Three hybrid airport-shuttle vehicles were damaged after a lithium-ion battery ignited in a parking structure early Thursday, San Diego Fire-Rescue officials said.The fire broke out shortly before 7 a.m. at the Aladdin parking structure on Kettner Boulevard at West Laurel Street in the Harborview neighborhood. Fire officials said the fire activated the sprinker system in the structure.Firefighters said it took about a half-hour — which officials described as an “extended time” — to put out the fires because of the batteries. A hazardous materials crew was requested.No evacuations or...…Three hybrid airport-shuttle vehicles were damaged after a lithium-ion battery ignited in a parking structure early Thursday, San Diego Fire-Rescue officials said.The fire broke out shortly before 7 a.m. at the Aladdin parking structure on Kettner Boulevard at West Laurel Street in the Harborview neighborhood. Fire officials said the fire activated the sprinker system in the structure.Firefighters said it took about a half-hour — which officials described as an “extended time” — to put out the fires because of the batteries. A hazardous materials crew was requested.No evacuations or...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A man and a woman were arrested by sheriff’s deputies Monday night after a group of people that had assembled on a street corner reported that a woman driving by in a pickup pointed a gun at them.The group on the corner is thought to be made of some members of “Defend East County,” which according to the group’s Facebook page has been standing guard to try to protect businesses at several strip malls and shopping centers in Santee. Some businesses in East County and elsewhere in the region have been vandalized,...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A man and a woman were arrested by sheriff’s deputies Monday night after a group of people that had assembled on a street corner reported that a woman driving by in a pickup pointed a gun at them.The group on the corner is thought to be made of some members of “Defend East County,” which according to the group’s Facebook page has been standing guard to try to protect businesses at several strip malls and shopping centers in Santee. Some businesses in East County and elsewhere in the region have been vandalized,...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A 29-year-old woman was killed Sunday evening in the East Village when an apparently suicidal man jumped off the ninth floor of a parking structure and landed on top of her, San Diego police said.Authorities identified the victim Monday evening as Taylor Daneen Kahle. She was was walking with a man shortly before 7:25 p.m. when she was hit by the falling man at J Street and Tenth Avenue near Petco Park, police Sgt. Dave Yu said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, Yu said. AdvertisementAccording to the...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A 29-year-old woman was killed Sunday evening in the East Village when an apparently suicidal man jumped off the ninth floor of a parking structure and landed on top of her, San Diego police said.Authorities identified the victim Monday evening as Taylor Daneen Kahle. She was was walking with a man shortly before 7:25 p.m. when she was hit by the falling man at J Street and Tenth Avenue near Petco Park, police Sgt. Dave Yu said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, Yu said. AdvertisementAccording to the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Homicide detectives on Monday night arrested the man suspected of gunning down a beloved Cathedral Catholic High School teacher and football coach earlier in the day in North Park, police said. Detectives arrested 30-year-old Jesse Milton Alvarez in a Serra Mesa home on suspicion of murdering 37-year-old Mario Fierro, according to San Diego police homicide Lt. Andra Brown. Alvarez is the ex-boyfriend of Fierro’s fiancée, who also is a teacher at Cathedral Catholic.Police said on the sidewalk of Kansas Street near...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Homicide detectives on Monday night arrested the man suspected of gunning down a beloved Cathedral Catholic High School teacher and football coach earlier in the day in North Park, police said. Detectives arrested 30-year-old Jesse Milton Alvarez in a Serra Mesa home on suspicion of murdering 37-year-old Mario Fierro, according to San Diego police homicide Lt. Andra Brown. Alvarez is the ex-boyfriend of Fierro’s fiancée, who also is a teacher at Cathedral Catholic.Police said on the sidewalk of Kansas Street near...WW…