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May “Maya” Millete By Gina Yarbrough Chula Vista, CA–Chula Vista police Friday afternoon served a second search warrant at the South Bay home of missing mother Maya Millete. Investigators served the search warrant at around 4:30 p.m. at the residence in the 2400 block of Paseo Los Gatos, according to authorities at the location. Maya shared the home with her husband, … [Read more...] about Chula Vista police serve second search warrant at missing mother May “Maya” Millete’s home

Paul Torres Jimenez De La Cuesta. Photo: Homeland Security Investigations San Diego, CA–Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations is seeking the public’s assistance to identify potential victims of a former preschool teacher convicted of child exploitation. Paul Torres Jimenez De La Cuesta, 29, of Imperial Beach, California, pleaded guilty April 5 to … [Read more...] about Feds seeks help identifying potential victims of ex-preschool teacher convicted of child exploitation

By Gina Yarbrough Encinitas, CA–The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the identity of a man whose body washed ashore Tuesday morning on Stonesteps Beach in Encinitas. He was identified as 32-year-old Christopher Andrew Gibson.The cause and manner of death is under investigation, according to the medical examiner’s office. On Tuesday, a passerby … [Read more...] about Man found dead on Encinitas beach identified

Karl Hagel and Pat McChesney, field engineers with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network team at the University of Washington, install earthquake monitoring equipment on the slopes of Mount St. Helens, with Mount Hood in the distance. Photo: Marc Biundo, University of Washington. Courtesy of Marc Biundo/University of Washington) Pasadena, CA– After 15 years of planning and … [Read more...] about West Coast gets access to ShakeAlert earthquake early warning

Bentonville, AR–Walmart and Sam’s Club announced a new COVID-19 vaccine milestone: Immunizations are now available to customers and associates in all of their more than 5,100 pharmacy locations nationwide, across 49 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. This includes the 308 Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies in California. Vaccines are being administered through both … [Read more...] about Walk-up COVID-19 vaccines available at all Walmart, Sam’s Club pharmacies across California

Oceanside, CA–Residents who are victims of a crime can use Zoom to report it to the Oceanside Police Department. On Wednesday, Oceanside police will implement a new Zoom crime reporting system. Zoom Crime reporting provides a face-to-face reporting function that is not present with traditional phone reporting. Also, it provides users with the ability to have face-to-face … [Read more...] about Oceanside police implement Zoom for crime reporting

Carlsbad, CA–May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Carlsbad Police Department is partnering with the California Office of Traffic Safety to encourage the community to share the road and to “check twice for motorcycle riders.” With nearly 900,000 registered motorcycles in the state, many road users are going places without the same protections as drivers. … [Read more...] about Carlsbad police raise awareness of motorcycle safety

Carlsbad police investigate a bomb threat Monday at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa. Photo: Gina Yarbrough By Gina Yarbrough Carlsbad, CA–Carlsbad police have launched an investigation into a suspicious phone call of a bomb threat Monday afternoon at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa.  Due to the size of the resort, Carlsbad police, along with resort security and … [Read more...] about Authorities investigate bomb threat at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria (center) presents a proclamation declaring May 1, 2021, Monarch Day in the city of San Diego to Paul Baribault, President and Chief Executive Officer of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (left), and Paige Howorth, the McKinney Family Director of Invertebrate Care and Conservation (right). Photo: San Diego Zoo San Diego, CA–The monarch butterfly is … [Read more...] about Mayor Todd Gloria presents proclamation to recognize Monarch Butterfly Day at San Diego Zoo

A Coast Guard Sector San Diego boarding crew identified and terminated a 19-foot runabout state-registered vessel for failing to have a credentialed mariner aboard while carrying passengers for hire. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard San Diego, CA–Coast Guard Sector San Diego and San Diego Harbor Police personnel have completed more than 140 safety boardings in 2021 to identify and … [Read more...] about Coast Guard cautions the public against illegal charters in San Diego