By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from the San Diego Field Office released data of seized varieties of narcotics worth an estimated quarter billion dollars from January 1 to April 30, federal authorities said. The San Diego Field Office reports that the narcotics seized were from ports of entry at…
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego police arrested 15 people suspected of DUI at a checkpoint Thursday in downtown San Diego, authorities said. Officers conducted the DUI and driver’s license checkpoint between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. at 2475 Grand Avenue. During the checkpoint, approximately 755 vehicles were screened, 20 drivers…
By SDCN Editor Orange, CA–The rail line through San Clemente is set to reopen for passenger rail service on Saturday as emergency work has stabilized a hillside north of the Pier that last month scattered debris into the rail right of way below. Metrolink, which operates regional passenger rail service, and its contractors worked with…
By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom announced that $567 million is now available statewide to build much-needed multifamily affordable housing. This is part of the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s second round of funding under a streamlined, combined application across four programs which have to date provided over $1.3 billion to expand…
By Gina Yarbrough El Cajon, CA–The El Cajon Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint in East County this weekend, authorities said. The checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests in the city, El Cajon police said in a news release. Officers will operate the checkpoint on May 26…
By SDCN Editor The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and their partner organizations are observing Hepatitis Awareness Month to raise awareness about viral hepatitis and to promote strategies for prevention, testing, and care, the health organization said. To improve timely diagnosis and care and reduce health disparities, CDC recently released updated, universal hepatitis…
By SDCN Editor The founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, and the leader of the Florida chapter of the organization, were sentenced Thursday for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in…
San Diego Central Library. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego police arrested Thursday a suspect in connection with two shootings, one fatal at the Central Library in downtown San Diego. The suspect, 21-year-old Kenneth Cheney, was taken into custody at 2:45 p.m., Cheney was located in the area…
By Gina Yarbrough Lemon Grove, CA–A female pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle Wednesday at an intersection in Lemon Grove, authorities said. Deputies responded to a report of a traffic collision, just after 12:30 a.m., at the intersection of Broadway and Harris Street. Deputies found a 40-year-old woman who had been struck by a…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–In two separate incidents, gunfire was reported by San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents patrolling the immediate international border with Mexico. The most recent incident occurred just yards north of the border on Monday at 9:05 p.m., about one-half mile east of the San Ysidro port of entry. As agents…