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Police are asking the public for information on the identity of a man found dead 40 years ago in San Diego. Photo: San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office SAN DIEGO–The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office is putting current technology into a renewed effort to identify a man whose body was found nearly 40 years ago. His remains were discovered in a burning … [Read more...] about Medical Examiner Office uses new technology to reopen 40-year-old cold case

A COVID-19 vaccination is administered at the Grossmont Center Vaccination super station. Photo: County of San Diego SAN DIEGO–New COVID-19 vaccinations sites are opening in Lemon Grove and Otay Mesa, the County Health and Human Services Agency said Monday. On Feb. 23, the Otay Mesa site will begin administering doses from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  and will be open Sunday … [Read more...] about COVID-19 vaccination clinics to open in Lemon Grove and Otay Mesa

From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020, CBP in Los Angeles issued 1,049 Emergency Action Notifications compared to 527 in 2019, a 99 percent increase. Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection LOS ANGELES–In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of shipments containing prohibited pork, chicken, beef, and duck products arriving from China intercepted by … [Read more...] about Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, meat contraband from China hit record levels

A COVID-19 vaccination is administered at the Grossmont Center Vaccination super station. Photo: County of San Diego SAN DIEGO–The federal government Friday announced it is ramping up efforts to get all delayed doses of COVID-19 vaccine to their destined locations by the end of next week. County health officials say the region is prepared to administer however many doses … [Read more...] about Delayed COVID-19 vaccine expected next week

Cincinnati feds seize 44 pounds of cocaine-soaked cereal. Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection CINCINNATI–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati intercepted smuggled narcotics in a shipment of cereal originating from South America.  The shipment contained about 44 pounds of cocaine coated corn flakes, which could have a street value of up to … [Read more...] about Cincinnati feds snare 44 pounds of cocaine-soaked cereal

SAN DIEGO–Due to national delays in vaccine shipments, all county COVID-19 vaccination points of dispensing, or PODs, and the North County Super Station in San Marcos are currently only offering appointments for second doses. Previously scheduled appointments for first doses at these sites are being rescheduled into next week. In addition, the vaccination super station at … [Read more...] about County sites rescheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments due to delivery delays

Lori Daniels, MD, cardiologist at UC San Diego Health. Photo: UC San Diego Health Sciences (Newswise)–As we continue to learn more about COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, it is not yet clear all the ways the disease may affect our bodies in the short- and long-term. While most persons recover and return to normal health after a COVID-19 infection, … [Read more...] about A ‘Stress Test’ for the heart

By Gina Yarbrough ESCONDIDO–Authorities continue their investigation of a vehicle collision that killed two homeless men sleeping in the bushes in Escondido on February 12, Escondido Police Department reported. A 13-year-old Vista girl and her juvenile passenger, were arrested by police officers at the scene of the crash. They were later released to their parents. At … [Read more...] about Escondido police continue investigation of fatal vehicle collision that killed two homeless men

Deputy M. Cascioppo was beaten by two inmates at the Vista Detention Facility in Vista. Photo: San Diego County Sheriff’s Department VISTA–Two inmates at the Vista Detention Facility on Saturday brutally attacked a Sheriff’s deputy while he was escorting a nurse to distribute medication to one of the housing modules, the Sheriff’s Department reports. The incident … [Read more...] about Two inmates brutally attack Sheriff’s deputy at Vista Detention Facility

By Gina Yarbrough CARLSBAD–Carlsbad police are investigating a case of a possible murder-suicide after finding a 33-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman dead inside their home Saturday.  Their identities are being withheld pending notification of the next of kin by the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office. Just after 6 p.m. p.m. Carlsbad police responded to the … [Read more...] about Man, woman found dead inside Carlsbad home