Babadook By SDCN Editor Encinitas, CA–Babadook is Rancho Coastal Humane Society’s pet of the week. He’s a 7-month-old, 7-pound, male, domestic shorthair cat with a black and white coat. Babadook was found as a stray kitten. He transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society from Riverside County through Friends of County Animal Shelters. He gets along…
By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–A residential structure fire injured one person and displaced 13 others in Vista on Saturday, fire officials said. Oceanside and Vista Fire Departments responded to a call of a structure fire just after 12 p.m. in the 2900 block of Thunder Drive. The fire, which initially started on the exterior of…
The Sheriff’s Department collected 105 firearms at a gun safety event held in Encinitas on Saturday. Photo provided by Sheriff’s Department. By Gina Yarbrough Encinitas, CA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement agencies collected 105 unwanted firearms off the street at a gun safety event in Encinitas on Saturday. The firearms were…
By SDCN Editor Murrieta, CA–A Temecula man will spend 15 years to life in prison for the fentanyl-related homicide of a 26-year-old woman three years ago. The case was prosecuted by Deputy DA Jerry Pfohl of the District Attorney’s Homicide Division and was the first of 25 active fentanyl-related homicide cases in Riverside County to…
A structure fire originated in the kitchen of a unit at the Island Club Apartments Friday in Oceanside. Photo: Oceanside Fire Department By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–A structure fire at an apartment complex displaced one person and two dogs Friday in Oceanside, fire officials said. Oceanside Fire Department personnel were dispatched to a second-story apartment…
By SDCN Editor Escondido, CA–Authorities are investigating an officer-involved fatal shooting of an armed man caught sleeping at a mobile home complex in Escondido on Friday. Escondido police received a call about a man sleeping in a sleeping bag on the porch of a mobile home in the 2500 block of East Valley Parkway. As officers…
Escondido Police Department vehicle. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By SDCN Editor Escondido, CA–The Escondido Police Department was awarded a $495,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The grant will support the department’s ongoing enforcement and education programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on the roads. “This…
By Gina Yarbrough Vista, CA–A man was arrested on suspicion of setting a house fire that killed one person on October 27 in Vista, authorities said. The suspect was identified as 50-year-old Gregory Triana Villegas. He was charged with one count of murder and one count of arson. He was transported and booked into the…
U.S. Coast Guard grads at the first California-based Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the establishment of its first California-based Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program. Rear Adm. Andrew Sugimoto, Eleventh District Commander, announced the program’s official…
From left, Craig and Terri Gainor, and Dianne and Howard Boehm. Photo: Vincent Andrunas (La Jolla Light) By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla and Walden Family Services Wine D’Vine gala surpassed its fundraising goal this year. More than 50 attendees were treated to delicious entrees and desserts…