(File photo) “Taste of Oasis” attendees learn Soul Line dancing with a San Diego Oasis instructor. Photo: Scatena Daniels Communications By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego Oasis will host its end-of-summer fun with its annual “Taste of Oasis” showcase to encourage local older adult students to go back to school to sample some of…
By SDCN Editor Del Mar, CA–A former property manager and her accomplice were arrested this week on charges of embezzling more than $1 million from a real estate firm that owns an apartment complex in the 2800 block of Camino Del Mar in Del Mar, authorities said. Julie Blease, 53 was taken into custody on…
Boiled water alert. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By Business Wire/SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–California American Water Thursday issued an “Advisory to Boil Water” for customers that reside in Imperial Beach and Coronado (south of Fiddlers Cove) due to positive E. Coli results found in the drinking water. The California Division of Drinking Water…
Paul Ballard By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–The Board of Directors of the North County Transit District (NCTD) approved the appointment of Paul Ballard to the position of interim executive director, effective August 28. The appointment of Ballard follows the planned retirement of the current Executive Director, Matthew O. Tucker, which was announced on August 7….
By Gina Yarbrough Orange County, CA–Four people were confirmed dead, including the gunman in a mass shooting Wednesday night at a bar in Orange County, authorities tweeted. Five people reportedly suffered gunshot wounds, except for one victim. They were transported to area hospitals for treatment. The gunman was killed during an officer-involved shooting that occurred…
Mixed drug load CBP officers removed from the auxiliary fuel tank. Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection By SDCN Editor Tecate, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Tecate port of entry discovered methamphetamine and cocaine concealed in the auxiliary fuel tank of a vehicle that entered the port from Mexico. On Aug….
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Feeding San Diego, a partner food bank of Feeding America, has received a Food Security Equity Impact grant from Feeding America alongside the local community-based organization San Diego Food System Alliance. Together, the two non-profits will use the funds to work alongside one another to continue to address the root…
By Gina Yarbrough El Cajon, CA–A homeless man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of breaking into people’s homes in East County, authorities said. The El Cajon Police Department began receiving 911 calls around 6:25 p.m. about a homeless man trying to break into people’s houses in the 800 block of Elizabeth Way in El Cajon. …
By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–Mark Chamness, a Californian artist based in Oceanside, is exhibiting new works in fibers and what the artist calls “discarded urban plastic” at the Hill Street Country Club in Oceanside. Chamness’s work draws from legacies of abstraction, his training as a painter and carpenter, and his daily experiences of the last…
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department released images of three juvenile arson suspects responsible for a brush fire on July 12 in Fallbrook. Photo: San Diego County Sheriff’s Department By Gina Yarbrough Fallbrook, CA–The Sheriff’s Department and San Diego County Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s assistance to identify and locate three juvenile suspects…