ESCONDIDO, Calif.—A philanthropic organization today awarded $228,000 to nine Escondido-based organizations intended to improve the social and emotional wellbeing in the city. The Escondido Community Foundation, an affiliate of The San Diego Foundation, provided the award to address issues of social isolation, anxiety, depression, suicide, and abuse, and to provide specific support for young people in…
Escondido Community Foundation Awards $228K to Nine Mental Health Groups
For Third Straight Year, San Diego Increases Grant Funding Received
SAN DIEGO—Mayor Todd Gloria today released the city’s fiscal year 2021 citywide grants report, which shows grants applied for, received and total amount received has increased for the third year in a row. San Diego was awarded a total of 55 grant awards in fiscal year 2021 with a combined value of $141,713,026. Compared to…
San Diego County Reports 756 New COVID-19 Cases, 3 Deaths
SAN DIEGO—San Diego County public health officials have reported 756 new COVID-19 cases and three additional virus-related deaths. The Oct. 1 report brought the county’s cumulative totals to 357,254 cases since the pandemic began, while fatalities increased to 4,081. The number of COVID-19 patients in county hospitals decreased from 351 on Thursday to 345 Friday,…
University of California–San Diego Researchers Help Map Out How Cancer Mutations Affect Proteins
SAN DIEGO—Researchers at the University of California–San Diego (UCSD) and the University of California–San Francisco (UCSF) have mapped out how hundreds of mutations involved in two types of cancer affect the activity of discrete groups of proteins that are the ultimate actors behind the disease, reports published today revealed. The work points the way to identifying…
Two Plead Guilty to Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme
SAN DIEGO—A man and woman who took part in a scheme to use prison inmates’ personal information to fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits have pleaded guilty to felony charges of making false statements on an unemployment application. Ryan Kubista and Maereichelle Marquez, both 34, entered their pleas Sept. 30, about six months after the San Diego…
COASTER Rail Service To Expand Between San Diego and Oceanside on Oct. 25
OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Commuters and visitors along the Interstate 5 corridor will soon have more options when traveling between Oceanside and downtown San Diego with expanded COASTER rail service slated to begin next month, it was announced Sept. 30. The North County Transit District’s (NCTD) increased COASTER service will provide 30 daily trips Monday through Friday with…
Fried Brilliant in 3-hitter, Braves Silence Padres 4-0
SAN DIEGO—Max Fried was absolutely brilliant at just the right time for the Atlanta Braves. Fried retired his last 18 batters and finished with a three-hitter for his second career shutout, and the NL East-leading Braves beat the San Diego Padres 4-0 Friday to split an unusual night of baseball. A few hours earlier, after…
Escondido Road Rage Shooting Suspect Dies After Being Shot by Police Officer
A man involved in a road rage shooting in Escondido, California, died Friday night after being shot by the police during a chase, authorities say. The suspect, a 38-year-old male Escondido resident, fired a handgun from his vehicle into another vehicle occupied by a 20-year-old male driver and a 15-year-old passenger on Sept. 17 around 5 p.m.,…
San Diego Comic-Con to Require Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative COVID-19 Test
San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) Special Edition will require all of its participants to be either fully vaccinated or test negative for COVID-19 at the San Diego Convention Center from Nov. 26–28. SDCC is a comic book convention and entertainment event held in San Diego annually since 1970. More than 130,000 people attended Comic-Con in 2019 before…
San Diego City Council Bans Ghost Guns
San Diego City Council passed an ordinance on Tuesday that bans the sale and possession of “ghost guns” in an attempt to combat the rising gun crime in San Diego. Ghost guns are privately made firearms that lack serial numbers, making them hard to be traced by law enforcement agencies. Under federal law, it is…
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