The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on February 7 unanimously approved recommendations that will allow the County’s Housing and Community Development Services to leverage millions of dollars in state funding for the development and preservation of affordable housing.
By SDCN Editor San Marcos, CA–Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating a stabbing incident that killed a woman in San Marcos Tuesday, authorities said. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a stabbing report around 10:20 p.m. in the 100 block of North Twin Oaks Valley Road. Deputies arrived at the scene and discovered an adult female victim who…
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…
By SDCN Oceanside, CA–Oceanside Police arrested six people on suspicion of stealing catalytic converters from vehicles early Thursday morning in Oceanside, authorities said. Officers responded to a report of a catalytic converter theft in progress around 2:05 a.m. at the 5000 block of Blackberry Way in Oceanside. Officers located two suspect vehicles nearby and attempted…
By Gina Yarbrough Spring Valley, CA–A domestic violence incident between a husband and wife led to a SWAT standoff at a home in Spring Valley on Saturday, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s deputies received a call of a domestic violence incident, just before 4 p.m., in the 8900 block of Spring Place….
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–The City of San Diego has been awarded $10 million from the federal government for planting trees in communities throughout the city, part of an ongoing effort to grow and improve San Diego’s urban forest. The grant, announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, was among $1 billion…
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…