San Diego Foundation received a historic, transformative unrestricted $100 million cash gift Thursday from the estate of local entrepreneur Jay Kahn, the largest-ever gift of its kind to a San Diego nonprofit.
San Diego students Blessyn Lavender Williams and Matthew Quitoriano. Photo provided by San Diego Unified School District Board of Education By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Two San Diego students will take the oath of office in June after capturing the vote among their high school peers to earn a seat on the San Diego Unified…
Image of Big Skates at Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Photo by Jordann Tomasek By SDCN Editor La Jolla, CA–Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating the arrival of some ravioli-sized newborn Big Skates. For now, the babies will be raised in the nursery habitat in the Hall of Fishes…
By SDCN Editor Four Mexican nationals were arrested in San Antonio, Houston, and Marshall, Texas, for their alleged roles in a tractor-trailer smuggling incident that resulted in 53 deceased and 11 injured undocumented individuals one year ago Wednesday. These charges resulted from the coordinated efforts of Joint Task Force Alpha (JTFA), which Attorney General Garland…
Elliot Collier. Photo: San Diego Loyal SC By SDCN San Diego, CA–San Diego Loyal SC has signed forward Elliot Collier, of New Zealand to join the team, pending league and federation approval. Collier joins the club ahead of the upcoming 2023 USL Championship season. “We have followed Elliot’s career for a long time,” said San…
By Gina Yarbrough Encinitas, CA–A 42-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of setting her parents’ home on fire in Encinitas. On Wednesday, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call around 2:45 p.m. of smoke coming from a house in the 1400 block of Via Terrassa. Deputies and firefighters arrived and extinguished the small fire. There was…
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–A female inmate in custody at Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility died early Monday morning in her cell, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Sheriff’s homicide investigators were notified of the death of 32-year-old Roselee Bartolacci around 12:30 a.m. at the women’s facility in Santee. Bartolacci was arrested…