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U.K.’s Jack Blake inks deal through 2023 season with San Diego Loyal. Photo courtesy of San Diego Loyal San Diego, CA–San Diego Loyal SC has signed Jack Blake to a two-year contract extension that keeps the English midfielder with the club through the 2023 season. The club announced the deal 13 games into Blake’s first season with SD Loyal and as the 27-year-old from … [Read more...] about San Diego Loyal signs midfielder Jack Blake to extension

A Yosemite toad on a road. Amphibians and reptiles are particularly susceptible to negative effects of roads within their habitat. Credit: Cheryl Brehme, USGS Western Ecological Research Center. Public domain The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) released the results of the study this week in a comprehensive, evidence-based best practices guide that … [Read more...] about New research guides efforts to protect CA’s amphibians and reptiles from road danger

by Elaiza Torralba UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has released new data from the 2021 California Health Interview Survey that sheds light on Californians’ views on getting the vaccine. Credit: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (Newswise)–With California state vaccination rates slowing, and guidelines on mask wearing and social gatherings changing, the UCLA … [Read more...] about Early CA Health Interview Survey data estimates show how Californians dealt with COVID-19

The suspect vehicle in the shooting outside Nationals Park on Saturday is described as a gray Toyota Corolla with a missing hubcap on the rear driver’s side wheel and dark tinted windows. The vehicle is believed to be displaying a Virginia temporary tag. Photo: Metropolitan Police Department By Gina Yarbrough Washington, D.C.–A shooting outside of Nationals Park in D.C. … [Read more...] about Shooting outside of Nationals Park halts Padres, Washington baseball game

Image of Coast Guard search patterns for a missing boat fire victim off the coast of San Diego. Crews searched for over 21 hours covering more than 600 square miles. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic) San Diego, CA–The Coast Guard crews suspended their search efforts Friday for a missing Carlsbad boat fire victim at approximately 8 a.m. Missing is the owner and resident of the … [Read more...] about U.S. Coast Guard suspends search efforts for missing boat fire victim near Carlsbad

President Joe Biden delivered a passionate speech on Tuesday raising the alarm over Republicans’ efforts to suppress the vote. Photo credit: The White House By Danny R. Johnson/Political News Editor WASHINGTON–Joe Biden is not known as a fiery orator, but the president was riled up on Tuesday. Biden spoke in Philadelphia about voting rights, calling a current round of … [Read more...] about Biden Is Speaking to an America That Does Not Exist

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seize $414,000 in cash from a vehicle in Oceanside. Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Oceanside, CA–U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a woman in the north county on Tuesday who had 37 bundles of U.S. currency stashed inside her vehicle. At approximately 3 p.m., Border Patrol agents on Interstate 5 observed a suspicious … [Read more...] about Border Patrol intercepts $414,000 cash stash on Interstate 5 in Oceanside

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro crewmembers work with Coast Guard Cutters Haddock and Benjamin Bottoms to extinguish a vessel fire off the coast of San Diego. The vessel left the Oceanside harbor heading towards Carlsbad when it was seen on fire. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo San Diego, CA–United States Coast Guard responded to a boat fire Thursday morning near … [Read more...] about U.S. Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to boat fire near Carlsbad

Authorities arrested a man for firing a weapon at Sheriff’s deputies. Weapons and drugs were seized from his home in Unincorporated El Cajon. Photo: Sheriff’s Department El Cajon, CA–A man is facing numerous drug and weapons charges after firing a shotgun in the direction of Sheriff’s deputies in East County.  Rodney Luzaich, 59, was charged with assault on a police … [Read more...] about Man arrested after firing shotgun at Sheriff’s deputies in El Cajon

Border Patrol agents arrested a man Monday on suspicion of smuggling nearly 100 pounds of methamphetamine through an immigration checkpoint in El Centro. Photo: U.S. Border Patrol Salton Sea, CA–El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle methamphetamine through an immigration checkpoint Monday evening. The 62-year-old man … [Read more...] about El Centro Border Patrol agents seize meth at checkpoint