Insistent/Bite Me Bandit pleads guilty
Bank robber caught attempting to rob the same branch a third time
Steve Edward Ruby has pleaded guilty to federal counts related to six bank robberies and an attempted seventh, over a year after his indictment last April. Known as the “Insistent Bandit” for his rude and demanding demeanor when addressing tellers, …
Gonzalez hires head staffers
Newly elected state Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez announced yesterday (June 5) that she’ll be taking labor industry cohort Evan McLaughlin to Sacramento with her as chief of staff and installing seasoned local politico Humberto Peraza as her local district director. McLaughlin …
Controlled burn scheduled at MCAS Miramar
The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department has announced it plans to conduct a controlled burn of dead brush along Aqueduct Road in East Miramar on Sunday, June 9 in order to limit the risk of wildfires this summer. …
Former nuclear chief, others express doubts about San Onofre restart plan
Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission chief Gregory Jaczko stopped short of condemning utility Southern California Edison’s plan to resume operation under partial power at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on San Diego’s northern coast, but when pressed at a forum …
Newly refurbished park to open in San Marcos
All-new equipment for park built in 2004
San Elijo Hills Park, adjacent to the upscale San Elijo Hills master-planned development in San Marcos, is set to re-open to the public on Tuesday (June 4), after being closed for renovations since early May. Completed less than a decade …
Warrant sweep yields 20 arrests
Focus on DUI and domestic violence charges
Sheriff’s deputies cleared 27 warrants and made 20 arrests over the weekend in a warrant sweep targeting individuals with DUI and domestic violence charges outstanding. Early Saturday morning, authorities began attempting to contact individuals in violation of court orders such …
Religious war sparked outside home of Padres' Minor League affiliate
Lake Elsinore officials told single cross on veterans memorial is inappropriate, change design to multiple crosses
As expected by many in the Lake Elsinore community in southern Riverside, a lawsuit has been filed to block the funding of a veterans memorial outside the city-owned stadium that serves as the home of the Storm, a San Diego …
Study finds unfair, unsafe working conditions for San Diego taxi drivers
A group of graduate students at San Diego State University led by Professor Jill Esbenshade teamed with the labor-friendly local think tank Center on Policy Initiatives to produce Driven to Despair: A Survey of San Diego Taxi Drivers, which was …
Brown appoints new Superior Court judges
Amid considerable grousing about budget cuts in the state’s court system, Governor Jerry Brown has announced the appointment of eleven new California Superior Court judges, two from San Diego, Courthouse News Service is reporting. Patricia Guerrero, a graduate of UC …
Third conspirator pleads guilty in plot to kidnap San Diegans
Antonio Zermeno Garcia has joined co-defendants Luis Miguel Salas Rodriguez and Carlos Alberto Andrade-De La Cruz in pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping, U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy has announced. His partners in crime had already pleaded guilty in April. …