SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Nick Petro sat on the Moonlight Beach sand to make a phone call Tuesday night when a man in a ski mask put a gun to his head.The armed robbery victim says it was around 8:30 p.m. and pitch dark when he put his back to a wooden umbrella on the desolate north end of the beach. While Petro was talking to a colleague, a masked man approached him from behind, pulled out a gun, and demanded everything he had. RELATED: Sheriff asks for help to find suspect in armed robbery near Moonlight Beach in Encinitas"He said 'this is no effin joke,'; that he was going to kill me if I don't gi ..read more

ENCINITAS, Calif. (CNS) - Authorities reached out to the public Wednesday for help in identifying a man who sneaked into an Encinitas woman's apartment last week and sexually assaulted her.The victim told investigators the assailant, a young man with a "bowl cut" hairstyle, attacked her shortly before midnight Friday while she was sleeping in her residence in the 2000 block of Carol View Drive, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.The woman was able to break free from the assailant and chased him out of her home, Lt. Joel Stranger said. She described the perpetrator as a blac ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — One day after San Diego announced it would require city workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Encinitas city officials announced Friday they too will require vaccinations for union employees.Encinitas said it has reached an agreement with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 221 to require all represented workers to be vaccinated. The city already announced a vaccine mandate for city employees on Aug. 17.All union and non-union employees will be required to present proof of vaccination starting Oct. 7.RELATED: San Diego mandating COVID-19 vaccine for ..read more

ENCINITAS, Calif. (KGTV) — Encinitas officials announced Tuesday that it will require all city employees to submit proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test weekly.Starting Aug. 23, the city said all workers will need to provide proof of full vaccination or a negative test due to the rise in COVID-19 cases caused largely by the delta variant.The city added that once full FDA approval for the COVID-19 vaccine is made, more vaccinations will become mandatory within 45 days of approval. If cases continue to rise in the county, the city said it could require additional testing for unvaccina ..read more

ENCINITAS, Calif. (KGTV) — Last week, the City of Encinitas cleared a hurdle in its quest to create a housing plan that California officials would sign off on."The City of Encinitas has struggled with having a housing element that the state would certify since its existence," said Encinitas Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz.California's Department of Housing and Community Development informed the city last week that it would be certifying its latest plan to accommodate future housing needs, including that of low-income residents.Encinitas has dealt with legal action surrounding housing and has seen two ..read more

ENCINITAS, Calif. (KGTV) -- The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a train in Encinitas Friday afternoon.Deputies say around 2:58 p.m. they were called to the scene of the collision at North Coast Highway 101 and Leucadia Blvd.The pedestrian, whose identity was not immediately available, died at the scene, the department reported.Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Department's non-emergency line at 858-565-5200 ..read more

ENCINITAS, Calif. (KGTV) — Parents in San Diego's north county are coming together to try to get students back in class as quickly as possible.Christine Silcox has two kids at La Costa Canyon High School."They're full-on tethered to their computer, hours at a time during the day, zombies in front of a computer," said Silcox.Silcox said the isolation is wearing on them."They have very little interaction with their peers online because it's super hard. They are teenagers, OK, they don't want to interact with each other this way, it's like pulling teeth," she said.Ginny Merrifield doesn't have ki ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — It was a virtual ribbon-cutting unlike no other, where those involved in the actual cutting were transformed into cartoon characters.A COVID-friendly way of celebrating another section of the Inland Rail Trail officially opening to the public. The new 2.5-mile section stretches from Vista to the area near Cherimoya Drive, which is part of the unincorporated section of the county.Crews have been working on this portion of the trail since 2017.Once finished, the Inland Rail Trail will be a 21-mile, multi-use path that will stretch through the cities of Oceanside, Vista, San Ma ..read more

ENCINITAS (CNS) - A cyclist was killed Saturday when he collided with a vehicle at an Encinitas intersection, authorities said.The collision happened at about 11:49 a.m. when a cyclist was struck by a vehicle that was turning right from westbound Leucadia Boulevard to Moonstone Court, according to Deputy Eric Rader of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.Bystanders gave medical aid to the victim, Rader said.The injured cyclist was taken by ambulance to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, where he died of his injuries, the deputy said.Deputies with the department's Traffic Accident Reconst ..read more

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego Sheriff's Department requested the public's help locating a North County woman who disappeared more than seven years ago.Kimberly "Kim" Jo Evans, 48, was last seen on April 30, 2013, by her mother at their Encinitas home. Evans left that morning on foot and has not been seen or heard from since.Evans was last seen wearing a green plaid blouse, green shorts, and carrying a suitcase.She's described as 5'6", weighing about 110 pounds, has reddish-brown hair and brown eyes. Evans is known to use pubic transportation and travel internationally to places including Me ..read more