Tag: San Diego

Man Gets 15 Years in Prison for Setting up Smuggling Trip That Killed 13

SAN DIEGO—A federal judge on July 13 sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for coordinating a smuggling trip in which two dozen migrants were stacked into a Ford Expedition that crashed into a tractor-trailer, killing 13 people outside a California desert town. Jose Cruz Noguez pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges stemming…


Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for South Bay Murder, Attempted Murder

SAN DIEGO—A man who pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges for his part in a 2018 South Bay crime spree that left one man dead and a woman paralyzed after she was shot multiple times was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cesar Alvarado, 44, admitted to…


Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for San Diego Murder, Attempted Murder

SAN DIEGO—A man who pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges for his part in a 2018 South Bay crime spree that left one man dead and a woman paralyzed after she was shot multiple times was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cesar Alvarado, 44, admitted to…


Woman Gives Birth in SUV on San Diego Street

SAN DIEGO—A woman gave birth in an SUV on the side of the road in Kensington on July 10, police said. At 4:09 a.m. Monday, the pregnant woman—who had been driving herself to the hospital to give birth—pulled over her Toyota SUV on El Cajon Boulevard, said Officer Sarah Foster of the San Diego Police…


UC San Diego Student Workers Accused of Defacing Walls Using ‘Materials Other Than Chalk’

SAN DIEGO—The arrests of three University of California–San Diego (UCSD) student workers accused of vandalizing campus property drew a large crowd to the San Diego Central Courthouse Monday in protest of potential criminal charges. The workers, Jessica Ng, William Schneider, and a third person whose name has not been disclosed, were arrested about a month…


Missing 14-Year-Old Girl Found by US Military Police at Camp Pendleton

A marine was reportedly detained and questioned after a 14-year-old girl—who was reported missing from her Spring Valley home last month—is back home after she was found at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, authorities said on July 8. Casaundra Perez, the aunt of the 14-year-old girl reported missing and found at Camp Pendleton, claims that the…


Woman Found Dead in SUV Near Mexican Border; Husband Suspected

SAN DIEGO—Authorities reached out to the public on July 6 for help in finding a fugitive suspected of killing his wife, a Santa Barbara County resident whose body was found just north of the U.S.-Mexico line in San Ysidro on the Fourth of July. German Luna Salazar, 44, allegedly bludgeoned 32-year-old Leyva Oregel Garcia to…


2 Arrested in Countywide Crime Spree in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—A man and a woman were in custody July 7 after a violent crime spree that spanned from Coastal North County to the South Bay, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Around 7 p.m. on July 5, a man called 911 to report he was the victim of a carjacking in the 800…


San Diego in Last Place in Regional Fiscal Rankings

Commentary California has 482 incorporated cities. Providing a financial ranking of these cities makes for a large graph. So, establishing areas is a good first start. And using a comparison from 2019 to 2018 gives a foundational beginning, as many cities have been very delinquent in obtaining and releasing their annual comprehensive financial reports (ACFRs)….


Rider Dies After Being Ejected From Motorcycle in San Diego Crash

SAN DIEGO—A 33-year-old Temecula man died when his motorcycle crashed into the back of Toyota truck on state Route 76 near the La Jolla Indian Reservation, the California Highway Patrol said on July 3. At 6:29 p.m. Sunday, the rider of a Yamaha Tenere 700 was heading westbound on State Route-76 when his motorcycle crashed…