By SDCN Staff A U.S. citizen who previously resided in Ukraine was sentenced to 42 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to court documents, Harold Sobel, 69, was a member of an international criminal enterprise that unlawfully debited money from the bank accounts of unknowing…
Colored SEM image of a pneumonia-fighting microrobot made of an algae cell (green) covered with biodegradable polymer nanoparticles (brown). The nanoparticles contain antibiotics and are coated with neutrophil cell membranes. Credit: Fangyu Zhang and Zhengxing Li By Newswise La Jolla, CA–Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny swimming robots, called microrobots,…
Hall of Justice in downtown San Diego. By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–The San Diego District Attorney’s Office has filed child molestation charges against a 72-year-old man for an April 2017 incident in which he molested a 5-year-old victim at a church on the University of San Diego campus. Chester Yang, who was extradited from…
By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said Thursday that Capital One will pay $2 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by a statewide team of district attorneys alleging the bank made unreasonably frequent or harassing phone calls to debtors in California. The civil consumer protection complaint alleges that…
By SDCN Editor Washington, D.C.–A California man was sentenced Thursday to 42 months in federal prison for his role in accessing, monitoring, and conveying confidential and sensitive information that could be used to identify and locate Twitter users of interest to the Saudi Royal Family. Ahmad Abouammo, 45, formerly of Walnut Creek and currently residing…
By SDCN Staff Escondido, CA–The Escondido Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint on Saturday, beginning at 6 p.m. at an undisclosed location within the Escondido city limits, authorities said. Checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. The primary purpose of checkpoints is not to make arrests, but to…
New subspecies, called the Eastern Tropical Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus nuuanu), is smaller than other common bottlenose dolphins. Credit: NOAA By Newswise A marine researcher at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science has identified a new bottlenose dolphin subspecies found only in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. …
Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios Hollywood on Friday, February 17, 2023. Photo: Universal Studios Hollywood By SDCN Staff Universal City, CA–Super Nintendo World, the innovative, immersive, and highly-anticipated themed land officially opens at Universal Studios Hollywood on February 17, 2023. This all-new, dynamic land will be a visual spectacle of vibrant colors and…
Emerson Elementary School students and staff at a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the campus’s transformation. Photo: San Diego Unified School District By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–One of Southcrest’s oldest elementary schools celebrated its new state-of-the-art facilities and the completion of campus-wide renovations on Thursday. Emerson Elementary School students joined San Diego Unified…
Packages containing 91 pounds of methamphetamine were seized by Customs and Border Protection officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry. Photo: Customs and Border Protection By SDCN Staff Eagle Pass, TX–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Camino Real International Bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas seized methamphetamine that…