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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego revealed last week that it will possibly need to declare bankruptcy in the coming months in wake of “staggering” legal costs due to hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits involving former members of the clergy. The Associated Press obtained a letter that was expected to be given to parishioners this past weekend in which Bishop […]
A drug smuggling tunnel the length of six football fields was found by U.S. authorities running from Tijuana, Mexico to a warehouse in San Diego. The secret entrance was located by San Diego’s Otay Mesa border crossing and featured rail and ventilation systems, electricity, and reinforced walls, per authorities. During a Monday announcement, it was revealed that 1,762 pounds of cocaine, […]
Two people were arrested this week on suspicion of grabbing money that flew from an armored truck traveling on a California highway. According to FOX5 San Diego, chaos ensued Friday morning after the truck dropped loads of cash on Interstate 5 in Carlsbad. Footage of the incident shows motorists pulling over, exiting their cars, and pocketing […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets At least two people are dead after a small plane crashed Monday in a residential neighborhood in Santee, California, a suburban […]
This week, the San Antonio Zoo will become one of the zoos in the country that will begin administering its animals a COVID-19 vaccine to protect them from the virus. According to Chron, the zoo will be working in conjunction with Zoetis, an animal health company that donated the vaccines to them. In a statement from Zoetis, […]
The San Diego Zoo’s nine-year-old snow leopard Ramil has tested positive for COVID-19, the organization announced Friday. Ramil had a cough and runny nose Thursday, and after zoo staff tested his stool for COVID, results came back positive at an initial lab. The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System were then sent samples shortly after, and […]
Three people were killed and 23 others were transported to a nearby hospital after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of San Diego Sunday morning, CNN reports. San Diego Fire Rescue Department spokesperson Monica Munoz said three people who were hospitalized are considered to be in “somewhat to very urgent status,” while the others are […]
A man was arrested Friday and charged with child endangerment and trespassing in a zoo enclosure after he brought his child inside the San Diego Zoo’s elephant habitat, NBC News reports. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance spokesman Andrew James explained in a statement that, “despite multiple barriers,” the unidentified father “purposely and illegally trespassed into a habitat.” A witness named Matthew […]
Two gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a press release shared by the park. Zoo officials believe the coronavirus was spread to two of the gorillas by an asymptomatic park employee. Three gorillas began to exhibit symptoms last Wednesday. Tests returned on Friday from the California Animal Health and […]
