By SDCN Editor Vista, CA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is partnering with the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office and the Oceanside Police Department to get unwanted guns off the streets. A Gun Safety event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on December 10 at the North County Regional Center, 325…
Photo of citrus greening plant damage from a fatal tree disease known as Huanglongbing. Photo courtesy of County of San Diego By County News Center San Diego, CA–The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a new citrus quarantine in Valley Center on Nov. 30 after detecting the fatal citrus tree disease known as Huanglongbing…
Sandra Day O’Connor being sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger as her husband John O’Connor looks on, September 25, 1981. (NAID 276563289) By National Archives News Staff Washington, D.C.–Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O’Connor died Friday at the age of 93….
By SDCN Editor Vista, CA–This holiday season, the Vista Sheriff’s Station is teaming up with local businesses to find and arrest shoplifters. On Thursday, Sheriff’s deputies conducted a retail theft operation at the Target stores located in the 1700 block of University Drive and 3100 block of Business Park Drive in Vista. Working with Target’s…
Chula Vista Police patrol vehicle. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By SDCN Editor Chula Vista, CA–Chula Vista police detectives are investigating an incident that led to the stabbing death of a woman, and serious injuries to her daughter allegedly by her husband, authorities said. On Wednesday, at approximately 8:03 p.m., the Chula Vista Police…
By SDCN Editor Baton Rouge, LA–A federal grand jury in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, returned an indictment Thursday charging a Louisiana man for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of over $148 million in medically unnecessary definitive urine drug testing services. According to court documents, Brad Paul Schaeffer, 48, of Zachary,…
By SDCN Editor Banning, CA–Sentencing for a Cathedral City man convicted of murdering an innocent father who had moved into the former home of the intended victim, is scheduled for sentencing at the Banning Justice Center. On Oct. 18, a jury found 27-year-old Josue Agustin Sanchezcasas guilty of the second-degree murder of Ruben Hernandez. He…
U.S. Border Patrol agents extracted a total of 218 pounds of liquid methamphetamine with an estimated value of $328,000 that was hidden in the gas tank of a vehicle. Photo provided by U.S. Border Patrol By SDCN Editor Indio, CA–El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at Highway 86 U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint arrested a…
Provided by Nickelodeon By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Nickelodeon will bring a live version of the popular children’s animated series, “Paw Patrol” to the San Diego Civic Theatre on January 5-7, 2024. Produced by Spin Master Entertainment, and presented by VStar Entertainment Group, “Paw Patrol Live!” is an interactive stage show where the audience can…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–A man was struck and killed Wednesday by a Coaster train in San Diego, authorities said. The incident occurred at approximately 7:55 p.m. near the intersection of Noell Street and Kurtz Street, the Sheriff’s Transit Enforcement Unit stated in the department’s news release. When San Diego Police officers arrived at…