Screenshot from video released by Supervisor Jim Desmond shows panga boat with migrants landing in Carlsbad. North County political leaders called for stronger maritime border enforcement on Monday after a panga boat loaded with migrants navigated between surfers and beached itself in Carlsbad. Circulated widely on social media, the video showed the boat running ashore on Saturday, after which at least 16 people hopped out and ran to the street where a waiting SUV took some of them away. Others melded into the residential and commercial district frequented by tourists and locals. The image of ..read more

The Sockers, down 0-1 in their semifinal series, came back at home to prevail 2-1 and move on to the Western Division finals. Photo credit: sdsockers.com The re-match is on. The Sockers will face the defending MASL Ron Newman Cup champion Chihuahua Savage in the second round of the Western Division finals beginning in Mexico on Thursday. This marks the third straight season that San Diego (18-6-0) and Chihuahua (16-7-1) will meet for the right to play for the Cup. In 2021-22, San Diego beat Chihuahua in a three-match series and went on to win the Cup, while the tide turned for the Savage in a ..read more

A home for sale in City Heights. Photo by Chris Stone Home sales in San Diego County improved in March, evidence of a warming spring selling season despite a dearth of inventory on the market, the Greater San Diego Association of Realtors reported Monday. Single-family home sales in March were more than 13% higher than February, and sales of attached properties (condominiums and townhomes) were up more than 5%. Year over year, however, sales of existing homes were down 11% for single-family and 7% for condos and townhomes. The median price of resale homes still shows n ..read more

Thomas Ryder Shoup. GoFundMe photo Authorities Monday released the names of two Imperial Beach residents — a woman and a teenage boy — who were killed last week in a fiery South Bay traffic crash on Interstate 5. Eileen Crawford, 67, was heading north on the southbound side of the freeway when her Honda Civic plowed head-on into an oncoming Dodge Challenger just north of Palomar Street in Chula Vista shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office and California Highway Patrol. The impact caused the Dodge to burst into flames and left its driver ..read more

Manuel Leon. Courtesy: GoFundMe Authorities Monday publicly identified a 27-year-old construction worker who was killed last week when a hit-and-run driver’s car struck him on a rural road a few miles west of Harrah’s Resort Southern California. Manuel Leon of Fallbrook was working as a traffic flagman at a work site in the 14500 block of Cool Valley Road in Valley Center when an eastbound Toyota Corolla hit him shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office and California Highway Patrol. Following the fatal impact, the motorist continued driving a ..read more

Photo credit: Alexander Nguyen A man suspected of beating a fellow transient to death in El Cajon was behind bars Monday following his arrest at the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities reported. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detained probationer John Paul Campbell, 37, as he was crossing into the United States from Mexico at San Ysidro Port of Entry on Friday afternoon, according to the El Cajon Police Department. Three days earlier, patrol officers responding to reports of a possible assault found 41-year-old Robert Mansi mortally injured in the 100 block of West Main Street, ECPD Lt ..read more

Gloria E. Ciriza. San Diego County Office of Education photo Gloria E. Ciriza will succeed Paul Gothold as the county’s superintendent of schools, becoming the first female superintendent in the San Diego County Office of Education‘s 76-year history, the SDCOE announced Monday. The county Board of Education, which made the decision during a special meeting Saturday, is expected to consider Ciriza’s contract at its next regular meeting, on May 8. It’s anticipated she will assume the post on July 1. Gothold is retiring after seven years in the role. @SanDiegoCOE's next leader will be Dr. Glori ..read more

A Caltrans construction crew working at night. Photo via @SDCaltrans Twitter Caltrans and San Diego Association of Governments will close all northbound lanes along Interstate 5 between Carlsbad Village Drive and State Route 78 at 11:30 p.m. Monday night until Tuesday at 4:30 a.m. According to the agencies, this closure will allow crews to continue with placing an overhead sign structure, spanning all lanes of travel. All northbound I-5 motorists will exit at Carlsbad Village Drive and follow the detour onto El Camino Real. Motorists can enter northbound I-5 from Vista Way or SR 78. Detour sig ..read more

Emergency crews responding to a report of a fire on the western outskirts of Old Town Monday arrived to find a burning body. Photo via OnScene.TV. Emergency crews responding to a report of a fire on the western outskirts of Old Town Monday arrived to find a burning body. The blaze was reported shortly before 11:30 a.m. in the 4700 block of Pacific Highway, just south of Interstate 8 and east of I-5, according to the San Diego Police Department. A witness saw two men trying to put out the flames, then leaving the area prior to the arrival of firefighters, police said. The identity of the dead ..read more

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed (center) talks with her attorney Jason Bowles (right) and her defense team during the trial against her in Santa Fe, N.M. on Friday, March, 1, 2024. Jim Weber/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo The armorer on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust” was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for the 2021 on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was struck by a bullet discharged from a prop gun wielded by actor Alec Baldwin. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 26, was convicted last month in New Mexico of involuntary manslaughter. The jury acquitted her of an evidence tampering char ..read more