By SDCN Editor Murrieta, CA–A Temecula man will spend 15 years to life in prison for the fentanyl-related homicide of a 26-year-old woman three years ago. The case was prosecuted by Deputy DA Jerry Pfohl of the District Attorney’s Homicide Division and was the first of 25 active fentanyl-related homicide cases in Riverside County to…
A structure fire originated in the kitchen of a unit at the Island Club Apartments Friday in Oceanside. Photo: Oceanside Fire Department By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–A structure fire at an apartment complex displaced one person and two dogs Friday in Oceanside, fire officials said. Oceanside Fire Department personnel were dispatched to a second-story apartment…
By SDCN Editor Escondido, CA–Authorities are investigating an officer-involved fatal shooting of an armed man caught sleeping at a mobile home complex in Escondido on Friday. Escondido police received a call about a man sleeping in a sleeping bag on the porch of a mobile home in the 2500 block of East Valley Parkway. As officers…
Escondido Police Department vehicle. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By SDCN Editor Escondido, CA–The Escondido Police Department was awarded a $495,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The grant will support the department’s ongoing enforcement and education programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on the roads. “This…
By Gina Yarbrough Vista, CA–A man was arrested on suspicion of setting a house fire that killed one person on October 27 in Vista, authorities said. The suspect was identified as 50-year-old Gregory Triana Villegas. He was charged with one count of murder and one count of arson. He was transported and booked into the…
U.S. Coast Guard grads at the first California-based Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the establishment of its first California-based Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program. Rear Adm. Andrew Sugimoto, Eleventh District Commander, announced the program’s official…
From left, Craig and Terri Gainor, and Dianne and Howard Boehm. Photo: Vincent Andrunas (La Jolla Light) By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla and Walden Family Services Wine D’Vine gala surpassed its fundraising goal this year. More than 50 attendees were treated to delicious entrees and desserts…
U.S. Coast Guard crews inspect an illegal charter operating in the vicinity of the USS Midway in San Diego Bay. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–U.S. Coast Guard crews terminated an illegal charter operating in the vicinity of the USS Midway in the San Diego Bay. On Oct. 6, a Coast…
By SDCN Editor Chula Vista, CA–Chula Vista police are continuing their search for the gunman who shot four people Saturday at the Otay Ranch Town Center in Chula Vista. One victim was identified as a 16-year-old boy with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to his legs. The victim is believed to have been involved in the initial…
U.S. Border Patrol agents display smuggled fentanyl pills worth an estimated street value of nearly $165,000. Photo provided by El Centro Sector Border Patrol By SDCN Editor Indio, CA–A female rideshare passenger was arrested for attempting to smuggle fentanyl through the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint Saturday morning, El Centro Sector Border Patrol said. The incident…