CA Surf Museum finishes in top two for USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Award

CA Surf Museum finishes in top two for USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Award

The California Surf Museum By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–The California Surf Museum received second place with”10 Best Attraction for Sports Fans” for USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Award.  “When we received a nomination from a panel of expert judges seeking a consensus on the nation’s 10 best attractions for sports fans, we were flattered…

17 Hells Angels gang members indicted for attack on 3 Black males

17 Hells Angels gang members indicted for attack on 3 Black males

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced Monday that 17 Hells Angels motorcycle gang members and their supporters have been indicted by a grand jury for their roles in the June 6 attack on three Black men in Ocean Beach this past summer.  According to the District Attorney’s Office,…

Mama’s Kitchen calls for volunteer support

Mama’s Kitchen calls for volunteer support

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Mama’s Kitchen is calling on volunteers to help deliver nutritious and medically tailored meals to critically ill people in San Diego, organizers said. As the largest nonprofit provider of home-delivered meals in San Diego and the sole provider of medically tailored meals, Mama’s Kitchen needs volunteers ahead of the busy…

California’s mental health transformation passes the legislatur

California’s mental health transformation passes the legislatur

By SDCN Editor  Sacramento, CA–The California State Legislature passed two key bills to modernize its behavioral health care system to address the mental health crisis in the state. With the passage of these two bills, California voters will decide in March 2024 whether to vote to modernize the mental health system.  The bills dedicate billions…

Food as medicine: How strawberries can reduce diabetes risk

Food as medicine: How strawberries can reduce diabetes risk

Photo by Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By Newswise Strawberries may seem like a small dietary addition, but their health benefits pack a serious punch. For more than a decade, University of Las Vegas professor Arpita Basu has been studying how strawberries can help reduce the risks of diabetes and improve overall metabolic and cardiovascular…

Macy’s ordered to pay $1.6 million for environmental violations

Macy’s ordered to pay $1.6 million for environmental violations

Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By SDCN Editor Riverside, CA–Riverside District Attorney Mike Hestrin joined with the District Attorneys from 25 counties and two city attorneys to announce that Ohio-based Macy’s Retail Holdings, LLC has been ordered to pay $1.6 million in civil penalties and costs due to environmental violations. The judgment in this…

Camp Pendleton Marine killed in rollover crash in Oceanside

Camp Pendleton Marine killed in rollover crash in Oceanside

By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–A Camp Pendleton Marine was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Oceanside on Sunday, the Oceanside Police Department said.  Oceanside police responded to calls of a traffic collision around 5:27 p.m. at Oceanside Boulevard just West of Vine Street.  The 21-year-old driver, the solo occupant in the Ford F-150, was…

CBP officers seize more than $5M worth of narcotics from tractor-trailers

CBP officers seize more than $5M worth of narcotics from tractor-trailers

Customs and Border Protection officers and Laboratory and Scientific Services technicians extracted 663 pounds of liquid methamphetamine from a tractor-trailer gas task. Photo: Customs and Border Protection By SDCN Editor Otay Mesa, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry’s cargo facility seized over $5 million worth of liquid methamphetamine…

San Diego’s Urban Forest to benefit from $10M federal grant

San Diego’s Urban Forest to benefit from $10M federal grant

By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–The City of San Diego has been awarded $10 million from the federal government for planting trees in communities throughout the city, part of an ongoing effort to grow and improve San Diego’s urban forest.  The grant, announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, was among $1 billion…