Author Archives for Ben Cheeks
October 24, 2016 2:55 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
Award-winning journalists Fred Kaplan and Brooke Gladstone will hold a public conversation on the secret history of cyber war when they visit the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla.on Nov. 6th.
The talk is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the center, which is located at 4126 Executive...
October 24, 2016 12:30 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
Police are searching for two men suspected of committing a string of robberies overnight, San Diego police said.
The first happened at a Shell gas station on Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla about 10:55 p.m.
The Latino men walked into a convenience store at the location, approached the clerk and...
October 24, 2016 11:55 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
Veterans are enraged by news over the weekend that nearly 10,000 California National Guard troops are being forced to repay bonuses. Much of San Diego County's congressional delegation has pledged to fight to overturn the policy. The part-time soldiers -- many of whom served multiple combat tours...
October 24, 2016 9:20 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
A driver died in a fiery crash east of El Cajon Sunday night, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The motorist was travelling on La Cresta Boulevard when the vehicle careened off the road and caught fire near Mountain View Road about 8:40 p.m., CHP Officer Tommy Doerr said.
The roadway...
October 24, 2016 9:20 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
The Port of San Diego is one of three ports in the nation that has partnered with a branch of the U.S. Department of State to help enhance maritime security in countries around the world.
From Karachi, Pakistan to Kingston, Jamaica, San Diego’s port and its police agency, the Harbor Police Department,...
October 24, 2016 8:45 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
A pedestrian died Monday morning after being hit by a vehicle on a La Jolla freeway on-ramp, San Diego police said.
The crash happened on the La Jolla Village Drive on-ramp to south Interstate 5 about 8 a.m., said police Officer Josh Hodge.
The on-ramp has been closed.
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October 23, 2016 3:35 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A sheriff’s deputy pulled a woman from a smoking car right before it erupted in flames in Encinitas early Sunday.
Deputy Steve Gusman was headed north on Manchester Avenue when he saw what he thought was a cloud of fog rolling in off the ocean near the San Elijo Lagoon about 1:20 a.m. As he got...
October 23, 2016 2:45 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A man jumped off a Hillcrest bridge onto north state Route 163 Sunday afternoon, briefly bringing traffic to a halt.
Officers closed the Washington Street bridge and the freeway just south of Washington Street for about 30 minutes while medics tended to the injured man.
He survived the jump, and...
October 23, 2016 6:00 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
One of India’s top philanthropists is giving UC San Diego $70 million to explore ways to use a radically new way of editing genes to fight insect-borne diseases, make crops more resistant to drought and create better antibiotics.
The Tata Trusts of Mumbai announced Sunday that it’s investing in...
October 22, 2016 9:10 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
Two women crashed into each other on personal watercraft at Mission Bay Saturday and suffered serious injuries, San Diego police said.
The two, in their 20s, were riding Jet Ski-type craft off the Ski Beach area of the bay off Ingraham Street around 4:20 p.m. One craft hit the other broadside,...