San Diego News Headlines
- One woman sorted through boxes of antiques while another sifted through holiday decorations. On another side of the room a volunteer hung a coat on a rack already crowded with clothes. Yet it seemed as though the piles of knickknacks, collectibles, clothes and toys inside a building the size of a large mansion never got smaller, despite the never-ending work. - A man authorities dubbed “The Long Jaw Bandit” pleaded guilty to robbing nearly three dozen stores in a four-month period last year. - Plans to place two tax increases before Lemon Grove city voters June 8 died last night after failing to muster enough support on the Lemon Grove City Council. - A Superior Court judge issued a gag order yesterday in the case involving John Albert Gardner III, barring attorneys or law enforcement officials from commenting to the media. - The latest report of a runaway vehicle in San Diego County not only refocused international attention yesterday on the safety of vehicles made by Toyota, a giant automaker that once seemed to do no wrong, but also cast more doubt on its technological gem — the Prius. - Feelings of frustration, anger and resignation hung heavy over the Oceanside school board meeting Tuesday as trustees eliminated 117 teaching positions. - The Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday issued a composite sketch of an unshaven, heavyset man described as foul-smelling who is accused of assaulting a woman at her Vista home on Friday. - Hours after registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III allegedly attacked a lone jogger at Rancho Bernardo Community Park, his mother and stepfather went for a run on the same trails as part of their jogging group. - Del Mar officials are settling a lawsuit with billionaire Madeleine Pickens, who fought an order to prune hedges on her beach patio that were blocking a neighbor’s coastal views. - The California Highway Patrol has issued a traffic alert for northbound Interstate 5 just south of the junction with eastbound Interstate 8 due to a multivehicle accident with injuries.
- A woman was found dead inside a home Tuesday afternoon, and the Sheriff’s Department is investigating her death as a homicide. - A wind advisory will remain in effect for the county’s deserts and mountains until 10 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
- A woman who had been swimming near La Jolla Shores was found unconscious and not breathing in the surfline. - The death of a 24-year-old man who was found unconscious in a parking lot on Coast Highway in Cardiff by the Sea last month is being investigated as a homicide, the Sheriff’s Department says. - With his prison agency under fire, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today ordered an immediate halt to destroying parole records of sex offenders.
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