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Source: 10News.com - Local News
A brush fire spread to 200 acres Thursday on the Pacific Crest Trail between Campo and Potrero, creating highly visible black smoke in the back country, according to Cal Fire.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:38:14 PDT
A 22-year-old student at Southwestern College was behind bars Thursday for threats against the college and a professor.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:28:22 PDT
As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:19:52 PDT
A grant requested by San Diego County Supervisor Bill Horn was canceled by county officials Thursday because they determined it violated the separation of church and state.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:56:04 PDT
A water main break was reported in Pacific Beach Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:43:02 PDT
Fire crews quickly contained a fire just north of the Sycamore Landfill near Miramar Base in the Santee area.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:36:08 PDT
Nearly one-third of households in San Diego County have incomes below what is needed to meet the basic cost of living, according to a study released Thursday.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:55:59 PDT
Caltrans is asking the public to attend two hearings regarding its $1.3 billion Interstate 805 Corridor Improvement Project.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:52:27 PDT
A former Vista resident who posted a video on Facebook showing him mutilating and killing an opossum was charged with animal abuse, the San Diego Humane Society announced Thursday.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:46:51 PDT
San Diego County prosecutors said Thursday they will not charge a 92-year-old man who drove off after hitting and killing a teenager in Vista.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:21:30 PDT
Three males accused of attacking a Grossmont College football player with a bat and golf club in La Mesa, leaving him permanently disabled, are to go on trial Jan. 18, prosecutors said Thursday.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:19:20 PDT
A man whose female passenger was killed when his pickup truck crashed after drifting off state Route 78 pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of gross vehicular manslaughter without intoxication.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:40:54 PDT
About 4,600 San Diego Gas & Electric customers in the Chula Vista area lost power when a bird flew into an electrical line, the utility reported.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:11:34 PDT
About 4,600 San Diego Gas & Electric customers in the Chula Vista area lost power Thursday because of a suspected problem with an overhead electrical system.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:49:39 PDT
A Dec. 6 trial date was set Thursday for a former star pitcher at Steele Canyon High School, who faces charges stemming from a head-on crash that killed a 50-year-old Spring Valley man.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:32:24 PDT
A man convicted in a scam in which homeowners were falsely told that "land patents" would protect their properties from foreclosure is scheduled to be sentenced in downtown San Diego Thursday.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:43:45 PDT
A man who ran away from La Mesa police, abandoning a car filled with stolen property and drugs, remained at large Thursday.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:50:22 PDT
The amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans was scheduled to return to San Diego Thursday evening from a three-month deployment.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:40:46 PDT
A 26-year-old man was in custody Thursday accused of partnering with two other men to carjack a woman in Vista last month, a sheriff's sergeant said.
Published: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:57:32 PDT
A Carlsbad woman who was held hostage 10 years ago said she knows how the hostages involved in the ordeal at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland on Wednesday must feel.
Published: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 23:31:47 PDT
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