1 Hospitalized After Chicago Sinkhole Swallows 3 Cars
One person was hospitalized after three vehicles were swallowed Thursday morning by a large sinkhole on Chicago's South Side, officials said. A circa-1915 city water main broke under more than five...
View ArticleUnofficial Stops Signs Appear in Point Loma
Could illegal stop signs be popping up in your neighborhood? Someone in Point Loma put up signs without the city's knowledge last summer. Locals woke up one morning and found that two yield signs had...
View ArticleRefugee Students Claim School Asked Them to Leave
High school graduation numbers have been released, and the second worst numbers in San Diego County came from Grossmont Union High School District. Officials said it's the district's huge refugee...
View ArticleSF 1906 Quake Ceremony Moved, Suspicious Backpack
The annual commemoration of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco had a last-minute change Thursday morning when San Francisco police moved the event because of a black backpack they thought was...
View ArticleSoCal Sea Lion Strandings Slowing Down
The epidemic that has so far caused 1,193 ailing sea lion pups to wash ashore in Southern California since January seems to be slowing down, according to marine mammal experts. Sarah Wilkin, the...
View ArticleTon of Wood Dumped at SR-163 Off-Ramp
A truck dumped thousands of pounds of wood along one of the busiest highway off-ramps into downtown San Diego Thursday. The California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert for the incident at the...
View ArticleSuspicious Device Shuts Down Street in Rancho Penasquitos
The report of a suspicious device shut down a street in Rancho Penasquitos for more than an hour Thursday morning as law enforcement officials investigated. San Diego police arrived in the 9800-block...
View Article18 Suspected Drug Traffickers Arrested in Sweep
Federal, state and local law enforcement agents arrested 18 suspected methamphetamine and heroin traffickers during pre-dawn raids in the North County Wednesday morning, the office of U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleLocal Man, 22, Dies From Meningococcal Disease
A local 22-year-old man has died from meningococcal disease, the County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) announced Wednesday. According to the HHSA, the previously healthy man was admitted to a...
View ArticleIll. Gov. Declares State of Emergency Amid Floods
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has declared a state of emergency in his state, as the Chicago area grappled with widespread flooding and another wave of storms on the way. "Heavy rainfall over the past few...
View ArticleHAZMAT Investigating Possible Cyanide
A HAZMAT team is investigating an item delivered to a fire station in Chula Vista. Around 10 a.m. a man went to Fire Station No. 5 at 391 Oxford st. after finding containers labeled "cyanide" in his...
View ArticleBody Found in Missing Woman's Car
Homicide detectives were called to an area of Kearny Mesa south of State Route 52 for the report of a suspicious death on Thursday. San Diego police officers were in the 7700-block of Convoy Court on...
View ArticleConstruction to Shut Down I-15 Lanes
Motorists driving in both directions on Interstate 15 will experience some detours beginning this Sunday as the highways are closed for nighttime construction. According to Caltrans, all lanes in both...
View ArticleSaying "I Do" to a House Before a Spouse
Johnathon Elko and Natalia Van Stralen bought their first house two months ago, but they aren't getting married until September. They are not alone. According to a survey by Coldwell Banker Real...
View ArticleSDSU Students Work on Boston Bombings Case
Immediately after the bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line, students at San Diego State University were already trying to solve the case. “Within two minutes of when it happened we were already...
View ArticleLocals Organize ‘Boston Strong’ Run in San Diego
San Diegans are coming together to remember the victims of the Boston Marathon with a special run at De Anza Cove in Mission Bay. On Monday at 6 p.m., dozens of local runners are set to gather at 2750...
View ArticleSan Diego Warned of Increased Fire Danger
The combination of warm and windy weather has prompted a red flag warning for San Diego County through Friday according to the National Weather Service. San Diego’s mountains including Palomar and...
View ArticleScripps Mercy Cancels Surgeries All Day
Surgeries were canceled at Scripps Mercy Hospital on Thursday. A statement from the Hillcrest hospital said the decision was made after an internal review of operating rooms. Scripps Mercy Hospital...
View ArticleCoronado Residents Targeted in Phone Scams
Phone scams involving lies about personal bank accounts or grandchildren, as well as requests for money and personal information, are targeting residents in Coronado, police confirmed. According to...
View ArticleViolent Month in Tijuana
A gun battle breaks out between police and cartel in the middle of a Tijuana street. It is a scene that played out over and over again back in 2010 with more than 800 homicides that year. But Baja...
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