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Mexican Convicted of Murdering Border Patrol Agent

SAN DIEGO - Jesus Navarro eluded U.S. authorities even before he became the prime suspect in the 2008 killing of a Border Patrol agent. Their long efforts to get the Mexican man convicted in a U.S. court paid off Tuesday when a federal jury deliberated only two hours to find him guilty of murdering Border Patrol Agent...

VW Van Transforms Into Ultimate Traveling Elvis Museum

Men constantly working on their cars isn't a new concept, but if that car happens to be a mobile shrine to Elvis Presley, it takes a lot more work than just a little tuneup in the driveway. For the past year, a Seattle-based fine artist known as JoDavid has been slowly transforming his 2001 VW camper van into the Elvis...

Father, Son Died in San Diego Sailboat Expedition

SAN DIEGO -- A father and son died when a sailboat carrying 10 people on an excursion organized for people with special needs capsized in calm water in San Diego Bay, authorities said Monday. Chao Chen, 73, and his son, Jun Chen, 48, of San Diego died Sunday night, Harbor police Chief John Bolduc said. Eight other people...

2 Dead After Sailboat Capsizes Off San Diego

SAN DIEGO - A sailboat with nine people aboard capsized and sank Sunday in the San Diego Bay, leaving two men drowned and seven people injured, authorities said. The 35-foot boat flipped over for reasons that remained unclear near Shelter Island shortly after 5 p.m., sending all nine people into the water, San Diego...

Parents of California Student Missing in Spain Won't Give Up

The father of a California college student who disappeared while on an exchange program in Spain has traveled to Madrid to help in the search, and the young man's mother vowed today they will not give up until he is found. "We just need to keep going and have all of those people look for him so we can get him home,"...

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Parolee Sneaks Onto Flight At San Diego International Airport Without A Ticket (VIDEO)

Usually people who are recently paroled from prison are restricted from where they travel.

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Harvey Milk Honored With San Diego Street, Long Beach Park On His 82nd Birthday

Two California cities are paying tribute to Harvey Milk with unique monuments on what would have been the slain gay rights leader's 82nd birthday.

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Uber Is Testing In San Diego, Gives A Lift To Tony Hawk

Uber , the mobile car service that's becoming indispensable (I think I spend more money on Uber than on food), is continuing its geographic expansion by entering "super secret stealth test mode" in San Diego.

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Norm Stamper: House Ready to Give Finger to Violence Against Women Act?

It was a cool fall night in 1966, approximately ten o'clock when the police dispatcher sent me on a "415-family," one of the most common, and potentially dangerous calls for cops, and for those involved.

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Brigid Brett: The Dalai Lama Comes to San Diego

Even though they could have chosen to watch the Dalai Lama streaming live from their computers in the comfort of their closest Starbucks, students showed up in the thousands to see and hear him speak at the three universities in San Diego two weeks ago.

San Diego News From the Web

05/31/12 Why San Diego? Taxpayer-funded junket raising eyebrows Source: ABC - KGUN 9 - Tucson AZ Councilman Paul Cunningham's alleged behavior on TREO trip to San Diego is just one part of the story.
05/31/12 Parolee sneaks on San Diego plane before arrest Source: Broadcast Newsroom SAN DIEGO (AP) ' Officials say police arrested a parolee who broke through an emergency door opening to the tarmac at the San Diego airport and boarded a commuter jet bound for Los Angeles.
05/31/12 Recent parolee boards flight without ticket at San... Source: FOX - KDSM 17 - Des Moines IA A recent parolee snuck onto a flight without a ticket at San Diego's Lindbergh Field Tuesday, Fox 5 reports. 38-year-old Marc Rory Duncan, who was reportedly just released from jail on Monday, was able to walk through a fire door onto the tarmac, drop off a bag and board the flight to Los Angeles, passenger Nicholas Blasgen told Fox 5.
05/30/12 Hall: Public outrage vs. public transit in San Diego Source: The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA Most San Diegans don't go to public meetings, let alone cry at them.
05/30/12 Barbs fly in San Diego mayoral debate Source: The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA The final televised debate in the San Diego mayor's race served up some of the sharpest barbs yet between the four major candidates as it provided the last chance for each to showcase themselves to a wide audience in what has been a campaign with expensive â and often negative â advertising.

Background on San Diego

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border.

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