Romanian couple charged with laundering money from thefts, fraud

Romanian couple charged with laundering money from thefts, fraud

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–A Romanian husband and wife, and suspected leaders of a Romania-based transnational organized crime group, were charged in federal court with laundering $1.4 million in proceeds from dozens of small thefts, robberies, and swindles targeting mostly elderly victims in San Diego County. Eduard Ghiocel, 47, and Floarea Ghiocel, 48, along…

Bicyclist fatally struck by driver suspected of DUI

Bicyclist fatally struck by driver suspected of DUI

A male bicyclist was fatally struck by a suspected DUI motorist on Tuesday in southbound Douglas Drive in Oceanside. Photo by Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–A male bicyclist was struck and killed Tuesday by a motorist suspected of DUI, the Oceanside Police Department tweeted. The incident occurred just before 5…

Remembering Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophonist and visionary composer

Remembering Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophonist and visionary composer

Wayne Shorter was a giant of the genre as an improviser, bandleader, and thinker, but above all as a composer. Photo courtesy of Blue Note Records By Danny R. Johnson – Jazz Music Critic Like all great jazz musicians, the saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who died on March 2, 2023, at eighty-nine, had a distinctive, original,…

Two people arrested on suspicion of stabbing at park

Two people arrested on suspicion of stabbing at park

By Gina Yarbrough Vista, CA–Two people were arrested early Tuesday on suspicion of stabbing a man multiple times at a park in Vista, said the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call, just after 1:30 a.m., of a verbal altercation that turned physical at Veterans Memorial Park located near South Santa…

Missing 3-year-old found safe

Missing 3-year-old found safe

By Gina Yarbrough Vista, CA–A three-year-old girl reported missing Tuesday afternoon has been found safe in Vista, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Deputies located the missing child just after 3 p.m. on the family’s property. She was then reunited with her family. The Sheriff’s Communications Center received a call at around 12 p.m….

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Wins Seven Academy Awards, Including Best Picture

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Wins Seven Academy Awards, Including Best Picture

Oscar Winners Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, and Jaime Lee Curtis pose backstage during the live ABC telecast of the 95th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 12, 2023.  Credit: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S. By Danny R. Johnson -Entertainment News Editor HOLLYWOOD, CA –“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a…

Former Goldman Sachs investment banker sentenced in bribery, money laundering

Former Goldman Sachs investment banker sentenced in bribery, money laundering

By SDCN Editor A former managing director of The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a multibillion-dollar bribery and money laundering scheme involving Malaysia’s state-owned investment and development fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad. According to court documents, between approximately 2009 and 2014, Ng Chong Hwa, aka Roger…

California sues Huntington Beach for violating housing laws

California sues Huntington Beach for violating housing laws

Huntington Beach CA. Aerial by Don Ramey Logan By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development last Thursday announced the filing of a lawsuit and a motion for a preliminary injunction against the City of Huntington Beach for violating state housing laws.  The…