VISTA, Calif.—An argument between two neighbors in Vista escalated into a shooting on July 5 that left one of the men dead and the other under arrest on suspicion of murder. Deputies responding to a report of an assault with a firearm found Juan Valdovinos, 37, suffering from gunshot wounds to his upper torso in…

VISTA, Calif.—An Oceanside resident was killed in a two-vehicle crash on State Route 78, and the driver of the other vehicle was arrested on suspicion of DUI, authorities said July 2. The accident occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday on the westbound highway, west of Melrose Drive, according to Fox5 and the San Diego Union-Tribune, which…

VISTA, Calif.—A motorist crashed his sedan into a utility pole and died, sheriff’s officials said May 14. The crash happened at about 11:25 p.m. Saturday on North Melrose Drive near the intersection with Tatum Street, according to Deputy Jason Malson of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. A black Mercedes sedan driving southbound on Melrose…

VISTA, Calif.—A Solana Beach interior designer convicted of murdering her stepfather because she found hundreds of nude photographs of herself on his computer was sentenced March 6 to 25 years to life in state prison. Jade Sasha Janks, 39, was found guilty by a Vista jury of first-degree murder in connection with the death of…

VISTA, Calif.—A man was found dead on the side of the road Jan. 5 in Vista. Shortly after midnight, authorities responded to a radio call of a person down on the road in the 1900 block of West Vista Way, according to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. When deputies arrived on the scene, a man…

SAN DIEGO—A man who maintained a “drug-involved premises” at his Vista property, which prosecutors said led to rampant crime in and around the North County home, pleaded guilty Jan. 4 to federal charges. Sean Terrence Sheeter, 73, was arrested in March of 2020 during a raid of his multi-acre Poinsettia Avenue property. Prosecutors charged Sheeter…

Shen Yun Performing Arts will grace the stage in San Diego with eight shows from Dec. 28, 2021, to Jan. 17, 2022. Many public officials from the greater San Diego area sent proclamations, certificates of recognition, and congratulatory letters to the company. The letters resonate with Shen Yun’s mission to revive traditions, and they commend…

VISTA, Calif.—A portion of the Vista courthouse was evacuated Nov. 8 due to a ceiling collapse in one of the courtrooms. The non-injury collapse led to an evacuation of the north building of the North County Regional Center, where criminal and juvenile matters are handled. The south building and the courthouse annex, where civil, small…