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Authorities push hunt for suspected child predator
Authorities release new photos of a fugitive suspected in multiple cases of child molestation involving dozens of young victims abused over the last 20 years in northern San Diego County and Riverside County.
Family loses another home to fire
A family lost their second home in less than a year early Thursday when they watched the 27-foot trailer they were living in go up in flames.
End of an era: Hoffman signs deal with Brewers
Trevor Hoffman, who figured prominently in four of the five division titles won by the Padres, has agreed to terms with the Milwaukee Brewers on a one-year salary for $6 million plus $1.5 million in incentives and a club option for 2010.
El Cajon police warn residents about burglaries
Police are warning residents about a series of brazen burglaries where a prowler enters homes while they are sleeping and steals purses and wallets.
DEA updates its top 10 list
With most of the original leaders of the Arellano Felix drug cartel behind bars or dead, a new generation of suspected traffickers has stepped up to the plate. But their faces have barely been shown – until now.
Public Safety: Shooting victim testifies to ordeal, ID's wrong man
EAST COUNTY COURTS: A customer shot in the face during a 2006 robbery of a 7-Eleven in Lemon Grove described his ordeal in court yesterday, but prosecutors said he identified the wrong man as the shooter.
On a rescue operation
Sea bird experts up and down the West Coast are sounding the alarm about hundreds of California brown pelicans dying or becoming injured by bad weather or a mysterious malady. Reports of disoriented, malnourished and dead pelicans have come from Washington state to Baja California in recent weeks, said Rebecca Dmytryk of the nonprofit group Wild-Rescue in Monterey, which is tracking the phenomenon.
Grant tips for immigrant groups
Groups that aid immigrants sometimes struggle in San Diego not just to serve their communities, but to gain access to others doing the same work.
That's one of the reasons why the North Park-based Foundation for Change will host a six-hour meeting Saturday to help immigrant groups learn how to tap $150,000 in private grants.
At region's new hospital, creature comforts count
Hallways lined with paintings of beach scenes and pale-green fabric inspired by sea foam. High-definition televisions in every room. Large windows bathed in sunlight. Eucalyptus veneer giving a nod to the aromatic groves that fill local parks. Sound like features of a boutique hotel in downtown San Diego? That would be a good guess, but wrong.
'Louie' Natividad ends 6-year council stint
Luis Natividad isn't the longest-serving elected official in National City. But his community work, which dates to the Chicano movement of the 1960s, has inspired generations of city residents.
City to pay $11 million for Palm Avenue strip mall, lot
Imperial Beach is about to spend more than $11 million to acquire a blighted Palm Avenue strip mall and a neighboring lot in hopes of finally redeveloping the site. Since early 2006, the city's Redevelopment Agency has negotiated twice with developers interested in renovating the Miracle Shopping Center, but both deals fell through. Buying the land will allow Imperial Beach to make any offer to potential developers sweeter and simpler.
A fresh start, and a bonus
What Todd Moitz saw while checking out a Web site Saturday stunned him. The winning lottery numbers matched the ones on the ticket he bought in Pacific Beach the day before. Yet Moitz couldn't believe that he could be San Diego's next millionaire, so he checked with his roommate. The numbers still matched. Then, he took a picture of the ticket and e-mailed it to his family.
Soledad cross foes want order reversed
Opponents of the cross atop Mount Soledad urged a U.S. appeals court yesterday to overturn a federal judge's ruling in July that said the controversial La Jolla landmark could remain. The 70-page brief filed by lawyers for the Jewish War Veterans, who contend the cross violates the constitutional separation between government and religion, marked another round in the long-running fight over the monument.
San Onofre reactor shut for maintenance
One of two nuclear reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has been shut down since Dec. 28 for routine maintenance, a spokesman for the utility that owns the plant said.
New barrier means end to Friendship Park
The Border Patrol reportedly will close Friendship Park along the U.S.-Mexico border to make space for a triple-wide barrier that will run to the ocean.
Helix district sued over habitat
The Helix Water District has been sued by a business partnership that claims the water district is obstructing plans to create a wildlife habitat and water recharge basin in Lakeside's El Monte Valley.
Rescue Task Force: A trip with a cause
By the time you read this, Kim Hewitt of Pacific Beach will be part of a group slogging through the remote jungles of the Central American country of Honduras.
Restaurant manager gets big tip for returning wallet
When the manager of a small Mexican restaurant in Point Loma saw a newly seated customer pick up a wallet from under his table, he quickly surmised it must belong to the family who had just left.
Scripps Health purchases medical group
San Diego-based Scripps Health now has a physical presence in Escondido.
The company has acquired Penn Elm Medical Group, a private family practice founded in 1966 by Dr. Oliver Thomas and Dr. Arthur Nicolaysen.
State extends alcohol ban at Silver Strand beach
Silver Strand State Beach stood alone last summer, the only beach in the county where a beer or glass of wine was legal. No more. The state is banning alcohol from Silver Strand between March 16 and Sept. 30, beginning this year. The action follows a disorderly, alcohol-fueled Fourth of July weekend at the beach and a more sedate Labor Day weekend under an experimental booze ban.
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