SDCN Editor Washington, D.C.–The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, and Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday a crackdown on telemarketing operations responsible for billions of illegal calls to U.S. consumers. The announcement caps approximately a year of enforcement actions taken by federal and state agencies to combat the scourge of illegal telemarketing, including robocalls and scam…
By SDCN Editor Chula Vista, CA–The Southwestern College governing board voted on July 10 to create an appointment process to fill the at-large vacancy left by former Trustee Griselda Delgado who resigned on July 6. The provisional appointment process allows any registered voter in the college’s attendance area to apply. The application period is open…
By SDCN Editor Fallbrook, CA–A one-year girl was accidentally shot by her 3-year-old sibling Monday morning at their home in Fallbrook, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s Department dispatch received a call around 7:30 a.m. about a shooting at a residence in the 1100 block of South Stagecoach Lane in Fallbrook. When deputies…
Oceanside Fire Engine. Photo by Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–First responders treated six men on Friday to a reported overdose of the deadly drug fentanyl, fire officials said. Oceanside Fire Department paramedics, lifeguards, and police officers responded to the incident at Seagaze Park, adjacent to the beach located to the…
Photo: CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire Protection District Communications Bureau By Gina Yarbrough Valley Center, CA–Cal Fire crews stopped an eight-acre vegetation fire that erupted Sunday morning in Valley Center, fire officials said. The blaze destroyed one building, and there were no reported injuries to civilians or firefighters. The 10-acre fire was first reported around…
Top, from left: Lena McEachern and Amaya Huggins. Bottom, from left: Courtney Huggins and Shaylee Anderson. Photo: North County African American Association By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–For the third year, North Island Credit Union has partnered with the North County African American Women’s Association (NCAAWA) to provide four $2,500 college scholarships to local students. The North…
Oceanside Fire Engine. Photo by Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–First responders treated six men on Friday to a reported overdose of the deadly drug fentanyl, fire officials said. Oceanside Fire Department paramedics, lifeguards, and police officers responded to the incident at Seagaze Park, adjacent to the beach located to the…
Oceanside Fire Department crews at the scene of a duplex fire Thursday afternoon that severely damaged a unit, and displaced a family of six in Oceanside. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–A family of six was displaced Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out at their residential duplex in Oceanside,…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Nine2Five, LLC and its owner, Sebastian Guthery, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to felony crimes related to the illegal importation of kratom, an opioid-like plant, and the subsequent laundering of proceeds from the sale of the illegally imported product, federal prosecutors said. In pleading guilty, Guthery admitted to…
Credit: Image by iStock demaerre By Inga Kiderra (Newswise)–Can you tell if what you’re reading right now was written by a human or generated by artificial intelligence? Do you care? Those are essentially the questions that University of California San Diego researchers asked in an experiment with ChatGPT at a regional high school. The researchers…