Digital Content Manager, fox5sandiego.com
Bob Ponting
Digital Content Manager
Recent Articles
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OB Pier closes because of high surf again
For the third time in as many weeks, lifeguards closed the Ocean Beach Pier Tuesday because of high surf.
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Drone records playful whale breaching off coast
ENCINITAS, Calif. — A drone pilot recorded video Tuesday of a playful adult grey whale frolicking off the coast of Encinitas. Nathan Minatta recorded the video in the ocean off of Beacon Beach in Encinitas. He posted the video on YouTube and gave FOX 5 permission to share it. The 38-seconds of edited video shows the whale breaching the surface of the water and landing with a giant splash. Other shots show the whale swimming farther out to sea.
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Woman leads police on freeway chase from National City to Escondido
A possibly suicidal woman led lawmen on a high-speed chase from National City to Escondido Tuesday.
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Jury recommends life in prison for man who drove through crowd at Charlottesville rally
A jury wants James Fields, convicted of killing paralegal Heather Heyer during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, to serve life in prison on the murder charge, it decided Tuesday.
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‘White people are the best thing to ever happen to the world’: Columbia University student’s rant goes viral
In a racially-charged rant posted on Twitter, a Columbia University student is seen harassing and shouting at a group of primarily minority students.
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Dozens arrested when faith leaders march on border wall
About 25 people were arrested Monday when they tried to push past heavily-armed Border agents and get to the border wall at Border Field State Park.
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Fed Ex truck goes up in flames on busy road
A delivery truck went up in flames on a busy San Diego roadway Monday.
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South Bay bank robber appears to be Cubs fan
The FBI Monday released surveillance camera photos of a man they say robbed a bank in Chula Vista.
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Southwest plane rolls off runway while landing at Burbank in downpour
A Southwest Airlines jetliner rolled off the end of a runway while landing at Hollywood Burbank Airport in heavy rain, officials said.
