California State Parks announced the selection of 12 local park projects that will receive grants totaling $2.8 million from the California Habitat Conservation Fund Grant Program.
By Gina Yarbrough Poway, CA–The Sheriff’s Bomb and Arson Unit is investigating a suspicious residential fire that broke out Saturday night in Poway, authorities said. The Sheriff’s Department received calls about a residential fire just after 7 p.m. in the 16000 block of Martincoit Road. A neighbor reported dark smoke coming from the house. When…
By SDCN Editor Oceanside, CA–A Vista Unified School District substitute teacher was arrested on suspicion of lewd actors with a female minor, the Oceanside Police Department said. On November 18, the Oceanside Police Department was contacted by the parents of a 13-year-old female after the mother located her daughter in a vehicle with an adult…
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–An inmate found unresponsive in his cell on July 19 died Saturday afternoon at an area hospital, authorities said. Sheriff’s Homicide investigators were notified that 47-year-old Jonathan McDowell, an individual in Sheriff’s custody, passed away at Scripps Mercy Hospital around 5 p.m. According to the Sheriff’s Department, deputies found McDowell…
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego police released the identity of a suspect fatally shot in an officer-involved shooting on a trolley last week in the South Bay. The suspect has been identified as 19-year-old Mauricio Sanchez Ramos. He previously lived in Ramona, but his most recent residence is unknown, according to the San…
Man killed in Lemon Grove brawl A man died of a stab wound to the torso following a physical altercation Wednesday night with a group of people in Lemon Grove.
26th Street trail restoration in Balboa Park completed Balboa Park access in the Golden Hill area is much safer and easier thanks to a $380,000 project to restore the pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists along 26th Street.