diego music community to hear that Anthology is closing, especially after hearing last month about 4th & B,” SoundDiego managing editor Eric Page said. “Anthology was a unique venue to San Diego, showcasing jazz and blues artists that may in some cases now have a hard time finding a venue to perform at in San Diego.”
Berkson, a real estate developer with Chicago ties, and his wife, Marsha, opened Anthology in 2007 as a music venue and supper club.
The club boasted a nearly sonically perfect room and a upscale reputation. However that may have also led to its demise, said Rosemary Bystrak, who blogs for SDDialedIn and SoundDiego.
“I don’t know that the supper club as an idea could really flourish in San Diego,” Bystrak said.
Bystrak said she suspected the club was closing for financial reasons as well.
Besides showcasing acts inside its venue, Anthology hosted a pair of street festivals called StreetBeat that filled the blocks around the club with acts like Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers, O.A.R. and Gomez.
While Pukl declined to comment on the reasons for the closure, the music community had been concerned about Anthology's future after it was announced last month that one San Diego's most upscale music spot's was "temporarily postponing our concert schedule due to refurbishment upgrades and repairs" in January.
Fans weren't the only ones who loved Anthology -- so did performers, including Tom Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson, who performed there in May.
"I just want to give a shout out to Anthology," Wilson told SoundDiego. "Such a beautiful club. You guys are so lucky to have a club this beautiful in this community. You're really, really lucky."
Music fans were understandably upset about the closure, many commenting on SoundDiego's Facebook page about shows they had seen at the iconic India Street venue.
"What?! NO!!!!!," posted Traci Strand. "What an amazing place to see a show! I first saw Anna Nalick there and became a huge fan. I'm so sorry to see this place go!"
Victoria Price Eicher spoke for many when she posted, "Sad news! Loved that venue!"
A fire sparked at a multi-story apartment building in City Heights Friday afternoon, fire officials said.
The blaze began at around 4:20 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 3400 block of 36th Street.
When fire crews arrived, they could see heavy smoke stemming from the second story.
Firefighters immediately evacuated the building and began attacking the fire.
By 4:40 p.m., the blaze had been knocked down.
No one was injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A Chula Vista elementary school teacher, recently arrested and charged with molestation and child pornography, was among dozens arrested in a nationwide child pornography investigation officials announced Thursday.
John Kinloch, 41, a first grade teacher at Wolf Canyon Elementary School, currently faces 20 felony charges involving minors. One charge is for attempted molestation on a child younger than 14, and another includes possession of child pornography officials revealed last month.
On Thursday, federal investigators announced Kinloch was one of seven men arrested in San Diego County as a part of Operation Sunflower, a child predator sweep launched by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) two months ago.
HSI arrested 245 suspects in the investigation that involved close to 20 states and even reached outside of U.S. borders. Agents along with partner agencies identified 110 victims of sexual predators. Of the victims identified, five were under the age of 3, and one of those was just 19 days old NBC News reported.
Lorraine Concha, Special-Agent-in-Charge with the San Diego HSI office, said it's the horrendous nature of the crime that drives investigators to hunt down their perpetrators.
"So it's of utmost importance to us to be able to rescue these children and by rescuing these children, be able to make these arrests," Concha said.
The local defendants in custody range in age from 25 to 57 and include an airline pilot and a bartender according to federal prosecutors.
Richard White, an employee for Solar Turbines, faces charges of distributing and possessing child porn.
Zachary Wilson, of Oceanside, is accused of possessing child porn images on a computer hard drive.
Justin Christy is accused of distributing child porn. Stephen Burda is accused of receiving and possessing child pornography.
Robert Mckany is an airline pilot who worked for Republic Airlines which operates as Frontier, US Airways Express, Delta Connection and United Express. Prosecutors say Mckany is accused of receiving digital images of child pornography.
Kenneth Lee Wilson faces two counts including possession of child porn and failure to register as a sex offender. He has two previous child porn convictions – one in 1999 in Pennsylvania and another in Potter County, Texas in 2005.
Federal agents are still searching for tw
o suspects whose images are included in wanted posters under the names “John Doe” and “Jane Doe.” The photos (pictured left) are posted on the ICE Facebook page in the hopes someone will identify them and alert authorities as to the suspects' names or location.
The couple is believed to be in Los Angeles but investigators say there is a possibility they may have been seen in San Diego.
"We are next to a border. It always makes for a potential quick run out the country, unfortunately," said Concha.
HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing its online tip form.
A man working near a construction site in La Presa Friday morning was pinned beneath a concrete panel and had to be rescued with a crane.
Medics responded to the scene in the 9900-block of Jamacha Boulevard at about 8:30 a.m., according to CalFire.
CalFire Battalion Chief Larry Converse told NBC 7 that a construction worker was working in a large hole when the accident happened.
Converse said that a 1,400-pound shoring form -- a large panel that holds material back -- suddenly became loose and fell in the hole.
The panel did not land directly on the man, but trapped him inside the hole where he was originally working.
Rescue workers stabilized the man's head and neck and then pulled from beneath the hole with a crane. The rescue took about 20 minutes, according to the man's co-workers on the scene.
Workers said the accident was scary, and they were relieved to see their co-worker was responsive after the panel fell.
The man is expected to be okay, although he has back pain. He will be transported to the hospital.
California's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident. CalFire said there was no obvious safety violation, since the construction worker was fully strapped in and never untied himself.
Pacific Hydrotech Corporation, the company which the man was working for, is also investigating the incident.
The Medical Board of California has suspended the license of a well-known Encinitas OB-GYN indefinitely after one couple blamed him for the death of their stillborn child.
We first told you about Robert Biter, M.D. five months ago when he was planning to start his own birthing center. Now he won't be practicing medicine anytime soon.
In September Michael and Amber Lukacs told NBC 7 San Diego the heart-wrenching story about their son Ace, who the couple originally planned to have delivered at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas.
But Amber said they were persuaded by their Robert Biter, M.D., at the time a Board Certified obstetrician and gynecologist, to have the baby at home under the care of his birthing team.
"He's going to have a couple of midwives and him, and we'd have all the things that you would have at a hospital except it would be in the comfort of your own home," Amber Lukacs said in a previous interview with NBC 7 San Diego.
During a grueling 22 hour labor, Amber suffered serious complications. Her husband made the decision to call 911 as Biter and his team tried to figure out what was wrong.
“They put me on oxygen and rolled me over to see if they could get the baby's heartbeat back,” Amber Lukacs recalled. “And it was just gone."
Their baby boy was pronounced dead, at the hospital.
At the time, Michael and Amber didn't know Biter had recently been disciplined by the medical board for negligence in a previous case in which, Biter agreed to a two month suspension and seven years of probation.
That suspension was served from Sept. 8 to Nov. 8, 2012. Once it expired, the medical board filed a separate accusation against Biter accusing the doctor of gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, failure to maintain adequate and accurate records and incompetence in his treatment of the Lukacs.
According to the medical board, Biter failed to ensure Amber Lukacs was an appropriate candidate for home birth. He also failed to correctly determine the patient’s expected date of confinement (EDC) and changed the EDC once that date had arrived.
Now, the medical board has suspended Biter's license indefinitely because of this new accusation.
According to an administrative court document exclusively obtained by NBC 7, Biter agreed to the immediate suspension.
Ted Mazer, M.D. is the vice speaker of the California Medical Association.
He says most doctors would fight tooth and nail to keep their license as long as possible meaning the evidence may be significant.
"I don't know the details and I don't want to cast any doubt on this particular case, but this doctor has agreed to let the medical board take action now pending a hearing,” Mazer said. “That has to say something to what he's being advised by his legal counsel."
NBC 7 San Diego could not reach Biter for comment before this report aired Thursday night. At this point it's unclear exactly when the medical board will hold a hearing about his future.
A previous statement from Biter’s attorney given to NBC 7 San Diego in May 2012 described him as a 2007 Scripps Physician Leadership Award recipient, one of San Diego’s 40 under 40 in San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, and the OB/GYN named the best by the readers of Ranch and Coast Magazine for four consecutive years.
Attorney Robert Vaage issued a statement from his clients the Lukacs, “I can tell you on behalf of the Lukacs' that they're grateful that the Medical Board has moved on this because their primary concern all along has been to try and do everything they can to make sure that what they went through doesn't happen to anybody else.”
An informal memorial will be held Friday for longtime San Diegan, attorney and political leader Murray Galinson.
The La Jolla resident passed away Thursday at 75 the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Galinson, who managed Walter Mondale’s presidential campaign, was a leader in the local Democratic Party for decades.
He taught law at California Western School of Law for more than 10 years in the 1970s and ran San Diego National Bank as its President and CEO.
Most important – Galinson (pictured right in a 1995 interview with NBC 7) worked to give back to the community.
Michael Brunker, Executive Director at Jackie Robinson Family YMCA, posted his condolences via Facebook calling Galinson a “true servant leader” who “was a great example of turning one's success into significance.”
Vice President Joe Biden was called Friday regarding Galinson's passing, said a friend.
Galinson was remembered by The City Club of San Diego Friday at Athens Market.
His friend of 40 years, George Mitrovich, said that he believe Galinson will go down in San Diego history as "one of a kind."
"I've never met anyone who was more like or highly respected that Murray," Mitrovich said. "He will be acknowledged as one of San Diego's great civic leaders."
Galinson is survived by his wife, Elaine, three children and eight grandchildren.
Congressman Scott Peters said he and his wife are "greatly saddened by the unexpected death of our friend Murray."
"We’ve had the privilege of being included in many of the political and civic-minded events he and Elaine have hosted in their home. And I’ve had the great privilege and great honor to know him, work with him, and in many ways, to learn from this wise, kind, and thoughtful leader."
An SDPD officer seriously injured in a collision with a suspected drunk driver is making a slow but successful recovery, his family said in a statement Friday.
Officer Travis Betley, 24, suffered major injuries while on-duty early Sunday morning when a suspected drunk driver T-boned his patrol car on westbound Mission Gorge Road at the northbound State Route 125 intersection in Santee.
The DUI suspect, 21-year-old Orange County resident Samuel Sullivan, was driving a pickup truck at a high rate of speed and ran through a red light, slamming into the driver’s door of Officer Betley’s car.
Officials said the force of the impact from the crash knocked both vehicles off the roadway. Betley became stuck inside his patrol car and had to be extricated from the wreckage by emergency crews using the Jaws of Life.
Officer Betley sustained serious wounds, including broken leg bones and internal injuries.
Sullivan sustained minor injuries and later admitted to being under the influence of alcohol. He was booked into jail.
Nearly one week after the crash, Betley’s family spoke out about his current condition and ongoing recovery process.
The family said Betley has undergone several successful surgeries and is now beginning physical therapy.
“He has a positive attitude and is ready to face the challenges ahead,” said his family in a statement. “Travis is a strong young man and is determined to return to the field as quickly as possible.”
The family thanked the community and San Diego Police Department for their concern and support during this difficult time. The family also had this reminder for the public:
“While focusing on the future and Travis’ recovery, the family would like to encourage all to be a good friend, neighbor and family member and remind everyone of the dangers of driving while under the influence.”
According to SDPD Assistant Chief Boyd Long, Betley has been in the police force for 14 months. He’s been patrolling for four months without a partner.
Given his injuries, Long told NBC 7 it could take up to one year before the rookie returns to work.
Those wishing to help Betley may contact the San Diego Police Officer’s Association.
Come next football season, it’ll be a little cheaper to watch the Chargers play at Qualcomm Stadium.
On Friday, the San Diego Chargers announced a rescaled season ticket price structure for the 2013 season in hopes of driving attendance to the stadium and minimizing local TV blackouts.
Here’s the game plan:
Season ticket prices for approximately 45,000 seats – or two-thirds of the seats at Qualcomm – will remain unchanged or are being reduced. Nearly 10,000 of those season seats in the “View” level of the stadium have been reduced and will cost $50 or less per game.
Some seats will cost as low as $39 per game.
Meanwhile, general season tickets for the 2013 season will range from $39 to $110 per game. Single-game prices will range from $52 to $130, meaning season ticket holders will save between $70 to $200 for the season.
But not every section of the stadium is lowering prices.
Season ticket prices for seats in prime locations such as “Field,” “Sideline Plaza” and “Press” are being increased by $10 or $20 per game. The Chargers office says the adjustment on those seats is more in line with similar sections in NFL stadiums around the country.
“We believe this new structure makes sense for all areas of the stadium, giving us a better opportunity to fill the stadium while also helping the Chargers remain a viable and competitive team,” said Chargers Senior Director of Ticket Sales and Services Todd Poulsen.
In the end, the goal is to get fans in those stadium seats, which also benefits fans watching from home.
According to the NFL’s policy, all games not completely sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff are required to be blacked out in the local market. This includes all signals within a 75-mile radius of the stadium. The League’s black out policy affects all telecasts, including cable and satellite.
Bolts fans know the blackout rule all too well.
The choppy 2012 season brought multiple blacked out Chargers games due to poor ticket sales in San Diego, including blacked out match-ups against the Cowboys, Falcons, Ravens, Bengals and Panthers.
Fans looking to purchase Chargers season tickets for 2013 can call 877-CHARGERS, stop by the Chargers’ ticket office at Gate C at Qualcomm Stadium or visit the Chargers website.
A tiny service dog that went missing in San Marcos Friday morning has been safely reunited with his owner, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department confirmed.
Zeus, a two-year-old Chihuahua was last seen around 11:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of Goodard Street in San Marcos. He was not wearing a collar or his service dog jacket at the time.
Officials released an alert about Zeus Friday, asking locals to be on the lookout for the pooch and contact the Sheriff’s non-emergency line with any information.
It worked.
Deputies said a San Marcos resident found Zeus and saw the Sheriff’s Department alert. He called officials and the service dog was reunited with his owner, who really needs him.
Zeus is known to bark when his owner's oxygen tank has any kind of issues or when his owner falls.
A second suspect was arrested in Arizona Friday night in connection with a widely publicized child sex-abuse sting.
According to ICE and Homeland Security Investigation agents, suspect Lance Fries, 43, of Tucson, Ariz., was arrested without incident Friday afternoon.
Fries could face federal charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a young boy and the production of child pornography in a case that originated out of Portland, Ore. He’s expected in federal court on Monday, according to ICE officials.
Fries’ arrest comes on the heels of the arrest of another suspect allegedly connected to a separate child porn and sexual assault case that happened in 11 years ago in Los Angeles.
Letha Montemayor, 52, was taken into custody Thursday night in the San Fernando Valley. She was previously dubbed "Jane Doe" by investigators who believe she was involved in the repeated sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. The assault was filmed and photographs depicting the abuse were "widely distributed online," according to ICE agents.
Both arrests were made less than 24 hours after federal authorities made a national announcement to the public for leads in three unsolved child pornography cases.
The cases are part of “Operation Sunflower,” a massive child predator sweep launched by the HSI two months ago directed at seeking justice for child abuse victims. On Thursday, the HSI released photographs of the suspects wanted in these particular cases.
Operation Sunflower has resulted in nearly 250 arrests of suspects in the U.S. and abroad, ICE agents said.
Seven of those arrests were made in San Diego, including the arrest of former Chula Vista teacher John Kinloch, 41, who's facing charges of child pornography and molestation.
With these latest arrests under their belts, ICE agents are crediting the power of the public.
"This is truly a remarkable turn of events and it again demonstrates the collective power that can be brought to bear when law enforcement and the public team up to combat the sexual exploitation of children," said ICE Director John Morton. "Those who produce and trade child pornography over the Internet believe they're protected by the anonymity of cyberspace. Through our collective efforts, we're proving these predators wrong and gaining justice for their innocent victims."
A San Diego woman started 2013 off right by claiming a winning MEGA Millions ticket worth more than $325,000.
According to the California Lottery office, a lotto ticket worth more $327,665 was sold on Christmas Day at the Vons grocery store located at 2250 Otay Lakes Road in Chula Vista.
The lucky ticket matched the numbers 2, 48, 3, 18, and 34, missing only the Mega number of 36 to win a pretty sizeable chunk of change.
On Jan. 4, the California Lottery office announced that the ticket had finally been claimed by local Aurora Aguirre, who was completely shocked by the win – especially because she bought the lucky ticket on Christmas Day.
“I can’t believe it,” said Aguirre. “That’s really a gift, totally unexpected.”
Aguirre didn’t check her ticket until New Year’s Eve, and the great news started her New Year off in the best way possible.
“It will be a better, kinder, gentler year. I’m really grateful to God,” she added.
This past November, another lucky lottery ticket worth nearly $185,000 was sold at Dick's Liquor store in La Jolla. In that instance, a very surprised local homemaker won the prize.
Local Olympian Jamie Nieto hosted his third annual Track and Field Clinic Saturday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.
According to Nieto's website, the Clinic ran from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Training Center located at 2800 Olympic Way.
The event was open to all USA Track and Field athletes in elementary school, middle school, high school and college. Coaches were also welcome.
The day’s schedule featured a warm-up and training from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., followed by a break and talk about nutrition. Training continued from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Afterwards, Nieto hosted an autograph signing session and introduced a guest speaker. According to Nieto’s camp, athletes Miki Barber, Dominique Arnold, Eric Werskey and Akiba McKinney were all scheduled to make appearances.
The clinic aimed to offer athletes a chance to train where real Olympians like Nieto train. Attendees also got a chance to learn about different track and field disciplines such as sprints, hurdles, long jump, shot put and high jump.
Participants also received coaching by local Olympians and world-class athletes who present individualized instruction for each athlete to build on their personal strengths and weaknesses. The clinic emphasized ways to develop mental and physical techniques for optimizing athletic performance.
The overall goal was to condition athletes through drills while helping them develop skills and speed.
Friends and family planned a special memorial ride Saturday in honor of a 25-year-old Clairemont resident who was recently killed in a head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver.
At around 1 a.m. on Dec. 29, Jayme Midlam was killed when DUI suspect April Thompson, 23, crashed head-on into Midlam’s 1972 Volkswagen Beetle on eastbound State Route 52 near the Mast Boulevard exit in Santee.
CHP officials said Thompson was driving her Chevy 2500 pickup truck the wrong way on the road when she fatally crashed into Midlam.
The pickup truck totaled Midlam’s much smaller vehicle and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Thompson was transported to a local hospital with moderate injuries. CHP officials suspected she was driving under the influence of alcohol during the fatal collision.
After receiving treatment for her injuries, Thompson was booked into Las Colinas Detention Facility on DUI charges and gross vehicular manslaughter.
On Thursday, she pleaded not guilty in court to the charges surrounding the deadly crash.
Prosecutors said Thompson had a blood-alcohol level that was double the legal limit when she drove the wrong way on SR-52 over the New Year holiday weekend.
She now faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Thompson is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday and then again on Jan. 14.
On Saturday, loved ones fondly remembered Midlam with a memorial ride into Clairemont. The group invited anyone that drives a VW Beetle to join in Midlam’s honor, gathering just before 2 p.m. in the 3400 block of Clairemont Drive.
At the memorial, NBC 7 spoke with a family spokesperson who said Midlam’s grief-stricken loved ones weren't quite ready to comment on his death. A memorial service was held for Midlam at a church on Clairemont Drive, right across the street from where the colorful line of VW Bugs lined up.
A good turnout of VW Bugs joined in the remembrance ride. At it's peak, there were 50 to 60 cars there. The cars boasted signs on their windows with messages for Midlam that read "RIP VW Brother."
Police on Monday are planning to announce rewards of $10,000 for information leading to the resolutions of the killings of three elderly women in San Bernardino whose cases might be linked.
The women were found dead in their ransacked homes in San Bernardino, police said. In at least two cases, items were taken from the home, police said.
On Nov. 14, one of the sons of Mary Beth Blaskey, 76, found her body inside her North Fremontia Drive home when he stopped by her house to give her a ride to the doctor’s office. Someone stole her Lexus, TV and computers, police said.
Blaskey’s youngest son Gunner said he wants justice, but won’t be satisfied by the police announcement Monday.
“No matter what they do, it won’t bring my mom back,” he said. “My heart’s broken. She loved everybody and everybody loved her. She liked to laugh and have fun. She was beautiful and intelligent. She was the world’s greatest mom.”
The body of Wanda Lee Paulin, was found on Dec. 12, 2010 inside her home in the 5000 block of Mountain View Drive. She was discovered by a relative who went to check on her when she didn’t show up for church, according to the San Bernardino Sun.
Paulin was a bookkeeper for more than 23 years at the First Presbyterian Church in San Bernardino, according to a neighborhood newsletter called The El Chicano Weekly.
The church website on Saturday urged congregants to sign letters of support to Gov. Jerry Brown to release reward money from the state to help solve her case. The church said it was offering pre-written letters and access to laptops and stationery for those people who want to write their own letters.
“We do this to protest violence against this sister in Christ,” the website read. “We also do it as a sign of love and support for Joanne & the rest of Wanda’s family.”
Susan Hassett found the body of Josephine Kelley, her 90-year-old mother, in the 2800 block of Muscupiable Drive on Sept. 15, 2005, the Sun wrote.
No details about how the women were killed were released nor would police say whether they were killed in a similar manner.
Saturday was a beautiful, clear winter day in sunny San Diego, but according to the National Weather Service (NWS), there’s some rain on the horizon.
The NWS says gusty winds and light to moderate rain is expected Sunday mainly in areas west of the mountains in San Diego County, with most of that precipitation trickling in during the morning hours.
Showers are expected to linger in the afternoon, more so in San Diego than across other parts of Southern California. There’s also a slight chance of thunderstorms and possibly small hail and more gusty winds.
The rain should diminish by Sunday night, the NWS says.
As for snow, levels are expected to lower to 4,500 to 5,000 feet Sunday, with possible local snowfall of two to three inches Sunday night in regions above 5,000 feet.
The NWS says the wet Sunday weather may impact visibility on slick roadways, so motorists are urged to be extra cautious while driving.
For the latest local weather information, click here.
