SAN DIEGO — The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that illegal immigrants are still eligible to pay in-state tuition for public college. The court ruled on a suit originally filed in 2005 but a group of students and parents from 19 states outside of California. The plaintiffs claimed that a 2001 state law improperly [...]
Prop. 19 looks like it was closer than many expected
Nov. 3, 2010 6 Comments
SAN DIEGO — Proposition 19 has failed. It’s a done deal, and marijuana will not be legal in California. But the poll numbers are looking a lot closer than many in the War on Drugs may have expected. With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Prop. 19 received 54 percent opposition and 46 percent support. Not [...]
Prop. 19 fails in California
Nov. 3, 2010 12 Comments
SAN DIEGO — Proposition 19, which would have legalized marijuana in California and subjected it to a state tax, has failed. Prop. 19 made national headlines, but the idea had almost no backing from organizations with the funding to mount a statewide campaign. Law enforcement groups, politicians from both major parties, and the federal government [...]
FBI unravels chilling case of “sextortion”
Nov. 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
Don’t click those unknown Facebook links
San Diego police officer dies in shootout with suspect
Oct. 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
SAN DIEGO — A police officer died Thursday after a shootout that began Wednesday evening. A man and woman were also found dead in an apartment police were raiding with an arrest warrant. Officer Christopher A. Wilson, 50, served on the San Diego Police Department for 17 years. He died at Sripps Mercy Hospital in [...]
Pot bust is largest in Mexico’s history
Oct. 20, 2010 1 Comment
SAN DIEGO — In the biggest drug bust in Mexican history, officials seized more than 105 tons of Marijuana on Monday. The marijuana was headed for the United States and is street valued at an amazing $340 million. Initially, Tijuana police noticed a suspicious line of vehicles during a routine patrol. The officers came under [...]
Junior Seau arrested, then hospitalized after driving off cliff
Oct. 19, 2010 1 Comment
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Retired NFL linebacker, Junior Seau, drove his white SUV Cadillac off the road on Monday morning. Glass shards still littered the street at 9 p.m. on Pacific Coast Highway South of Solamar Drive about 35 miles north of San Diego. The cliff is not a straight drop, but is a rough slope [...]
Fire truck gets stuck in a trench
Oct. 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department ladder truck got stuck in a roadway trench while returning from a medical call Monday night, according to FireFighterCloseCalls.com. KFMB-TV reported the truck, designated Engine 10, drove over a steel plate covering an open trench near the 6300 block of Alvarado Road near Alvarado Hospital at about [...]
88-year-old woman dies after house burns
Oct. 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES — An elderly Pinon Hills, Calif., woman died after being rescued from a house fire on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. June Nichols was rescued from the blaze, but she later died at Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, according to the San Bernardino Sun. She was pronounced dead at 9:30 [...]
List of cities getting Verizon 4G service this year
Oct. 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
Verizon released a list of cities it says will have a new, ultra-fast 4G mobile phone and data network by the end of the year. The list is fantastic news for Blast readers. If you’re in one of our bureau cities, you’re probably getting 4G service. In fact, Boston, New York, Miami-Dade, Los Angeles, San [...]
Drunk man killed after crashing into LA fire truck
Oct. 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
A Los Angeles man was killed early Monday morning after he crashed into a stopped Los Angeles Couunty Fire Department firetruck on the 105 Freeway, according to FirefighterCloseCalls.com. According to officials, Delaron Hines was drunk when he slammed his 2011 Toyota into the back of the fire engine, which was stopped in the third lane [...]
Line2 adds texting, lowers price
Sept. 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
The best business app is now a great consumer toy, too
86-year-old killed in Watts house fire
Sept. 21, 2010 Leave a Comment
An elderly man died on Sunday in a house fire in Watts, a mostly residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Fire Administration, which reports on fire deaths. The fire broke out at 8 a.m. on East 91st Street. According to KABC-TV, firefighters got there quickly and put the fire out in [...]
El Centro hospital fined $2.2 million for fraud
Sept. 20, 2010 Leave a Comment
SAN DIEGO — The El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County, Calif., has agreed to pay the US government $2.2 million, plus interest, to settle allegations it defrauded Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. The case was brought by a whistleblower, protected under federal law. The government alleged that the 165-bed acute care hospital [...]
Orange County firefighter dies in training
Sept. 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
An Orange County Fire Authority firefighter died Thursday during a training operation. James M. Owen, 56, was on a break from rescue drills at the OCFA Headquarters in Irvine when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest, according to the U.S. Fire Administration, which reports on firefighter deaths. “Firefighter/Paramedic Owen was participating in multi-company training [...]
Koran allegedly burned at San Francisco mosque
Sept. 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
A copy of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, was found burned at a mosque in the Bay Area, according to an Islamic group. The Koran was found this week at the Islamic Society of San Francisco, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an Islamic advocacy group. Regrettably, the recent wave of hate incidents [...]
Russell Brand gets arrested by a paparazzo
Sept. 18, 2010 1 Comment
Russell Brand tangled with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon, and then was placed under arrest by one of the photographers. According to TMZ, the photographer reportedly made the citizen’s arrest with the assistance of LAX cops at the airport and police told the source that Brand is being booked for battery. [...]
Comic-Con 2010: Stabbing in Hall H
July 25, 2010 Leave a Comment
Things got a little crazy yesterday in Hall H
