Sheriff’s Department investigators gave an all-clear after no suspicious device was found at a North County elementary school following a bomb threat Wednesday afternoon in San Marcos, authorities said.
Rail service south of Orange County was suspended Monday morning due to another landslide that sent falling debris on the tracks. Photo: Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By Gina Yarbrough San Clemente, CA–Rail service south of Orange County was suspended Monday morning after debris fell from a slope north of the San Clemente Pier. The…
This is an artist’s concept of the exoplanet WASP-121 b, also known as Tylos. The exoplanet’s appearance is based on Hubble simulation data of the object. Credit: NASA, ESA, Quentin Changeat (ESA/STScI) et al., Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Hubble) By Newswise By combining several years of observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope along with conducting computer modeling,…
By Gina Yarbrough San Marcos, CA–A 32-year-old woman was arrested last month in connection with a phone bomb threat last month at San Marcos Elementary School, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s deputies were searching for Marie Kim on suspicion of making the threat when they responded to an argument on February 23 in…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–A man was sentenced to 130 years-to-life in state prison for kidnapping and raping a teenage girl multiple times on February 17, 1999 in Escondido. Judge Robert Kearney handed down the lengthy sentence after 66-year-old Mark Thompson Hunter was convicted by a jury in October of last year of seven…
By SDCN Editor The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced Monday that the United States has resolved a case against Microsoft Corporation regarding its practices for collecting and retaining personal information from children who use Microsoft’s Xbox Live service. The stipulated order issued by the court requires Microsoft to pay $20…
Gov. Gavin Newsom receives a briefing at the state operations center Wednesday ahead of this week’s winter storms. Photo: Office of Governor By SDCN Editor Sacramento, CA–Governor Gavin Newsom Wednesday proclaimed a state of emergency throughout California to support the ongoing response to recent winter storms. The emergency proclamation supports emergency relief efforts including authorizing…