Fake Modeling Agent Sentenced for Sex Acts
A San Diego man who posed as a modeling agent to take compromising photos of women and to extort sex acts from them will spend 11 years and four months in prison, according to prosecutors.Maverick...
View ArticleToyota Recalls 2.87M Vehicles Due to Faulty Seat Belts
Toyota Motor is recalling 2.87 million vehicles due to a safety issue with the seat belts, the company announced Thursday.The recall affects the RAV4 model produced from July 2005-August 2014 and sold...
View ArticleFBI Search Linked to San Bernardino
Federal agents on Thursday morning served a search warrant at a Corona, California, home connected to the brother of Syed Farook, a shooter in the San Bernardino massacre.FBI officials would not...
View Article'Mob Wives' Star Big Ang Dies After Cancer Battle
TV reality-star Big Ang died in the early hours of Thursday at a hospital in Brooklyn after a yearlong battle with stage 4 brain and lung cancer."Mob Wives" producer Jennifer Fraziano said the...
View ArticleRubio Camp Fires Back at Cruz Over 'Phony' Anti-Rubio Website
Marco Rubio’s campaign is firing back at Ted Cruz over a new website that includes a Photoshopped image of the Florida senator appearing to shake the hand of President Obama, NBC News reported."This...
View ArticleCalif. Gas Leak Permanently Sealed
Nearly four months after it was first detected, officials announced Thursday a leak of natural gas from a Southern California Gas Co. storage well in Porter Ranch has been permanently capped.The...
View ArticleTimeline: Triple Homicide Mystery
The mysterious killings of local residents Ilona Flint, Salvatore Belvedere and Gianni Belvedere have rocked and saddened San Diego. Now, six months into this case, many questions remain unanswered as...
View ArticleMiami Police Union Boycotts Beyonce
When Beyoncé kicks off her 2016 Formation World Tour in Miami later this spring, members of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police don't plan to be there.In an announcement released Wednesday evening,...
View Article$20M Apartment Project Underway in Chula Vista
Construction is underway on Creekside Pointe, a new $20 million, 118-unit apartment complex in western Chula Vista.A statement from Xpera CM, which is providing construction management services, said...
View ArticlePedestrian, 74, Injured in Hit-and-Run
A 74-year-old pedestrian was struck by a hit-and-run driver Wednesday in Lincoln park, police said.According to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), an unknown driver in a white sedan and his...
View ArticlePoll: Sanders Outperforms Clinton in Hypothetical General-Election Matchups
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders does better than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton against Republican front-runners Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in a hypothetical general election race,...
View ArticleArmed Male Reported at UMass
The armed assault of a student led the campus to shut down at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Thursday evening.Police say two suspects, one of whom showed a handgun, attacked a male victim...
View ArticlePipe Bursts, Floods Room at Hotel La Jolla
Dozens of guests at Hotel La Jolla were awakened Thursday by a fire alarm but the cause of the emergency was water, not fire.San Diego Fire-Rescue crews were called to the hotel on La Jolla Shores...
View ArticleOceanside Considers 'Spice' Ban
Oceanside city council members voted 4-0 Wednesday to approve an ordinance to ban the display, sale, distribution, possession and use of synthetic drugs commonly known as “spice.”The spice ban...
View ArticleSan Diego to Get New Nonstop Flights
Two major airlines are adding more direct flights out of San Diego this summer.Alaska Airlines announced this week that it is adding three direct flights daily from San Diego to San Jose, starting June...
View ArticleBomb Threat Phoned Into Naval Base San Diego
Emergency crews surrounded Naval Base San Diego Thursday after a bomb threat was phoned in specifically naming one of the buildings on base.Brian O’Rourke, spokesperson for Navy Region Southwest, said...
View ArticleDA to Seek Death Penalty in Triple-Killing Mystery
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a San Diego man accused in the mysterious slayings of three victims that began with a shooting on Christmas Eve 2013 in the parking lot of Westfield...
View Article3 of Top 25 Beaches in US Are in San Diego
San Diegans, we have it pretty great.Three of the 25 best beaches in the United States are in San Diego County, according to a Trip Advisor ranking released this week. La Jolla Shores ranked the...
View ArticleSan Diego Fire-Rescue Fleet Due for $25M Upgrade
After years of dealing with a broken-down and worn-out fleet, San Diego firefighters will be getting a big infusion of new engines.At one time, so many were in the shop, the city didn't have enough...
View ArticleSan Diego Opera Presents Free Performance
Crowds of people taking their lunch break outside of downtown San Diego’s Civic Theatre were treated to a special opera performance Thursday afternoon.An ensemble of Tosca artists from the San Diego...
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