By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Three local teachers were selected as San Diego Unified School District’s Teachers of the Year. Honored this year were Leann Samek from Audubon Elementary School, Lee Yepiz from DePortola Middle School, and Trishaa Camp from Scripps Ranch High School. Jillian Salazar from Tierrasanta Elementary School, Julie Rick from Marshall Middle…
By SDCN Editor Vista, CA–A 71-year-old man in Sheriff’s Department custody died on May 16 from medical issues at Tri-City Hospital in Vista, authorities said. Sheriff’s homicide investigators were notified of Maximillian Aguirre’s death at the hospital around 3 p.m. Aguirre had extensive medical issues unrelated to his incarceration and had been hospitalized since March…
By SDCN Editor An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to leading a conspiracy to sell stolen financial information on the dark web, also known as darknet. According to court documents, Michael Mihalo, aka Dale Michael Mihalo Jr., 40, of Naperville, was the founder of a darknet “carding” site called Skynet Market, which was used to…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego residents and business owners may have unclaimed money available to them, the City of San Diego said. City officials are asking the community to check and see if they might be owed a refund or payment. According to the City’s Unclaimed Monies Report, there is $833,165 in unclaimed…
San Diego students Blessyn Lavender Williams and Matthew Quitoriano. Photo provided by San Diego Unified School District Board of Education By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Two San Diego students will take the oath of office in June after capturing the vote among their high school peers to earn a seat on the San Diego Unified…
Credit: Seiya Tabuchi/iStock By Christine Clark, Director of Communications, Rady School of Management and School of Global Policy and Strategy (Newswise)–People who experience periods of high inflation are more likely to buy a home, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management. The paper, to be published…
Still image from the film, “Time for Change: The Kathy Bruyere Story.” Photo: GI Film Festival San Diego By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The GI Film Festival San Diego kicks off May 15 at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park with two documentaries of two local female veterans. The event begins with the…
Bicycle lane. Photo by Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–May is National Bicycle Safety Month, and Oceanside police are encouraging people to take bike rides actively and safely. To help keep people biking or walking safe, the Oceanside Police Department will conduct a traffic safety operation throughout the month focused on…
Ketamine is a human and veterinary anesthetic that is abused as a party drug, sometimes with very serious health consequences. Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection By SDCN Editor Sterling, VA–It might have been a micro stereo, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers clearly didn’t like the loud sound they heard emanating from it…
By SDCN Editor The NFL announced its 18-week, 272-game regular-season schedule for 2023, which kicks off on September 7, in Kansas City and concludes with 16 division games in Week 18 – two on Saturday, January 6, and 14 on Sunday, January 7. The 2023 NFL schedule, powered by AWS, will feature each team playing…