(KGTV) - San Diego-based Marines are on the ground in Baghdad Wednesday to protect the U.S. Embassy. Protestors pushed their way into the compound Tuesday, setting fires and breaking windows before Iraqi security forces pushed them back. The group is demonstrating against U.S.-led airstrikes on an Iran-backed militia in Iraq. The airstrikes ...
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Times of San Diego
The shooting occurred Dec. 21 during a robbery in the area of 2600 Biola Ave., according to San Diego Police Lt. Matt Dobbs. Richella Funiestas, of San Diego, was taken to Paradise Valley Hospital where she died last Thursday, Dobbs said. Homicide detectives joined the investigation and located a 16-year-old boy who was already in custody in an ...
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For the past decade, ABC 10News has partnered with San Diego County to promote a regional vision adopted by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to help all San Diego residents be healthy, safe and thrive. Over the last ten years, the County and its almost 500 recognized partners have worked to provoke changes and implement strategies in ...
Old Globe, Cygnet lead nominations for 2019 Craig Noel Awards honoring the best in San Diego theater
San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego’s flagship theater and a younger company originally launched to rival it have landed the most nominees in the just-announced field for the annual Craig Noel Awards. The Old Globe topped all theaters with a total of 22 nominations for the local theater honors, to be presented Feb. 10. Cygnet Theatre — whose name is a nod to the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune
Life Time, a high-end gym brand best known for its resort-style fitness complexes, has opened its first location in San Diego County. The 46,000-square-foot gym complex, which opened in late December, is located in the heart of La Jolla Village at 1055 Wall Street. Besides typical fitness equipment and group workout studios, the facility also ...
NBC 7 San Diego on MSN.com
The Farmers Insurance Open is San Diego’s prestigious PGA Tour golf tournament played at the scenic Torrey Pines Golf Course. Several ticket options are offered for the tourney, depending on which day you want to head to the green, and what you want to do when you get there. As we’ve learned over the years, the tournament is as much about ...
Washington Post
San Diego (7-8, 0-0) vs. Loyola Marymount (6-8, 0-0) Albert Gersten Pavilion, Los Angeles; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: San Diego looks for its third straight win over Loyola Marymount at Albert Gersten Pavilion. Loyola Marymount’s last win at home against the Toreros came on Jan. 23, 2016. TEAM LEADERSHIP: Loyola Marymount’s Eli ...
San Diego Union-Tribune
These workers are clients of The Arc of San Diego, a nonprofit that provides job services to more than 400 San Diego County adults with cognitive and physical disabilities. For the past 13 years, The Yard House has hired Arc clients at its three San Diego County restaurants, including one in the Gaslamp Quarter that closed in 2015. For its ...
CBS News 8
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Zoo officials announced via social media Monday that one of its beloved elephants passed away over the weekend. According to the zoo, Tembo was “compassionately” euthanized on Sunday after staff evaluated her “quality of life options.” The female African bush elephant was 48 years old and had been at the zoo ...
CBS News 8
SAN DIEGO — Before you decide where you're celebrating New Year's Eve, make a plan to get home safely. Here's where to find free rides across San Diego County for New Year's Eve. Once you pick your safe, sober ride home, it's time to pick your destination! Fortunately, there are plenty of places to ring in the new year in San Diego.
San Diego Union-Tribune
Last year came in and went out like a wet lion in San Diego County. In between, it was a relatively tranquil, although not uneventful weather year. While the planet as a whole experienced in 2019 what will likely go down as the hottest year on record, San Diego, for the most part, dodged persistent heat. After five straight years that ranked in ...
NBC 7 San Diego on MSN.com
It was an eventful year for San Diego sports fans, right up until the final days of 2019. Local teams made history. The Padres made a bunch of changes. And Philip Rivers may have made his last appearance with the only NFL team he's known. So with a busy 12 months in the books, let's look back at the storylines that shaped 2019 for sports fans ...
Times of San Diego
Nevertheless, San Diego prices were still 2.9% higher in October compared to a year ago. The widely followed index, released Tuesday by S&P Dow Jones Indices, showed a 0.1% rise nationally in October, and a 3.3% increase for the past year — figures that were called “reassuring.” “October’s U.S. housing data continue to be reassuring ...
Times of San Diego
A total of 3.47 million different people visited Times of San Diego at least once in 2019, but the following 10 news events drew the most readers. The numbers are culled both the desktop and mobile versions of the website. 1. Poppy Apocalypse — A massive wildflower bloom near Lake Elsinore in March drew thousands, caused massive traffic ...
San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Sockers hope to build an indoor, multi-use sports arena in Oceanside. The plan, which would create a 5,000- to 8,000-seat building in the El Corazon SoCal Sports Complex, has reached the staff-review stage with the city. If approved, the Sockers would cut long-standing ties with the San Diego Sports Arena, now operating as ...
San Diego Union-Tribune
As car buffs ring in the new year by attending the 2020 edition of the San Diego International Auto Show to inspect all the latest makes and models, the auto industry seems to be going in multiple directions at the same time: Sales of sports utility vehicles and trucks continue to surge, electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in California are ...
NBC 7 San Diego
The government planned to send more troops to protect the compound. The crisis response team was created after the 2012 attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of four Americans, including three from San Diego.
Times of San Diego
San Diego County Sheriff deputies train a K9 Unit of dogs. Photo via SDSO. A man who allegedly broke into a Lemon Grove neighbor’s home was arrested Tuesday following an hour-long standoff. The break-in was reported about 9 a.m. at a home in the 1600 block of Colfax Drive, sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Bodine said. “A report came in of a man known ...
San Diego Union-Tribune
“Elvis is Everywhere” singer Mojo Nixon was so impressed the first time he heard Country Dick Montana perform here with the Snuggle Bunnies in the early 1980s that he wanted to join the pioneering San Diego roots-rock band. Unfortunately for Nixon (real name: Kirby McMillan), Montana (real name: Dan McLain) rejected the idea. “I ...
ABC 10 News
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- The new year brings plenty of chances to get out and explore America's Finest City. From admiring all the San Diego International Auto Show has to offer to hikes at three sisters falls and a food tasting walking tour in La Jolla, there's a little something for everyone. The San Diego International Auto Show features a wide ...