Sacramento, CA–As California enters the third week of severe winter storms, Governor Gavin Newsom is urging residents to keep their guard up as strong winds and heavy rains continue to threaten communities across the state.
Photo by Gina Yarbrough/San Diego County News By SDCN Editor Carlsbad, CA–Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a 16-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the arm early Saturday morning in Carlsbad, the San Diego Police Department said. Authorities said Carlsbad police officers contacted a white truck around 12:44 a.m. that was parked…
By Gina Yarbrough Pine Valley, CA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a suspicious man who approached a 12-year-old girl in a park last week in East County. The incident happened on June 9 just after 9 p.m. at the Pine Valley County Park, located in the 28000…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–As the city of San Diego conducts a nationwide search for a new chief of police for the San Diego Police Department, community members are invited to a series of public forums intended to gather San Diegans’ thoughts and opinions about the qualities and characteristics they desire in the city’s…
Construction of a new community garden at the Park de la Cruz Community Center in City Heights. Photo provided by the City of San Diego By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–A garden at the Park de la Cruz Community Center was created from an overgrown abandoned area in City Heights. On Saturday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Father Joe’s Villages launched a new online thrift store on April 24 to fund programs to help homeless individuals and families, the nonprofit organization said. Father Joe’s Villages, a homeless service provider in San Diego, is expanding its retail operations from brick-and-mortar stores. The store will sell gently used clothing,…
By SDCN Editor Washington, D.C.–The Department of Defense announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs to counter Russia’s ongoing war of aggression in its country. The announcement is the Biden Administration’s 48th tranche of equipment to be provided from Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. The security…