Category: San Diego

Afternoon Shooting in San Diego Leaves Man Dead, Another Injured

SAN DIEGO—A 27-year-old man was killed and a second man was injured in a shooting in front of a neighborhood market near Mount Hope Cemetery in Mountain View on Feb. 15. San Diego Police Department (SDPD) officers were called about 2:40 p.m. to the 3600 block of Ocean View Boulevard on multiple reports of the…


San Diego Man Gets 25 Years for Selling Fentanyl Pills, Leading to Fatal Overdose

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego resident who sold fentanyl pills to another man, resulting in the victim’s fatal overdose, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Feb. 14. Jahvaris Lamoun Springfield, 32, was convicted by a federal jury in August of a count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death for selling the pills…


San Diego Dedicates Street to Asian American Legend Tom Hom

SAN DIEGO—Just a few days shy of San Diego legend Tom Hom’s 95th birthday, Mayor Todd Gloria unveiled an honorary Tom Hom Avenue street sign on Feb. 12 at a ceremony held at downtown’s Chinese Historical District. Tom Hom is a San Diego icon due to his political and business achievements. He was elected to…


Cross-Border ‘Drug Tourism’ May Be Fueling HIV Spike in Tijuana, UCSD Reports

SAN DIEGO—A so-called “drug tourism” may be fueling a new HIV outbreak in Tijuana, unabated by the COVID-19 closure of the international border, the University of California–San Diego School of Medicine researchers announced on Feb. 11 at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection. Specifically, the researchers found that the HIV incidence rate among people who…


Smuggler Sentenced to Prison for Ramming 4 Border Patrol Agents With Car

SAN DIEGO—A man who injured several Border Patrol agents by ramming their vehicles on a state highway near Jamul while he was smuggling 10 migrants has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison, prosecutors said on Feb. 9. Juan Francisco Sanchez-Campos, 24, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty to speeding through a Border Patrol…


Marine at Camp Pendleton Arrested on Federal Cyberstalking Charge

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—An active-duty Camp Pendleton Marine is facing a federal charge of cyberstalking young women with connections to his former hometown of Torrance as part of a “sextortion” campaign, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Johao Miguel Chavarri, 25, of Oceanside, was arrested on Feb. 8 and made his initial appearance Wednesday afternoon in Los…


Ex-San Diego Deputy Sentenced for Fatally Shooting Fleeing Detainee

SAN DIEGO—A former sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an unarmed, fleeing detainee outside the downtown San Diego jail was sentenced on Feb. 7 to three years of probation and one year in jail. Aaron Russell, 25, pleaded guilty last month to a voluntary manslaughter charge for the May 1, 2020, death of Nicholas Bils, who…


Guided-Missile Destroyer O’Kane Returns to San Diego

SAN DIEGO—The guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane returned home Feb. 6 to Naval Base San Diego, completing an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation. O’Kane deployed in June 2021, serving as the ballistic missile defense commander for Carrier Strike Group 1. “The sailors aboard USS O’Kane lead the way in…


SoCal COVID Waning; New CA Bill Introduced to Allow Schools to See Who’s Vaccinated

LOS ANGELES—As the winter Omicron surge subsides, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health updated the mask compliance requirement for the post-surge period while a new state bill was introduced on Feb. 4 to grant schools access to students’ COVID-19 vaccination records. On Feb. 4, Los Angeles County reported 15,427 new COVID-19 cases and…


Suspect Jailed in Attempted Credit Union Robbery in La Mesa

LA MESA, Calif.—A Georgia man who allegedly started out to rob an eastern San Diego County credit union office before seemingly changing his mind and fleeing empty-handed was behind bars on Feb. 2, authorities said. Deon Dondre Allen, 28, handed a demand note to a teller at the Cabrillo Credit Union branch in the 7900…