To Vape or Not to Vape
The Neighborhood Market Association claims San Diego County has unconstitutionally banned the sale and distribution of flavored smoking products and electronic smoking devices for one year.
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San Diego Superior to Resume Limited Operations From Courthouse Lobby
SAN DIEGO (CN) — After being closed for 10 weeks while courts up and down California worked to remain open
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Out of the Pandemic Comes an Alternative Courthouse
In the wake of a statewide shutdown that also sent sheriffs to lock courthouse doors, lawyers in San Diego started an extraordinary program to stand in for their paralyzed courts.
Read moreState of SoCal Court: Operations Stalled by ‘Holiday’ Covid-19 Closure
A state of the court address by San Diego Superior Court’s leaders Wednesday did not clarify when the court – which has been closed 1 ½ months – will resume normal operations, which it anticipates doing on a piecemeal basis guided by local and state public health directives.
Read moreBlinded
A woman sued San Diego County in superior court, claiming a jail guard stood and watched as she plucked out her own eyes, blinding herself.
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San Diego Area House Seat a Toss-Up After Duncan Hunter Resignation
Congressman Duncan Hunter’s guilty plea to a single charge of campaign finance fraud late last year and his resignation this week has made the 50th Congressional District race one of the most-watched 2020 races in the nation, as a millennial Democratic candidate makes his second attempt to flip the Republican stronghold.
Read moreSan Diego Synagogue Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Appearing before San Diego Superior Court’s presiding judge Thursday, the 20-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a synagogue congregant during the sacred Jewish holiday of Passover this past spring pleaded not guilty to murder and hate crime charges.
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Ex-Congressman Issa to Challenge Embattled Duncan Hunter for House Seat
Former longtime GOP congressman Darrell Issa is tossing his hat in the ring for the fight to unseat embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter in District 50, one of California’s last Republican strongholds.
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San Diego Democrat Accused of Campaign Money Laundering
A San Diego voter has sued Assemblyman Todd Gloria, accusing him of illegally using donations from his Assembly re-election campaign to pay for his run for the mayor’s office.
Read moreCivil Rights
Advancing claims that San Diego County allowed a social worker to detain two young children without parental consent, a federal judge noted that “lying and threatening to take a 3-year-old from a mother so as to supplant a parent’s medical decision-making is conscience-shocking behavior.”
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Fifth Republican Launches Bid For Embattled Congressman’s Seat
Republican, radio personality and proponent of the failed 2018 effort to repeal California’s gas tax, Carl DeMaio of San Diego, announced Monday he will run for the congressional seat held by a fellow Republican about to go on trial on campaign-finance fraud charges.
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Wife of Ugandan Immigrant Shot and Killed by Officer Testifies in Civil Trial
The day before he was shot and killed by a police officer in El Cajon, California, in 2016, Alfred Olango stopped by his family’s house to tell his estranged wife and his teen daughter he loved them, his wife testified during his wrongful death trial Monday, recalling his “strange” behavior.
Read moreSynagogue Shooting
A federal judge in San Diego entered a not guilty plea Tuesday on behalf of John T. Earnest, 19, who is accused of shooting and killing a woman and wounding several others at a synagogue in April and now faces federal hate crime, arson and other charges.
Read moreFeds File Hate Crime Charges in San Diego Synagogue Shooting
The Justice Department filed 109 federal hate crime charges Thursday against a 19-year-old man accused of killing a 60-year-old woman and wounding a rabbi, a girl and others during a shooting at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego.
Read moreSynagogue Shooting Suspect Enters Not Guilty Plea
The man accused of killing a 60-year-old woman and wounding a rabbi, an 8-year-old girl and her uncle at a Passover celebration this past weekend pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and arson Tuesday afternoon.
Read moreSan Diego Makes Move to Enter Energy Market
Keeping in mind local and state mandates to combat climate change, San Diego city and county officials approved measures to explore entering the clean energy market as providers.
Read moreJudge Advances Protesters’ Free Speech Lawsuit Against San Diego Police
An attorney representing the San Diego branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and a handful of protesters arrested while holding vigil for a man shot and killed by a police officer in 2016 said San Diego law enforcement has a pattern of declaring protests unlawful assemblies once they become “inconvenient.”
Read moreSan Diego County Opens Old Courthouse to Shelter Migrants
San Diego County, often the first U.S. stop for asylum-seeking families who make their way to sponsors across the country, will allow an old courthouse to be used as a temporary shelter while it waits on the state and federal government to put up funds to address the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read moreSan Diego Calls on State to Help Fund Migrant Shelters
In a bipartisan effort, San Diego County’s mostly Republican Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday on a handful of measures to temporarily house asylum-seekers, including asking the state to reimburse local government for footing the bill.
Read more$556M San Diego Courthouse Already Needs New Windows
Less than a year after the most expensive courthouse in California opened – a $556 million endeavor – work to refurbish cracking windows is already underway.
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