By Gina Yarbrough San Marcos, CA–The Sheriff’s Department and San Diego County Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s assistance in finding the driver of a pickup truck suspected in a hit-and-run collision with a motorcycle on June 15 in San Marcos, authorities said. Deputies responded to a call of a hit-and-run collision involving a…
A sketch of one of two suspects, and their getaway car. Photo: San Diego County Sheriff’s Department By Gina Yarbrough Imperial Beach, CA–The Imperial Beach Sheriff’s Department and San Diego County Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the suspects involved in an assault and robbery on May 11 in…
Boxing gloves. Image by Aberro Creative from Pixabay By Newswise Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head impacts that athletes get from contact sports. However, the definitive diagnosis of the disease can be made only after death through an autopsy. New research criteria for identifying who may be more…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The American Lung Association has launched a comprehensive effort to assist San Diegans through the process of determining their risk for lung cancer, how to access potentially life-saving screenings, and quitting tobacco use if applicable. California ranks 50th in the nation for high-risk individuals getting early-detection screenings, which increases the…
Photo by Gina Yarbrough By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom Monday issued a statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced its allocation of funding to deploy high-speed Internet access to everyone in America. California will receive $1.86 billion in funding from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program as part of President Biden’s 2021…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–More than half of all adult arrestees tested positive for methamphetamine, according to a new SANDAG report, CJ Bulletin: 2022 Adult Arrestee Drug Use in the San Diego Region. The positive rate of meth use in 2022 was 55% for female arrestees and 52% for males. The new report also…
Paralympian David Brown. Photo: U.S. Association of Blind Athletes By SDCN Editor Chula Vista, CA–The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) will host two blind soccer clinics on July 2, as part of the 2023 Angel City Games. The clinics will be conducted by members of the USA Blind Soccer Men’s National Team, including Paralympian…
Ashish “Yosh” Kakkad. Photo provided by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Chief Technology Officer Ashish “Yosh” Kakkad has been appointed to the California Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development Review Advisory Board, state officials said. Governor Gavin Newsom made the announcement on…
By Gina Yarbrough El Cajon, CA–A transient was arrested Thursday on suspicion of vandalizing a landscaper’s vehicle tires while he was cleaning a customer’s property, El Cajon Police Department said. Officers responded to reports of vandalism in the 400 block of East Main Street in El Cajon. The suspect was sleeping next to the business…
SANDAG, FACT launched on-demand wheelchair-accessible service for San Diego county residents. Photo provided by SANDAG By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation (FACT) representatives June 21 were joined by local community members to celebrate the launch of RideFACTNow, a new and first-of-its-kind on-demand specialized transportation…