Officials in San Diego have repeatedly said that local hospitals are steadily increasing their COVID-19 testing capacity. Yet the number of tests performed has held steady and even went down last week, according to county data.Officials in San Diego have repeatedly said that local hospitals are steadily increasing their COVID-19 testing capacity. But the number of completed tests reported by the county does not back up their claim.On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said is the most important factor in ending the state’s current lockdown. Epidemiologists and doctors have echoed that claim....…Officials in San Diego have repeatedly said that local hospitals are steadily increasing their COVID-19 testing capacity. Yet the number of tests performed has held steady and even went down last week, according to county data.Officials in San Diego have repeatedly said that local hospitals are steadily increasing their COVID-19 testing capacity. But the number of completed tests reported by the county does not back up their claim.On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said is the most important factor in ending the state’s current lockdown. Epidemiologists and doctors have echoed that claim....WW…

The state recommended Marco Garmo be prosecuted in 2016. The DA’s office declined, and the Sheriff’s Department handled the matter internally instead.Marco Garmo, a former San Diego County sheriff’s captain, pleaded guilty last week to dealing firearms without a federal license. The charge itself doesn’t do justice to what actually happened.In the plea agreement, Garmo acknowledged that between 2013 and 2019 he made straw purchases of “off-roster” handguns and rifles that only members of law enforcement can possess, then transferred 98 of them to people he knew.Federal prosecutors said...…The state recommended Marco Garmo be prosecuted in 2016. The DA’s office declined, and the Sheriff’s Department handled the matter internally instead.Marco Garmo, a former San Diego County sheriff’s captain, pleaded guilty last week to dealing firearms without a federal license. The charge itself doesn’t do justice to what actually happened.In the plea agreement, Garmo acknowledged that between 2013 and 2019 he made straw purchases of “off-roster” handguns and rifles that only members of law enforcement can possess, then transferred 98 of them to people he knew.Federal prosecutors said...WW…