“Call of the Night” performs live music and rhythmic acrobats at Nighttime Zoo at the San Diego Zoo. Credit: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The San Diego Zoo brings back its annual after-dark extravaganza—Nighttime Zoo this month. From May 26 through Sept. 4, guests can explore the zoo at night…
By County News Center San Diego, CA–The Board of Supervisors made it official Tuesday and called an Aug. 15 special primary election for the Fourth Supervisorial District. Voters in District 4 will fill a supervisorial seat that became vacant when the former supervisor resigned on May 15. Nearly 400,000 voters living in District 4 will…
By Gina Yarbrough Vista, CA–A drive-by shooting early Saturday morning injured one man while he was walking on the sidewalk with another man in Vista, the Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of a shooting that occurred just before 12 a.m. in the 300 block of Vista Village Drive. Deputies at the…
By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–A Carlsbad man was arrested on suspicion of shooting at a tow truck on a road on Wednesday in Oceanside, authorities said. Oceanside police received a call of a shooting at an occupied vehicle around 12:50 a.m. near Mesa Drive and Pear Tree Lane. The 31-year-old man was driving a tow…
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego police arrested a man accused of attempted sexual assault of a woman in her home last March, authorities said. The San Diego Police Department Sex Crimes Unit received various tips from the community that led to the identity of the suspect, 28-year-old Darius Dewayne Hargrove. Hargrove was charged…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Three local teachers were selected as San Diego Unified School District’s Teachers of the Year. Honored this year were Leann Samek from Audubon Elementary School, Lee Yepiz from DePortola Middle School, and Trishaa Camp from Scripps Ranch High School. Jillian Salazar from Tierrasanta Elementary School, Julie Rick from Marshall Middle…
By SDCN Editor Vista, CA–A 71-year-old man in Sheriff’s Department custody died on May 16 from medical issues at Tri-City Hospital in Vista, authorities said. Sheriff’s homicide investigators were notified of Maximillian Aguirre’s death at the hospital around 3 p.m. Aguirre had extensive medical issues unrelated to his incarceration and had been hospitalized since March…
By SDCN Editor An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to leading a conspiracy to sell stolen financial information on the dark web, also known as darknet. According to court documents, Michael Mihalo, aka Dale Michael Mihalo Jr., 40, of Naperville, was the founder of a darknet “carding” site called Skynet Market, which was used to…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–San Diego residents and business owners may have unclaimed money available to them, the City of San Diego said. City officials are asking the community to check and see if they might be owed a refund or payment. According to the City’s Unclaimed Monies Report, there is $833,165 in unclaimed…
San Diego students Blessyn Lavender Williams and Matthew Quitoriano. Photo provided by San Diego Unified School District Board of Education By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Two San Diego students will take the oath of office in June after capturing the vote among their high school peers to earn a seat on the San Diego Unified…