Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A white man sucker punched a man identified as a black protester near the Imperial Beach Pier on Sunday — an incident that was caught on video and condemned by the mayor. show the protester standing on the corner of SeaCoast Drive and Evergreen Avenue, outside Market to Market liquor store when the assailant, a man in a red shirt and black shorts, walks up from behind and punches the protester in the head. The blow causes the protester to fall backwards. Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina said the county Sheriff’s...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A white man sucker punched a man identified as a black protester near the Imperial Beach Pier on Sunday — an incident that was caught on video and condemned by the mayor. show the protester standing on the corner of SeaCoast Drive and Evergreen Avenue, outside Market to Market liquor store when the assailant, a man in a red shirt and black shorts, walks up from behind and punches the protester in the head. The blow causes the protester to fall backwards. Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina said the county Sheriff’s...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A man was spotted wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood in a Vons in the San Diego County city of Santee on Saturday, igniting outrage from the mayor, the head of the Anti-Defamation League in San Diego and others. A corporate spokeswoman said grocery clerks repeatedly asked the shopper to remove the hood or leave the store, located on Mission Gorge Road. A supervisor found the man once he was in a checkout line and asked him again to take off the hood or leave, said Melissa Hill, a spokeswoman for Vons, Albertsons and Pavilions stores in...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement A man was spotted wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood in a Vons in the San Diego County city of Santee on Saturday, igniting outrage from the mayor, the head of the Anti-Defamation League in San Diego and others. A corporate spokeswoman said grocery clerks repeatedly asked the shopper to remove the hood or leave the store, located on Mission Gorge Road. A supervisor found the man once he was in a checkout line and asked him again to take off the hood or leave, said Melissa Hill, a spokeswoman for Vons, Albertsons and Pavilions stores in...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A group of thousands took to the streets of downtown San Diego and marched through Hillcrest and North Park Thursday, as local protesters rallying against the killings of unarmed black men and women by police officers carried into a seventh day.The march began in the evening outside San Diego police headquarters on Broadway and 14th Street and headed northwest toward Hillcrest, with participants chanting, “No justice, no peace!” and “Black Lives Matter.”Some shouted, “Abolish police.”On social media, the event was...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A group of thousands took to the streets of downtown San Diego and marched through Hillcrest and North Park Thursday, as local protesters rallying against the killings of unarmed black men and women by police officers carried into a seventh day.The march began in the evening outside San Diego police headquarters on Broadway and 14th Street and headed northwest toward Hillcrest, with participants chanting, “No justice, no peace!” and “Black Lives Matter.”Some shouted, “Abolish police.”On social media, the event was...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement More than 120 citations have been issued across San Diego County to people accused of violating of stay-home orders intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. As of Monday, sheriff’s deputies across the county had issued 68 citations, San Diego police had issued 47 and Carlsbad police had issued 10 for a total of 125, according to figures provided by each department. . In many cases the citations were issued at locations that are closed to the public, including beaches and parks, though details about each citation...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement More than 120 citations have been issued across San Diego County to people accused of violating of stay-home orders intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. As of Monday, sheriff’s deputies across the county had issued 68 citations, San Diego police had issued 47 and Carlsbad police had issued 10 for a total of 125, according to figures provided by each department. . In many cases the citations were issued at locations that are closed to the public, including beaches and parks, though details about each citation...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement The San Diego Police Department on Wednesday released body-worn camera video of a traffic stop that caused a stir after a photo that was circulated online appeared to show an officer pointing his gun at a boy. The Police Department said the officer did not point his gun at the child, as indicated in . The boy’s father, however, apparently believed otherwise during the Tuesday afternoon traffic stop in the Hillcrest area. In the video, the boy’s father asks the officer not to point the gun at his 8-year-old son....…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement The San Diego Police Department on Wednesday released body-worn camera video of a traffic stop that caused a stir after a photo that was circulated online appeared to show an officer pointing his gun at a boy. The Police Department said the officer did not point his gun at the child, as indicated in . The boy’s father, however, apparently believed otherwise during the Tuesday afternoon traffic stop in the Hillcrest area. In the video, the boy’s father asks the officer not to point the gun at his 8-year-old son....WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Firefighters across San Diego County have vaccinated more than 2,500 residents at long-term care facilities since early January, responding to an urgent need to protect a vulnerable population against COVID-19.As of Thursday, personnel from more than 20 fire departments had visited 113 long-term care facilities. Dubbed Operation Collaboration, the effort began Jan. 7 as a way to reach residents at the facilities, many of whom are homebound or don’t drive. Some are not tech-savvy and may find it difficult to go online and set up an...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Firefighters across San Diego County have vaccinated more than 2,500 residents at long-term care facilities since early January, responding to an urgent need to protect a vulnerable population against COVID-19.As of Thursday, personnel from more than 20 fire departments had visited 113 long-term care facilities. Dubbed Operation Collaboration, the effort began Jan. 7 as a way to reach residents at the facilities, many of whom are homebound or don’t drive. Some are not tech-savvy and may find it difficult to go online and set up an...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Using social media posts and tips, federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a Coronado man who served five years in the U.S. Army and charged him with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6. Jeffrey Alexander Smith, 33, was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and unlawful entry into a restricted building, according to a federal complaint. Both charges are misdemeanors. He made his first appearance in federal court in downtown San Diego Thursday afternoon....…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Using social media posts and tips, federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a Coronado man who served five years in the U.S. Army and charged him with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6. Jeffrey Alexander Smith, 33, was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and unlawful entry into a restricted building, according to a federal complaint. Both charges are misdemeanors. He made his first appearance in federal court in downtown San Diego Thursday afternoon....WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A former La Mesa police officer detained a Black man outside a trolley station without reasonable suspicion of a crime and later falsely said in a police report the man had been illegally smoking, an apparent attempt by the officer to justify the detention, according to records released by the city. Former Officer Matthew Dages also lied in the report about other aspects of his encounter with Amaurie Johnson near the Grossmont Transit Center on May 27, according to the records. A found Dages falsely wrote Johnson...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A former La Mesa police officer detained a Black man outside a trolley station without reasonable suspicion of a crime and later falsely said in a police report the man had been illegally smoking, an apparent attempt by the officer to justify the detention, according to records released by the city. Former Officer Matthew Dages also lied in the report about other aspects of his encounter with Amaurie Johnson near the Grossmont Transit Center on May 27, according to the records. A found Dages falsely wrote Johnson...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A former La Mesa police officer who was videotaped grabbing and shoving a Black man in a May encounter that sparked protests was fired from the department — and an appeals board upheld the termination, the city announced on Wednesday. Before the announcement, officials had said only that Matthew Dages was by the city. He was fired Aug. 7, following an into the arrest of Amaurie Johnson, the city said in a statement. Dages appealed a week later, and on Wednesday the city’s personnel appeals board upheld the...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A former La Mesa police officer who was videotaped grabbing and shoving a Black man in a May encounter that sparked protests was fired from the department — and an appeals board upheld the termination, the city announced on Wednesday. Before the announcement, officials had said only that Matthew Dages was by the city. He was fired Aug. 7, following an into the arrest of Amaurie Johnson, the city said in a statement. Dages appealed a week later, and on Wednesday the city’s personnel appeals board upheld the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A person died after jumping off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge on Sunday morning, California Highway Patrol officials said. A 911 caller who witnessed the leap reported it just after 8 a.m.Harbor police recovered the body of a female, whose age was unknown, in San Diego Bay and turned it over to the county Medical Examiner’s Office. AdvertisementA tow truck towed away a blue Toyota SUV that was parked on the bridge midspan. No other information was available. City News Service contributed to this report. Sign up to...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A person died after jumping off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge on Sunday morning, California Highway Patrol officials said. A 911 caller who witnessed the leap reported it just after 8 a.m.Harbor police recovered the body of a female, whose age was unknown, in San Diego Bay and turned it over to the county Medical Examiner’s Office. AdvertisementA tow truck towed away a blue Toyota SUV that was parked on the bridge midspan. No other information was available. City News Service contributed to this report. Sign up to...WW…