Category: San Diego

Relative Arrested in Connection with Stabbing Death

SAN DIEGO—A man was behind bars Jan. 17 in connection with the weekend stabbing death of a 22-year-old female cousin in the Sabre Springs community. At 10 a.m. Sunday, 22-year-old Uriel Cedillo was located at 12500 Oak Knoll Road and arrested on suspicion of murder, said Lt. Andra Brown of the San Diego Police Department….


Man Who Opened Fire on Restaurant Got 49 Years in Prison

SAN DIEGO—A man who opened fire into a Hillcrest restaurant with an assault rifle, but missed about a dozen people inside the eatery, was sentenced Friday to 49 years in state prison. Stefano Markell Parker, 32, pleaded guilty last year to five counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm in connection with the Feb. 12,…


San Diego State Receives Record Number of Undergrad and Transfer Applications

SAN DIEGO—A record 76,792 candidates applied to San Diego State University (SDSU) for fall 2022, a number which university leaders say bodes well for the institution following several tumultuous years in the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced Jan. 14. The applicants include students from all 50 states—with a record number of first-time applicants from California—as…


Man Charged With Firing Gun Near Demonstrators Outside San Diego Mayor’s Home

SAN DIEGO—A man who allegedly fired off a gun as protesters demonstrated last summer outside San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria’s home pleaded not guilty Jan. 13 to a felony count of negligently discharging a gun. Lonnie James Crawford, 37, was arrested on the night of Aug. 30 for allegedly firing at least one shot in…


San Diego Supervisor’s House Fire Is Considered Suspicious

SAN DIEGO—Police are treating a fire at the home of a San Diego County leader and his wife, a prominent labor official, as suspicious. County Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher said he and wife Lorena Gonzalez and their family were awoken by smoke alarms around 4 a.m. on Wednesday. “The front of our house…


Gov. Gavin Newsom Visits Homeless Encampment in San Diego to Talk Solutions, COVID-19

SAN DIEGO—Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a homeless encampment in downtown San Diego Wednesday morning, Jan. 12, to highlight his California Blueprint, a plan to tackle “existential threats,” including the housing crisis, through a proposed $286.4 billion budget. That proposed budget includes $6 billion over several years to purchase and build 55,000 new units of housing…


Fire Burns Home of Nathan Fletcher, Lorena Gonzalez

SAN DIEGO—A fire burned the home of San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and his wife, former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, in City Heights in the morning of Jan. 12, but no injuries were reported. “Our family is safe and for us, that is all that matters,” Fletcher said in a statement Wednesday morning. “We are grateful for the quick…


San Diego County Bans Ghost Guns

SAN DIEGO—On a 3–2 vote, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Jan. 11 requiring safe firearm storage and prohibiting the distribution or creation of untraceable “ghost guns” in the county. Board Chairman Nathan Fletcher and Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and  Nora Vargas voted in support of the measure. Supervisors Joel Anderson and…


San Diego County Supervisors Ban Ghost Guns

SAN DIEGO—On a 3–2 vote, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Jan. 11 requiring safe firearm storage and prohibiting the distribution or creation of untraceable “ghost guns” in the county. Board Chairman Nathan Fletcher and Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and  Nora Vargas voted in support of the measure. Supervisors Joel Anderson and…


State Bill Would Prevent Surprise Sexually Violent Predator Placement

SAN DIEGO—Two local state senators have co-authored a bipartisan bill introduced on Jan. 11 that would prevent the state from placing sexually violent predators in unsuspecting communities. Sen. Brian Jones (R-Santee) and Sen. Ben Hueso (D-San Diego), along with Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, wrote the Sexually Violent Predator Accountability, Fairness, and Enforcement (SAFE) Act following high-profile incidents of California’s state…