North County African American Women’s Association (NCAAWA) and North Island Credit Union have partnered for the third year to offer scholarships and financial literacy programming to college-bound African American female students in North County San Diego.
Sheriff’s deputies collected unwanted weapons through a gun safety event last Sunday in Vista. Photo provided by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department By SDCN Editor Vista, CA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department teamed up with its law enforcement partners to help get unwanted weapons off the streets through a gun safety event last weekend…
Princess Bubblegum. Photo provided by Rancho Coastal Humane Society By SDCN Editor Encinitas, CA–Squooshy is the pet of the week at Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas. She’s a 1-1/2-year-old, 6-pound, exotic shorthair cat with a red and white tabby coat. Squooshy was transferred from a rescue partner in Orange County through Friends of County…
Children with a parent in jail or prison are five to six times more likely to become offenders. Credit: Florida Atlantic University/Getty Images By Newswise More than 1.1 million African American men are imprisoned in the United States, and about 500,000 are fathers. Many of their fathers also served time in jail or prison, and many of…
By SDCN Editor El Cajon, CA–Four people were arrested and four stolen vehicles were recovered in El Cajon in September, El Cajon Police Department said. On September 22, around 2:30 a.m. officers began receiving an automated license plate reading (ALPR) alert. Officers found an unoccupied 2018 Kia Sedona that was stolen out of San Diego…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Cygnet Theatre announced the cast and creative team of its latest production, the Tony Award-winning musical, “Evita.” Based on true events, “Evita” tells the story of Eva Perón’s rags-to-riches life as she goes from poor provincial child to First Lady of Argentina. A champion of the working-class descamisados, she uses…
Sheriff Kelly Martinez begins her term to lead the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Photo: San Diego Sheriff’s Office By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Kelly Martinez is officially the new sheriff of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. On Monday at noon, Martinez began her term as sheriff after she took the formal oath on…