San Diego

Encinitas, CA–The San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force Tuesaday conducted a demand reduction operation in Encinitas targeting sex buyers and traffickers.  During the operation, authorities arrested 23 adult males for being in violation of “Solicitation of Prostitution.” The San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force was formed to combat human trafficking by recovering … [Read more...] about Authorities conduct anti-human trafficking demand reduction operation

City of Oceanside. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/ San Diego County News Oceanside, CA–Since June 2020, the City of Oceanside has partnered with Service Line Warranties of America to offer protection to city homeowners for the water and sewer service lines that connect their homes to the city’s utility systems.  The service line coverage is voluntary and available at affordable … [Read more...] about Oceanside offers service line protection for homeowners

A San Diego resident gets vaccinated at a COVID-19 vaccination site at San Diego State University. Photo: County of San Diego San Diego, CA–The County of San Diego is preparing to offer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations to youth ages 12-15 as soon as it is authorized by the California Department of Public Health. That guidance is expected soon, and delivery of the vaccine … [Read more...] about County preparing to vaccinate 12- to 15-year-olds

Merle Wakefield San Diego, CA–Following arguments by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to keep a sexually violent predator from being placed in an Mt. Helix neighborhood, a San Diego Superior Court judge Monday denied a court continuance in the matter and also denied placement for him at the Horizon Hills address. Liberty Healthcare, which operates the … [Read more...] about Judge denies sexually violent predator placement at Mt. Helix home

Photo: SDG&E San Diego, CA–San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) newest wildfire-fighting partners, approximately 220 goats, are taking a bite out of potential wildfire ignition sources and carbon emissions.  Last week, the company initiated its Goat Grazing pilot program, a vegetation measure that utilizes goats to clear brush and other vegetation-ignition … [Read more...] about SDG&E pilots goat grazing program to help clear brush and prevent wildfires

Credit: Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, with public domain images and background transplant surgery photograph courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine (Newswise)–In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers show that although two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that … [Read more...] about Organ transplant recipients remain vulnerable to Covid-19 even after second vaccine dose

San Diego, CA–The County of San Diego is expanding the hours and extending appointment windows at three COVID-19 vaccination sites, and adding more pop-up and drop-in clinics. The hours will run until 8 p.m. at the vaccination sites in Oceanside, Chula Vista, and El Cajon. The extended hours will give people access to vaccination shots after work, by appointment, or just by … [Read more...] about County adds night COVID-19 vaccination hours and mobile sites

By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–Oceanside police Friday evening are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in a canoe in a riverbed area near the beach and Interstate 5. Police officers received a 6 p.m. report of a white male in his 50’s dead inside the canoe in the 1000 block of North Pacific Street in Oceanside. The cause of death is … [Read more...] about Oceanside police find a man’s body in a canoe

The agents Tuesday seized nearly 13 pounds of heroin on Interstate 8 in Pine Valley, California. Photo: U.S. Border Patrol Pine Valley, CA–U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two U.S. citizens on Tuesday who were transporting nearly 13 pounds of heroin in their vehicle. At approximately 3:45 p.m., a man driving a dark-colored Chevy Avalanche pulled into the Interstate 8 … [Read more...] about Feds seize heroin at Interstate 8 checkpoint in Pine Valley

Sheriff’s deputies shut down an illegal marijuana dispensary in Spring Valley. Photo: San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Spring Valley, CA–Sheriff’s deputies Friday afternoon shut down an illegal marijuana dispensary and arrested 15 people in Spring Valley.  The Sheriff’s Narcotics and Gang Division served a search warrant at 2 p.m. in the 9000 block of Olive Drive. … [Read more...] about Deputies shut down illegal marijuana dispensary, 15 people arrested in Spring Valley