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Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park

SAN DIEGO – Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United State...

DATE: Jan 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

‘Everyone was her sister’: Woman killed at California synagogue honored

POWAY, Calif. – Lori Kaye is believed to have shielded her synagogue’s rabbi from a gunman’s bullets in a heroic move that epitomizes the life she led, her family and friends said Monday as ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Rain ignites super bloom in California desert

BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. – It started with the desert lilies in December. Since then, a wave of wildflower blooms has been crescendoing across Southern California’s Anza-Borrego desert in a b...

DATE: Mar 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

California gets ready to ignite cannabis culinary-arts scene

SAN DIEGO – The sauvignon blanc boasts brassy, citrus notes, but with one whiff, it’s apparent this is no normal Sonoma County wine. It’s infused with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in mar...

DATE: Dec 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Closure at busy U.S.-Mexico border crossing promises headaches

SAN DIEGO – The busiest border crossing in the United States will close this weekend to the more than 40,000 cars that pass through it daily to Mexico. The closure between San Die...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pilot’s remains back on US soil from Vietnam after 52 years

SAN DIEGO – Deborah Crosby touched her father’s flag-draped casket as her three brothers hugged her in a tearful embrace on the tarmac at the San Diego airport Friday – ending a more than ha...

DATE: May 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Eruption of wildflowers in California desert draws record crowds

BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. An explosion of wildflowers in California’s desert sands is drawing record crowds to see the rare abundance of color called a “super bloom.” Th...

DATE: Apr 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Sailor’s medical background questioned after training death

James Lovelace’s drowning has been ruled a homicide

DATE: Jul 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Coroner: Navy SEAL instructor dunked trainee before death

SAN DIEGO – A Southern California medical examiner ruled the death of a Navy SEAL trainee a homicide, saying his instructor repeatedly dunked him during a pool exercise while the 21-year-old...

DATE: Jul 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

VA steps up for injured veterans Agency to pay for robotic legs that can help paralyzed vets walk

Paralyzed Army veteran Gene Laureano cried when he first walked again with robotic legs at a New York clinic as part of research sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs. But when the...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

SeaWorld cited over worker training

SAN DIEGO – SeaWorld – whose safety practices have been under scrutiny since an animal trainer was killed in 2010 by an orca at its Orlando, Florida, park – has been cited for not adequately...

DATE: May 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gun instructor’s family not angry

SAN DIEGO – The accidental killing of a firing range instructor by a 9-year-old girl learning to shoot an Uzi unleashed a storm of criticism and anger, with much of it aimed at her parents. ...

DATE: Aug 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World