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Crews respond to water main break in Hillcrest
SAN DIEGO – A water main break was reported in Hillcrest Wednesday evening. The incident began at approximately 10:15 p.m. on 3rd Avenue between Pennsylvania and Robinson avenues, according to San Diego Water Public Works. Check back for updates on this developing story.
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Students quarantined at Southwestern College because of possible Ebola exposure
CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Authorities at Southwestern College have taped off a building as a precaution after a student reported feeling ill Thursday. UPDATE: Southwestern College student recants Ebola story Seven students have been quarantined in Building 400 after a female student told a teacher that she had been on an airline flight with the Texas nurse who was later diagnosed with Ebola, a teacher told Fox 5 News. The teacher became concerned and contacted campus administrators. Campus police then […]
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Sewage spill pollutes La Jolla beach
SAN DIEGO — A roughly 5,000-gallon sewage spill prompted a pollution alert Tuesday at La Jolla beaches, authorities reported. Wastewater began overflowing from a blocked sanitation line about 5 a.m. in the 1100 block of Prospect Street that drains southwest down Coast Boulevard, according to the San Diego Public Utilities Department. It took crews about three hours to get the problem under control. Signs warning of contamination hazards will stand at the Children’s Pool and along 1,000 feet of shoreline on […]
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Boy, 10, charged with fatally beating elderly woman
DAMASCUS TOWNSHIP, Penn. – A 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been charged with homicide after police say he confessed to beating a 90-year-old woman to death. According to WNEP, Tristen Kurilla, 10, of Damascus Township was visiting his grandfather last Saturday when Helen Novak, 90, yelled at him during a dispute. According to an affidavit, the 10-year-old boy told police he put a cane around Novak’s throat and punched her numerous times. The 10-year-old boy’s grandfather was Novak’s caretaker. Kurilla will […]
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Mexican gangster sentenced to die in prison
SAN DIEGO — A leader in a Mexican drug trafficking gang who participated in six murders, including the strangling of two men in San Ysidro whose bodies were dissolved in acid, was sentenced Tuesday to nine terms of life in prison without parole. Juan Francisco Estrada Gonzalez, 35, was convicted with “Los Palillos” boss Jorge Rojas Lopez of multiple counts of murder and kidnapping after a 15-month trial. “(Mr. Estrada) was a co-captain on this death squad,” Deputy District Attorney Mark […]
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Pot, opium plants found in Mira Mesa warehouse
SAN DIEGO — A 57-year-old business owner and two other people were in custody Tuesday on suspicion of growing marijuana inside a Mira Mesa warehouse, police said. Mark Henry Gillingham was booked into San Diego Central Jail late Monday on suspicion of several felonies, including possession of marijuana for sale, according to the San Diego County sheriff’s online jail records. Hours earlier, officers served a search warrant at Gillingham’s Progressive Screenprint business in the 9800 block of Mesa Rim Road and discovered […]
