Suspect arrested on suspicion of arson at east county motel

Suspect arrested on suspicion of arson at east county motel

By Gina Yarbrough Lemon Grove, CA–A man was arrested Saturday in connection with an arson at a motel on Friday in east county, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s Bomb and Arson detectives identified the suspect as 39-year-old Carlos Antonio Landa. Landa was rebooked by detectives on an additional charge of arson to…

When it comes to immunity, you are what you eat

When it comes to immunity, you are what you eat

Mouse study reveals that gut bacteria are the critical intermediaries between food and healthy gut immunity. Credit: iLexx/iStock / Getty Images Plus By Newswise The notion that diet and health are inextricably linked is hardly novel. For millennia, people have known that poor nutrition is responsible for many health problems. But the precise mechanisms that…

College Avenue Center receives grant from Seniors Community Foundation

College Avenue Center receives grant from Seniors Community Foundation

A member of Jewish Family Services College Avenue Center sings karaoke. Courtesy Jewish Family Service. By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The San Diego Seniors Community Foundation has awarded the Jewish Family Service College Avenue Center $10,000 as part of the foundation’s Empower San Diego Senior Center grant program.  College Avenue Center, along with 10 other…

New homeless shelter to open in Oceanside

New homeless shelter to open in Oceanside

The Oceanside Navigation Center will open its shelter to those individuals experiencing homelessness in Oceanside. Photo provided by City of Oceanside By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–The City of Oceanside held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning for its new year-round homeless shelter for those experiencing homelessness in the city. Oceanside Mayor Esther Sanchez, City Manager Jonathan…

CA state parks to receive $24.8 million for outdoor recreation

CA state parks to receive $24.8 million for outdoor recreation

Bayview Park in San Francisco. Photo: San Francisco Recreation and Parks By SDCN Editor Sacrament, CA–California State Parks will receive $24.8 million for state-established outdoor recreation priority projects from the Federal Fiscal Year 2023 Land and Water Conservation Fund, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said. “California State Parks is thrilled to be receiving a…

Sheriff’s Department investigating a suspicious motel fire

Sheriff’s Department investigating a suspicious motel fire

By Gina Yarbrough Lemon Grove, CA–The Sheriff’s Department is investigating a suspicious structure fire that damaged a motel room on Friday in East County. The fire was reported just after 12 p.m. in the 8000 block of Broadway in Lemon Grove.  Deputies on patrol noticed smoke coming from a nearby motel. When they arrived at…

Electrical fire causes power outages at multiple stores at shopping center

Electrical fire causes power outages at multiple stores at shopping center

Oceanside and Carlsbad Fire Department crews respond to an electrical fire at Tillys that caused power outages at multiple stores at El Camino North Shopping Center in Oceanside. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–An electrical fire at a retail store Wednesday afternoon caused multiple stores at an Oceanside shopping center…

Gov. Newsom to secure textbooks for students in Temecula

Gov. Newsom to secure textbooks for students in Temecula

By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Following the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s failure to adopt an updated social studies curriculum, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is entering into a contract to secure textbooks to ensure students in the district begin the school year with access to up-to-date books and materials that comply with state law. …

Inmate in Sheriff’s custody died of fentanyl, Medical Examiner says

Inmate in Sheriff’s custody died of fentanyl, Medical Examiner says

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The County Medical Examiner’s Office completed an autopsy of an inmate in Sheriff’s Department custody who died at a local hospital last February in San Diego.  The cause of death of 33-year-old Ryan Thuresson was combined fentanyl and flouorofentanyl toxicity. The manner of death was natural, the San Diego County…