Ashish “Yosh” Kakkad. Photo provided by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Chief Technology Officer Ashish “Yosh” Kakkad has been appointed to the California Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development Review Advisory Board, state officials said. Governor Gavin Newsom made the announcement on…
By Gina Yarbrough El Cajon, CA–A transient was arrested Thursday on suspicion of vandalizing a landscaper’s vehicle tires while he was cleaning a customer’s property, El Cajon Police Department said. Officers responded to reports of vandalism in the 400 block of East Main Street in El Cajon. The suspect was sleeping next to the business…
SANDAG, FACT launched on-demand wheelchair-accessible service for San Diego county residents. Photo provided by SANDAG By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation (FACT) representatives June 21 were joined by local community members to celebrate the launch of RideFACTNow, a new and first-of-its-kind on-demand specialized transportation…
By SDCN Editor Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for the upcoming second season of its broadly acclaimed and global hit murder mystery comedy series, “The Afterparty,” from Academy Award-winning creators Chris Miller and Phil Lord. Premiering globally on Apple TV+ on July 12 the 10-episode second season of “The Afterparty” will introduce a new mystery,…
A preview of the new Ramona Community Resource Center. Photo: County of San Diego By County News Center San Diego, CA–Officials broke ground Thursday on a new community resource center for Ramona. The $15 million facility will replace one that had been in operation for 35 years. The new Ramona Community Resource Center will serve…
The gO’side neighborhood electric vehicle shuttle will begin service on July 1 in Oceanside. Photo provided by the City of Oceanside By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–The gO’side neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) shuttle program is back and will begin service to downtown Oceanside beginning July 3. The five-passenger electric shuttles will run Monday through Wednesday from…
Birch Aquarium is hosting a photo contest to celebrate the first anniversary of Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins. Photo: Birch Aquarium By SDCN Editor La Jolla, CA–Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating the first anniversary of Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins with a photo contest. Starting today, the community is…
Image by Andreas Wohlfahrt from Pixabay By Newswise Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and the fifth most common worldwide. It only takes one blistering sunburn during childhood or adolescence to nearly double a person’s chance of developing melanoma later in life, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association. Since babies are much…
By SDCN Editor Otay Mesa, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry apprehended a man with an outstanding warrant for homicide. On June 18, Francisco Trejo Ramirez, a 51-year-old U.S. citizen, applied for entry through the Otay Mesa port of entry primary vehicle lanes as the driver of the…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The DEA Narcotics Task Force and the San Diego Police Department seized 38 pounds of methamphetamine and 41,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills off the streets, and two men were taken into custody. In April of this year, investigators developed information about the transportation of dangerous drugs to the San Diego area….