30,000 Pounds of Protein for San Diego Food Bank
San Diego Food Bank received a “tremendous donation” of 30,000 pounds of ham Thursday. Vons, Smithfield and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) donated 30,000 pounds of meat Thursday to the...
View ArticleArrest Made in Encinitas Death
Deputies responded to a body found in Encinitas on Thursday morning. A man was found dead on the side lawn of a house on the 2900-block of Lone Jack Road around 9:40 a.m., according to the sheriff's...
View ArticlePentagon Reduces Furlough Days
Civilians working for the military in San Diego have been bracing themselves for a major hit to their pocketbook in the form of furloughs due to sequestration cuts. Now there's a little bit of good...
View ArticleMilitary Furlough Days Reduced
The Pentagon announced that the number of furlough days has been reduced in the sequestration cuts.
View ArticleFCGU's Magic Ends With Loss to Florida
Cinderella ran out of fairy dust. The Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles, who entered the NCAA tournament as an obscure 15th seed and made a historic run to the Sweet Sixteen, lost to their...
View ArticleNCAA: Michigan Wins Against Kansas, 87-85
Trey Burke made up for one of his worst starts with the best shot of his life. Burke bounced back from a scoreless first half to score 23 points, including a long 3-pointer in the final seconds of...
View ArticleHalf Brothers Arrested in Separate Armed Robberies
Two men in Pennsylvania who are former members of the Kutztown University football team have been arrested. Shahaid and Kali Smith, who are half brothers, are facing charges in separate armed robberies...
View ArticlePeace Officers Assoc. Pulls $50,000 From Christopher Dorner Reward
The Peace Officers Research Association of California became the second entity to reject paying its share of the reward pot issued during the manhunt for a murderous ex-police officer, union president...
View ArticleNYPD Braces for Possible Easter Sunday Gang Violence
The NYPD is again planning to beef up patrols in Times Square and Midtown the night of Easter Sunday, a day that in recent years has seen violence as part of a yearly gang initation ritual following...
View ArticleChargers Foundation Offers $250K in School Grants
The Chargers Community Foundation is offering $250,000 in grants to San Diego schools for physical fitness, nutrition and athletic programs. The grants will be disbursed to local schools through the...
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National Zoo Inseminates Giant Panda
The National Zoo announced Saturday that a team of scientists and veterinarians had artificially inseminated the zoo's female giant panda after natural breeding failed to occur. The statement said that...
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Man Arrested for Firing on Postal Worker with BB Gun
A suspect armed with a BB gun fired at a U.S. Postal Service truck in Mission Valley, San Diego Friday afternoon, police confirmed. The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. in the 1900 block of Camino De...
View ArticleMichigan Stuns Top-Seeded Kansas in OT
Basketball is a team sport, but the Michigan Wolverines can thank point guard Trey Burke for overcoming top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks Friday night in what was perhaps the most exciting game of the NCAA...
View ArticlePublic Divided on Children’s Pool Policy
San Diego residents have mixed views on a new policy implemented by Mayor Bob Filner earlier this month that required the La Jolla Children’s Pool to be closed at night. Filner said that a seal camera...
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Tree Trimming May Be Motive in Homicide: Neighbor
The shooting death of a man in the upscale, quiet community of Olivenhain Thursday may have been motivated by an ongoing feud over trimming trees according to one resident. John Upton, 56, of Encinitas...
View ArticlePipeline Construction Begins for Desal Plant
Friday marked a major milestone for Carlsbad’s highly-anticipated desalination plant project, which aims to bring a massive supply of fresh drinking water daily to San Diego County starting in 2016....
View ArticleFact Check: Officer Investment Claim
Scott Lewis and Lisa Halverstadt with the Voice of San Diego talk about a claim that the city invests $190,000 in each new officer in their first year. Get more from voiceofsandiego.org here.Photo...
View ArticleLandmark National City Restaurant To Close
When El Juan Café first opened its doors in 1946, the United Nations had just formed after the end of World War II; Naval Base San Diego was expanding with a post-war mission of repairing ships; and...
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Police ID Suspect in 10-Year-Old's Abduction
Investigators named a 30-year-old parolee as wanted in the case of a missing 10-year-old girl from Northridge in southern California, who turned up barefoot and wounded in Woodland Hills last week....
View ArticleTexas District Attorney, Wife Found Dead in Home
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were found shot to death inside their Forney home Saturday, nearly two months to the day after his top assistant was gunned down on...
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