Man indicted for forging chief federal judge’s identity, court documents

By SDCN Editor El Cajon, CA–A man was shot in the leg Monday morning at an apartment complex in El Cajon, authorities said. El Cajon Police Department received a call around 11:05 a.m. of multiple gunshots heard at the complex in the 200 Block of Van Houten.  When officers arrived on the scene, they located…

Tijuana River (San Diego County News file photo). By County News Center San Diego, CA–The County Board of Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday to expand dredging work in the Tijuana River Valley to remove trash and sediment and help reduce flooding impacts from the Tijuana River. The work will improve the conditions in two channels…

By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego police arrested a man accused of attempted sexual assault of a woman in her home last March, authorities said. The San Diego Police Department Sex Crimes Unit received various tips from the community that led to the identity of the suspect, 28-year-old Darius Dewayne Hargrove. Hargrove was charged…

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Following this month’s San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Board of Directors meeting, SANDAG Chairwoman Nora Vargas, Vice Chair Sean Elo-Rivera, and Second Vice Chair Lesa Heebner have announced the next steps to ensure all toll road customers are protected. Chairwoman Vargas asked that the Independent Performance Auditor assess the…

By Gina Yarbrough Encinitas, CA–Four people were arrested Sunday night on suspicion of driving under the influence at a checkpoint conducted by the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station in North County, authorities said. Deputies conducted the DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on June 30 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the 1800 block of South…

By Gina Yarbrough Oceanside, CA–Firefighters contained a one-acre brush fire Sunday night near a homeless encampment in the Loma Alta Creek in Oceanside, fire officials said. Oceanside Fire Department crews responded to the blaze in the creek area west of Oceanside Boulevard and Wooster Drive.  According to fire investigators, the blaze was started by an…