Gov. Newsom receives updates on storms emergency response

Gov. Newsom receives updates on storms emergency response

Governor Gavin Newsom receives state winter storm updates from emergency response officials at the State Operations Center. Photo provided by Office of Governor By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom met with emergency response officials Sunday at the State Operations Center and received an update on winter storms and the state’s work to support disaster…

Ashley Graham, Vanessa Hudgens, and Lilly Singh host Countdown to the Oscars

Ashley Graham, Vanessa Hudgens, and Lilly Singh host Countdown to the Oscars

From left, Ashley Graham (photo credit Ben Ritter), Vanessa Hudgens (photo credit ©A.M.P.A.S.®), and Lilly Singh (photo credit: Shayan Asgharnia) By SDCN Editor Los Angeles, CA–Model Ashley Graham, actor Vanessa Hudgens, and multi-hyphenate Lilly Singh will host “Countdown to the Oscars,” the official lead-in to the 95th Oscars on March 12 in Los Angeles. This…

Rady Children’s Hospital launch new college basketball tournament

Rady Children’s Hospital launch new college basketball tournament

Basketball hoop in basketball court. Photo credit: Markus Spiske (Pexels) By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Rady’s Children’s Hospital and Sports San Diego, the producers of the Holiday Bowl, have teamed up to launch a new invitational, annual college basketball tournament that will take place during the Thanksgiving holiday.  The Rady Children’s Invitational will feature four…

Songs Of Bacharach and Costello celebrate three decades of songwriting partnership

Songs Of Bacharach and Costello celebrate three decades of songwriting partnership

Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello. Photo credit: UMe By SDCN Editor Los Angeles, CA– ”The Songs of Bacharach & Costello,” personally compiled by Elvis Costello, brings together all of the published songs that Costello wrote with Burt Bacharach, one of the great composers of popular music in the 20th and 21st centuries.  Available through UMe,…

Donna Summer’s album to be released on digital 40th-anniversary edition

Donna Summer’s album to be released on digital 40th-anniversary edition

Credit: Francesco Scavullo/Universal Music Archives By SDCN Editor Los Angeles, CA–Mercury/UMe will release a digital-only 40th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of Donna Summer’s all-time classic solo album, “She Works Hard For The Money.”  Originally released June 13, 1983, when musical tastes were changing by the minute, “She Works Hard For The Money” sealed the late singer as…

Escondido police issue 42 citations at a DUI checkpoint

Escondido police issue 42 citations at a DUI checkpoint

By SDCN Editor Escondido, CA–Escondido police issued 42 citations to unlicensed drivers while conducting a DUI checkpoint on March 2 within the city limits.  One citation was issued to a driver who was driving on a suspended license and was uninsured. Two citations were issued to drivers not wearing seatbelts. Three citations were issued for…

Romanian man arrested, charged in $5 million COVID relief fraud

Romanian man arrested, charged in $5 million COVID relief fraud

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–A suspected organized crime figure from Romania was arrested and charged in a federal complaint today with masterminding a scheme to steal more than $5 million in California unemployment insurance benefits intended to help workers impacted by the pandemic. According to the complaint, Constantin Sandu conspired with 214 unnamed Romanian…