CBP San Diego seizes over $22 million worth of narcotics in July

CBP San Diego seizes over $22 million worth of narcotics in July

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the San Diego Field Office, conducting security operations at California’s ports of entry with Mexico, seized over $22 million worth of illicit and dangerous drugs during the month of July. The San Diego Field Office comprises the ports of entry at San…

Coast Guard Sectors San Diego monitoring Hurricane Hilary

Coast Guard Sectors San Diego monitoring Hurricane Hilary

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The Captain of the Port for Coast Guard Sectors San Diego is actively monitoring Hurricane Hilary, which strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane on Thursday and is forecasted to bring significant rainfall and high winds to Southern California this weekend.   According to the National Hurricane Center, Hilary is about 60…

Flock Safety alert assists El Cajon police on arrests for auto theft

Flock Safety alert assists El Cajon police on arrests for auto theft

By Gina Yarbrough El Cajon, CA–The El Cajon Police Department says Wednesday the Flock Safety automated license plate reading (ALPR) program was instrumental in locating a reported stolen vehicle, and arresting a suspect in connection with the thefts. The ALPR cameras sent a real-time crime alert to El Cajon police this month about the stolen…

CA mobilizes ahead of Tropical Storm Hilary, urges residents to prepare

CA mobilizes ahead of Tropical Storm Hilary, urges residents to prepare

By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–With Tropical Storm Hilary forecasted to be the wettest tropical cyclone in state history and the first-ever Tropical Storm Watch issued for California, the state is mobilizing to protect people from the storm and reminding everyone in the storm’s path to take steps now to prepare. Hilary – currently a powerful…

Local Japanese drumming group Naruwan Taiko to perform on Sado Island, Japan

Local Japanese drumming group Naruwan Taiko to perform on Sado Island, Japan

Taiko-Japanese drumming-group Naruwan Taiko of San Diego. By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The taiko-Japanese drumming-group Naruwan Taiko of San Diego will make its international debut on August 19 performing in the annual Earth Celebration’s Big Little Taiko Fest hosted by famed Japanese group Koda on Sado Island, Japan. Kodo will open the fest, followed by…

Pinterest directors resign from Nextdoor board in response to Justice Dept. antitrust enforcement

Pinterest directors resign from Nextdoor board in response to Justice Dept. antitrust enforcement

By SDCN Editor The Justice Department announced Wednesday that two directors of Pinterest Incorporated have resigned their positions on the Board of Directors of Nextdoor Holdings Incorporated in response to the Antitrust Division’s ongoing enforcement efforts around Section 8 of the Clayton Act.  The division’s enforcement initiative has led to fifteen interlocking director resignations from eleven boards. Section 8, which Congress made a per se violation…

Gov. Newsom announces new climate partnership with Australia

Gov. Newsom announces new climate partnership with Australia

Governor Gavin Newsom and The Honorable Dr. Kevin Rudd, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States, form a partnership to fight climate change and support clean energy. Photo: Office of Governor By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–California and Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), forging a new climate partnership between two of the largest economies in…

Tech executive pleads guilty to $150 million fraud on Qualcomm

Tech executive pleads guilty to $150 million fraud on Qualcomm

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The former CEO of a technology company sold to Qualcomm for over $150 million, pleaded guilty in federal court on August 10 for his role in a massive fraud.  Sanjiv Taneja of Cupertino, California, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering related to a $1.5 million transaction involving proceeds…

CA Gov. Newsom deploys resources to assist wildfires in Hawaii

CA Gov. Newsom deploys resources to assist wildfires in Hawaii

By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom announced the deployment of resources and urban search and rescue personnel to assist in the coordination and support of emergency operations in the most impacted areas of Hawaii due to deadly wildfires. In close coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Newsom directed his Office of Emergency Services…