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22 Teens Pulled From Rough San Diego Waters

Conditions were not good, swim team went in anyway

(Newser) - A swim team's trip to San Diego went horribly wrong Tuesday, and lifeguards ended up having to rescue almost two dozen high school students from the water at La Jolla Cove, NBC San Diego reports. The teenagers were in San Diego to compete in a long-distance swim, and 64...

Woman Angry About Haircut Tries to Kill Barber: Cops

But she may have messed up her own hair

(Newser) - We've all been there: You go to the hairdresser and your new cut doesn't come out quite how you envisioned. But a 29-year-old San Diego woman took things a bit farther than most would, police say: Three hours after her haircut Wednesday, Adrian Blanche Swain allegedly returned to...

Starving Sea Lion Pup Goes to Restaurant

Upscale San Diego restaurant called SeaWorld rescuers

(Newser) - It was too early for the gooseberry glazed barramundi or the Faroe Islands heritage salmon, but some good meals are still in store for a starving sea lion pup that found its way into one of San Diego's fanciest seafood restaurants. The eight-month-old female was taken to SeaWorld's...

After 16 Years, Hospital IDs Mystery Patient

San Diego hospital knew him as 'Garage 66'

(Newser) - For 16 years, a man known only as "Garage 66" lay in a California hospital bed, unable to speak after suffering severe brain damage after an automobile accident. Now authorities say they've finally discovered the name of the man who was probably still in his teens when he...

No Sign of Shooter at Naval Medical Center

San Diego facility had advised people 'to run, hide or fight'

(Newser) - Scary reports circulated this afternoon about shots fired at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, though so far there's no confirmation of any shooter. The alerts went out about noon Eastern when the facility posted a message on Facebook saying that an "active shooter has just been...

Girl, 10, Gets 2-Minute TSA Patdown Over Juice Pouch

Her dad is fuming

(Newser) - A 10-year-old California girl was patted down for almost two minutes by a TSA screener at the airport in Raleigh, NC, on Dec. 30, and her dad is fuming. Kevin Payne and his daughter, Vendela, were on their way home to San Diego at the time, and Vendela had accidentally...

Twin Babies Born in Totally Different Years

'So it means two birthday parties, back to back'

(Newser) - Here's something you don't see everyday: Twins born this week in San Diego arrived into the world in completely different years. NBC San Diego reports Jaelyn Valencia was born at 11:59pm Dec. 31, 2015 at the Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center. Her younger brother Luis followed at...

NFL Player Fined $10K for Watching Daughter Dance

Eric Weddle didn't ask permission to skip halftime meeting

(Newser) - A San Diego Chargers safety has been fined $10,000 for "conduct detrimental to the team" during the Dec. 20 game against Miami. What did he do that was so detrimental? Watched his daughter dance in the halftime show, USA Today reports, calling it "one of the more...

Distracted Man Who Fell Off Cliff Identified

Out-of-towner may have been looking for parking spot

(Newser) - The man who died in a Christmas Day fall from a San Diego cliff while distracted by his electronic device was from out of town and may not have known he was in a place where not looking where you're going could be deadly. The man has been identified...

Guy Looking at Device Falls Off Cliff

Witnesses couldn't save distracted San Diego man

(Newser) - Distracted walking can be as hazardous as distracted driving, the public was reminded after the deeply unfortunate Christmas Day death of a man in San Diego. Lifeguards say the man was walking and looking at a device in the Sunset Cliffs area at sunset around 4:50pm Friday when he...

San Diego Airport Halts Flights Over Active Shooter

Incoming flights halted as nearby suspect trades fire with cops

(Newser) - San Diego International Airport blocked all incoming flights due to an active shooter locked in a standoff with police in the surrounding neighborhood, reports the Union-Tribune . Police responded to a domestic violence call Wednesday morning in Bankers Hill, where they say they were shot at by a man with a...

Mid-Air Collision Kills 4 in Fiery Wreck

Planes crash near airport in southern San Diego County

(Newser) - Three people are dead today following the midair collision and crash of two small planes near an airport in southern San Diego County, authorities say. The collision occurred around 11am about two miles northeast of Brown Field Municipal Airport, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor. Three fatalities were...

John Lennon's Lost Guitar Turns Up in Weird Way

Gibson instrument expected to fetch up to $800K

(Newser) - John Lennon last saw his prized J-160E Gibson guitar—the instrument he played when recording "Love Me Do"—in December 1963, during a Beatles Christmas show in a London park. The guitar went missing and stayed that way for about 50 years, when an amateur guitarist realized he'...

Judge Sentences Revenge-Porn Guy
Revenge-Porn Guy
Gets 18 Years
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Revenge-Porn Guy Gets 18 Years

Kevin Bollaert, 28, shows little emotion in San Diego courtroom

(Newser) - The man behind a "revenge porn" website was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in prison for posting thousands of private photos and charging women to have them removed, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Kevin Bollaert, 28, was convicted last month of 27 felony counts—21 for identity theft and...

Cops: Shot Sportscaster Clashed With Painter

'Erratic' contractor charged with attempted murder

(Newser) - The San Diego sportscaster shot multiple times outside his home on Tuesday was targeted not because of his job, but because of a dispute with a contractor, police say. Authorities say suspect Mike Montana, 54, shot Kyle Kraska after a disagreement about a painting job at Kraska's home; they...

San Diego Sportscaster Shot Outside Home

Suspect arrested in Kyle Kraska attack

(Newser) - Veteran San Diego sportscaster Kyle Kraska is being treated at the hospital for multiple gunshot wounds after being attacked outside his home yesterday afternoon. Kraska, sports director at KFMB-TV News 8 and host of its San Diego Chargers postgame show, was seen facedown in the street after multiple shots were...

Woman Goes to Plunge Toilet, Gets Angry Boa Constrictor

Giving her the fright of her life

(Newser) - Stephanie Lacsa was in the bathroom at her San Diego office Tuesday when she noticed the toilet water was a bit higher than usual. She grabbed a plunger, only to discover what she says is "every person's worst nightmare": a 5-foot boa constrictor sliding out of the toilet,...

Amid Record Meth Seizures at Border, a 'Clear Trend'

Would-be smugglers are strapping it to their bodies, says official

(Newser) - Stashed in gas tanks, fire extinguishers, even wheels of cheese—those were some of the ways drug runners tried and failed in fiscal 2014 to smuggle methamphetamine through ports at the California-Mexico border, where meth seizures reached record levels, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. According to US Customs and Border...

DNA Links Ex-Police Tech to 1984 Beach Murder

Claire Hough, 14, found dead on San Diego's Torrey Pines State Beach

(Newser) - San Diego police have named two suspects in a teen girl's cold-case murder, including a former San Diego Police Department criminologist. DNA evidence found in November 2012 led police to Ronald Clyde Tatro and Kevin Charles Brown—though as of Tuesday, both men are dead. Claire Hough, 14, was...

San Diego Cabbies: Body Odor Test Stinks

Taxi drivers take issue with 'dehumanizing' practice at airport

(Newser) - Body odor is among 52 criteria that officials at San Diego International Airport use to judge taxi drivers. Cabbies say that smacks of prejudice and discrimination. For years, inspectors with the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority have run down their checklist for each cabbie—proof of insurance, functioning windshield...

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