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Alligator Used to Guard Bay Area Pot: Cops
It began as a routine probation check but quickly turned into a trip to the Oakland Zoo after Alameda County Sheriffs Deputies walked into a house on the 19000 block of Mount Jasper Drive in Castro...
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Chili Powder Defendant Pleads Not Guilty
An Apple Valley woman accused of murder for allegedly feeding chili powder to a toddler who later had a seizure and died pleaded not guilty Thursday in San Bernardino County Superior Court. Amanda...
View ArticleCute Panda Cub Makes Outdoor Debut
San Diego Zoo panda cub Xiao Liwu took his first steps in his new habitat on Wednesday. Elena Gomez reports.
View ArticlePresidential Inauguration Gets First Latino, Gay Poet
The presidential inauguration ceremony is getting its first Latino and LGBT poet. Richard Blanco, born in Spain to Cuban exiles, will recite a selection of his work during President Barack Obama's...
View ArticlePastor Out at Obama Inauguration Over Comments on Gays
Rev. Louie Giglio, an evangelical pastor from Atlanta tapped to give the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, has been dropped from the ceremony amid controversy over his past comments...
View Article16-Year-Old Shot in Calif. High School
A student armed with a 12-gauge shotgun entered his classroom at a Southern California high school Thursday morning and shot a classmate, who is in critical but stable condition, and attempted to shoot...
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Alligator-Creature, "Mr. Teeth," Used to Guard Drugs, Dies
There is a sad update to a pot bust that included a 5-foot alligator-like creature who was used by his owner to guard drugs in Castro Valley. Veterinarians at the Oakland Zoo reported on Thursday that...
View Article3 Birds Found Severed Near Beach
Three birds were found with their heads detached from their bodies in Pacific Beach Thursday morning, lifeguards said. At about 11:20 a.m., a man notified lifeguards of some potentially "mutilated"...
View ArticleHero Cop Makes Second Rescue
The same officer who saved a mother and her two teenage daughters from a burning building earlier this week has made a second heroic rescue. Just after midnight Thursday, police said a driver lost...
View ArticleNeighbor Rescues Woman From Burning House
A fire that started out in a garage spread to a home in the Casa de Oro neighborhood of San Diego's east county. Firefighters arrived to the home in the 4100 block of Avoyer Place at about 9 a.m.,...
View ArticleLocal 'Veterans Court' Gives Vets a Second Chance
San Diego is one of a handful of counties nationwide helping veterans get treatment and a new start after getting into trouble with the law. The San Diego Veterans Court in the city of El Cajon is the...
View ArticlePhone Scammers Pose as Deputies, Demand Money
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department issued an alert Thursday regarding a string of alleged phone scammers who have been posing as deputies and demanding money from the public. According to officials,...
View Article20-Year-Old Suspect Charged in Lincoln Park Murder
A 20-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged in the fatal shooting a man in Lincoln Park, investigators confirmed Thursday. Suspect Aron Franklin was arrested Saturday evening in Mountain View...
View ArticleFilner: 'Stop Targeting Pot Dispensaries'
Mayor Bob Filner is asking police to stop targeting pot dispensaries in San Diego. In a statement issued Thursday night, the mayor asked the Neighborhood Code Compliance Department and Police...
View ArticleFire Engulfs Rancho Santa Fe Mansion
A two-alarm fire engulfed a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe Thursday night, fire officials confirmed. The blaze began around 9:20 p.m. at a residence in the 6700 block of Via Cordoba. When fire officials...
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Teacher, Supervisor "Disarmed" School Gunman
The "heroics" of a teacher and campus supervisor protected students Thursday morning after a student with a shotgun opened fire on a 16-year-old classmate in a Kern County high school classroom, police...
View ArticleMultiple Suspects Arrested During Sweep
Police made multiple arrests Thursday morning during a sweep in relation to an attempted murder that happened last year, according to officials. One person was arrested at the 9200-block of Harness...
View ArticleAbandoned Dog Found Dying in School Dumpster
The County of San Diego Department of Animal Services is looking for the person or persons responsible for abandoning a dog inside a school dumpster in Spring Valley. According to Animal Services, a...
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Pot Found Hidden Inside Boxes of Carrots
Local U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers got quite the surprise when they discovered nearly 310 pounds of marijuana hidden inside a shipment of vegetables at the Otay Mesa cargo facility....
View ArticleVictims Stabbed, Sexually Assaulted During L.A. Mall Hostage Situation
One person was sexually assaulted and another was stabbed in the neck during a hostage situation at a Los Angeles shopping mall that ended early Friday. That hostage situation in a Nordstrom Rack store...
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