Christy Simeral
Senior Digital Producer
Recent Articles
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Main break leaves East County homes, Walmart without water
Water service returned Friday morning to the hundreds of East County homes and businesses affected by a main break, but crews remained hard at work on repairs.
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Over 6 million gallons of sewage spill into Tijuana River
Over six million gallons of wastewater, runoff and groundwater spilled into the Tijuana River from Mexico, Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina announced Thursday.
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Gas leak forces South Bay residents to evacuate
Utility workers are working to repair a natural gas leak in Otay Mesa Thursday night.
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Tony Bennett cancels San Diego concert due to illness
Tony Bennett's upcoming performance in San Diego has been canceled, it was announced Friday.
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Victims of doomed diving boat likely died from smoke inhalation, official says
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The people who perished on a dive boat that was consumed in flames off the California coast on Labor Day likely died from smoke inhalation, not burns, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said Friday. Of the 39 people aboard the 75-foot dive boat Conception, only five crew members, including the captain, were found alive. Preliminary indications are that “the cause of death was smoke inhalation” and “that the victims died prior to being burned,” Brown […]
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Border agents find 26 pounds of meth hidden inside gas tank
U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego seized 26.2 pounds of meth earlier this week, authorities announced Thursday.
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VA medical building in La Jolla evacuated due to gas line break
A two-story building at the VA Medical Center in La Jolla was evacuated Thursday afternoon due to a gas line break, fire officials said.
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Fire in Riverside County grows to 1.4K acres overnight
A brush fire that started spreading rapidly in Riverside County Wednesday evening grew to about 1,400 acres overnight.
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Brush fire burns nearly 1,000 acres near Murrieta
A fast-moving brush fire near Murrieta burned hundreds of acres by Wednesday night, fire officials said.
