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Ensign Hickman Entries for April, 2011

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Border News Translations: 2 Accidents + 1 Fire = 1 Professor Dead

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TIJUANA (AFN Tijuana) - The death of the Director of Faculty for Humanities at Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Ramón Mundo Muñoz death occurred last evening. It was confirmed by the administrator of UABC. Armando Juarez explained the death …

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Border News Translations:Young Assassins; Social Influencing

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That drug damn is stealing our children. MEXICALI (ZETA, Cristian Torres Cruz) - An increasing number of offenses are committed by young people; up by 80% in 2010. In Mexicali, 600 juveniles are arrested by the Municipal police each month. …

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Border News Translations: Homes Collapsing; 2100 Officers Fired

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TIJUANA (El Sol de Tijuana, Laura Sánchez Law) - La Dirección de Administración Urbana in Tijuana has to do his work, because if there were a good process of reviewing construction in the city as many houses and walls wouldn't …

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Central Division Traffic Court: Traffic School and a Pedi Cab

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Thursday April 29, 2011 The traffic court auditorium is segregated - peace officers on the right side, defendants on the left. This afternoon there are about 30 officers, some in uniform and others in suit and tie. More than twice …

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Border News Translations: Mayor's Law Violations; Police Complaints Accepted

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ENSENADA (En Linea Tijuana) - In flagrant violation of State Electoral law, the uppermost Mayor, Enrique Pelayo Torres kicked off a campaign of personal self-promotion in every corner of the port. This weekend thousands of visitors saw, at the main …

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Border News Translations: Shooting Death; Taco Vendors Make Daring Rescue

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TIJUANA (Frontera) - A man identified as Ruben Ramirez Radilla, 30, was killed last night by gunshot wounds on calles Antonio López de Santa Ana y Miguel Alemán in la citada colonia. According to police information, the crime occurred yesterday …

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Border News Translations: BC Tourism Down; Chocolate Cars Program

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TIJUANA (Frontera) - Approximately 100,000 tourists arrive to Baja California a year by bus, when before more than a million of people came from the Southern United States. This is due to different inhibitors including different rules of the federal …

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Border News Translations: Former Cop Executed; 49,000 Emergency Calls

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TIJUANA (El Linea Tijuana) – On Tuesday at about 8:10 p.m., a former municipal policeman was executed close to the fraccionamiento Infonavit Presidentes in the delegación Cerro Colorado, according to police authorities. The former policeman was gunned down after the …

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Border News Translations: Small Business Blues; Cruise Tourists Gone

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TIJUANA (El Sol de Tijuana, Laura Sánchez Law) - Unfair competition by black markets, street vendors, armed assaults and cumbersome paperwork to standardize business are the main problems faced by more than 9,000 businesses in the city, as told by …

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Border News Translations: Milkman Steals Gas; Repeat Criminal; 17,000 lbs of Pot Seized

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TIJUANA (AFN Tijuana) - Agents of the Federal Police detachment in Tijuana yesterday arrested Oscar Collin Samano, 60, after surveillance and an anonymous complaint from a citizen. The detainee told federal agents he was engaged in extracting gas from a …

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Border News Translations: Growing Sex Tourism in Baja California Sur

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TIJUANA (ZETA, Gerardo Zuniga Pacheco and Gerardo Acuña Rivera) - Prostitution without control...Only a few people are registered with the health institution. In bars, clubs and even in the streets, women and men are engaged in the sex trade. Police …

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Embedded In SDSU, U.S.A.

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It’s early Friday, just past sunrise and SDSU is mostly deserted. It’s considered a slow day for classes, but there can be as many as 50,000 students, employees, faculty and visitors here on typical class days. Jaywalking isn’t tolerated. Sergeant …

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Border News Translations: Women's Boxing; 1 in 4 Baja Homes Headed by Mother

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TIJUANA (SanDiegoRED, by Omar Millán) – On the night of April 16, Jackie Nava Tijuanense not only faced a great opponent in Boca del Río, Veracruz, but also fought against powerful television and commentators willing to minimize everything that she …

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Border News Translations: Drug Seizure; Migrants Sexually Assaulted

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TIJUANA (El Sol de Tijuana, by Laura Sánchez Law) - Inside a cardboard box with a gift ribbon were found 60 bags of marijuana and 15 packages of "glass" said elements of the Policía Estatal Preventiva (PEP) – state preventive …

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Embedded In Coronado, U.S.A.

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Coronado Police Officer Ryan serves the Crown City well. Coronado PD granted me a four-hour ride along with Ryan. We met mid-morning and got to right to cruising. I was impressed how he assured his safety and mine. I don’t …

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Border News Translations: $1 Million in Drugs Seized; 28 Migrants Caught; 32 Police Want Compensation

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IMPERIAL VALLEY (San Diego RED) - Officers from the Department of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), seized nearly one million dollars in drugs. The first incident occurred Saturday, April 16 at the port of entry for Andrade. A CBP officer …

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Border News Translations 34: Increased Holiday Policing; Migrants Protest and Pray; Rancher Freed

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TIJUANA (El Linea Tijuana) - Through joint ventures and use of special elements the Policía Estatal Preventiva (PEP) (State preventive police) are stationed at specific locations in the five municipalities of Baja California. This is meant to stop criminals from …

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Border News Translations 33: Amber Alert; Drug Siezures; Missing Student

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MEXICALI (Tijuana Press, By Daniel Angel) - La Procuraduría de Justicia triggered an Amber Alert for a 3 year, 7 month old girl named Alexa Zulet Villegas Urrea who disappeared from the City of Mexicali. According to information provided by …

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Border News Translations 32: Dangerous Cache Found; Repent for Easter

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TIJUANA (SanDiegoRed, Omar Millán) - More than seven kilograms of explosives, an arsenal and tactical team equipment identifed with the Federal Police logo were confiscated by the Mexican army yesterday east of the city. The Commander of the second military …

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Border News Translations 31: Narco Message; Migrant Study

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TIJUANA (Frontera) -The head of a man was found inside a bag in the colonia Lomas Verdes, Los Pinos sub-delegation. It had had a “narcomensaje” - criminal message, not specified by the authorities. Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, Procurator of Justice of …

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Border News Translations 30: Reading is Fun; Mexico Loses Customers to U.S.; Drunken Crash

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TIJUANA (El Sol de Tijuana, Sonia García Ochoa) - The public squares of Tijuana are capturing the interest of those participating in the “Reading to Learn and Have Fun” campaign, promoted by the State educational system (SEE) along with teachers, …

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Border News Translations 29: Police Commander Killed

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SanDiegoRed TIJUANA - At least 22 shots were fired at the Commander of the Federal Preventive Police (PFP), Guillermo Plata Camacho on the morning of April 15. He was killed when a commando attacked him on Airport Boulevard in the …

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Border News Translations 28: Human Rights; School Bully; Holiday Tips

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Tijuana Press TIJUANA - Tijuana and Tecate are two of 71 Mexico municipalities the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) identified as a risk for migrants. There have been documented abductions, abuse, extortions, robberies and sexual attacks on migrants on …

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Border News Translations 27: Theme Park is Ready; Two Get Extradited from Mexico

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Frontera TIJUANA – The Morelos y de la Amistad Park will be ready to receive families not leaving the city during the holiday season, said Veronica Crown González, Director of Theme Park System Tijuana (Simpatt). She mentioned that the Association …

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Border News Translations 26: Clerk Killed; Child Prostitution; Julius Ceasar Arrested

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Frontera TIJUANA – A young man workin in a self-service store, was taken to the bathroom in the parking lot and was shot to death there. of the Municipal police Agents in the Sánchez Taboada delegation, reported that on Sunday …

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Border News Translations 25: Excess Nini's; Weapons Siezed; School Holidays Begin

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El Linea Tijuna TIJUANA - 70 Social programs aimed at assisting young baja californianos will be implemented by the State Government, reported Miguel Angel Torres Cabral, State director of youth. The State official reported, in an interview, doing so would …

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Border News Translations 24: 4 Killed; $900,000 Heroin Siezed; Amber Alert Cancelled

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El Linea Tijuana TIJUANA-Four people were executed and one was injured this morning in a Sánchez Taboada home. One person survived the armed attack, reported municipal police. The incident occurred around 4:30 a.m. on Monday, when several individuals broke into …

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Border News Translations 23: Southbound Grenades Intercepted at Border

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San Diego Red, a Baja and border local publication, reported that on April 12, 2011 according to official sources Mexican police officers supported by soldiers captured two men with two bags thrown from United States territory which were full of …

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Border News Translations 22: Holiday Safety Campaign

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San Diego Red recently reported that the Secretary of public security in B.C intends to distribute over 150,000 leaflets with information on preventive measures for thousands of students and employees to consider during the Easter season holidays. The campaign aims …

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Border News Translations 21: In Three Area Crashes One is Dead, 18 are Injured

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On April 17, 2011, El Mexicano, a baja and border daily reported on three Tijuana area accidents. In the first, a young man died Saturday morning after crashing his car at a trolley ramp in Azteca, near the Mount of …

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Border News Translations 20: Baja Poverty Rate Lowest in Mexico

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In a report published by El Mexicano on April 17, 2011, Tijuana Share Food Bank director David Espinosa Hernández Banati, said Baja California is well below the national Mexican population poverty average of 20 percent; still though, some 40,000 baja …

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Border News Translations 19: Two Area Assaults, One 15 Year Old Dead

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El Mexicano, a baja and border area local, published an article on April 17, 2011, reporting a 15 year old identified as Cristian Aaron Torres Alatorre, was killed after being both shot and stabbed. The incident occurred at 2 a.m. …

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Border News Translations 18: $2000 Bribe Refused

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In a April 17, 2011 in a report published by El Sol de Tijuana, two individuals with 17 kilos of marijuana in their possession intended to escape by offering a $2,000 bribe to State Preventive Police Agents (PEP). They rejected …

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Border News Translations 17: Arrested with over pirated 1,500 CDs and DVDs

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According to a report in El Sol de Tijuana on April 17, 2011, 18 year old, Genaro Galindo was arrested in possession of 1,521 pirated discs. He appeared suspicious as he crossed the avenida Díaz Ordaz, headed for the 21st …

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Border News Translations 16: Extortion Attempt

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According to San Diego Red, a Baja and border local, seven Tijuana municipal police officers were arrested on charges of attempted extortion by blackmail as reported by the State Prosecutor's Office on April 12. They entered the businessman’s factory and …

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Border News Translations 15: Police Free Undocumenteds

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According to a report in El Linea Tijuana, on April 14, 2011, Municipal police officers freed two undocumented individuals with their hands tied behind them with plastic ties. Officers of the San Antonio de Los Buenos district responded at 3:30 …

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Border News Translations 14: Baja Encourages Strengthened European Ties

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The ambassadors of Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Cyprus, United Kingdom, Belgium, Slovak Republic, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Portugal and Netherlands recently participated in a visit to Baja California. El Linea Tijuana, a news daily, reported that in meetings …

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BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 13: 1st Gay Cave Man Found

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April 10, 2011, in a report by Frontera, a Baja and border area daily. Prague scientists in the Czech Republic discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of what could be the first gay cave man. The male skeletal remains date from 2500 …

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BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 12: Gorditos

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Elvigia, a Baja and border area news publication, reported on April 11, 2011, that 7 out of 10 Mexicans are now considered obese. According to World Health Organization statistics, it’s estimated by 2020 only one in 10 won’t be overweight. …

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BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 11: Prenatal Care

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The U.S. National Center for Health Statistics indicates U.S. preterm births (defined as babies born at least three weeks early) declined to 12.3 percent in 2008, from 12.7 percent in 2007 and from 12.8 percent in 2006. In a report …

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Border News Translations 10: Massive Tortillerías Closures

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Tijuana, 2/24/2011 Speculation on the price of corn flour and a possible increase of 100% on the price per ton for the commodity, could lead to potentially unbearable increases in the price of tortillas, closures of tortillerías in Baja, and …

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Border News Translations 9: American, Kevin Arnold Neffe Jenssen

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On Friday morning, 2/26/2011, the El Sol de Tijuana daily paper reported that an American, Kevin Arnold Neffe Jenssen, a 45-year-old director of the Lily of the Valley Orphanage (la Casa Hogar Lirio de los Valles) was arrested for alleged …

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Border News Translations 8: The Revolving Door

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Sol de Tijuana reported, on March 1, 2011, Federal Deputy Francisco Vega de Lamadrid stated if the Mexican Government does not provide additional funding and proactive resources to a program for social reintegration, about 19,000 ex-convicts repatriated from the U.S. …

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Patriot Flag Visit to Kearny Mesa

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On March 1, 2011 The Patriot Flag made a brief San Diego stopover this morning on its way from Hawaii to an appearance Montana. According to Mitch Mendler, Patriot Flag President, the flag is scheduled to fly in all 50 …

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BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 7: Child Trafficking

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A daily Baja paper, Sol de Tijuana reported on March 1, 2011 that some 5,000 children might be suffering sexual abuse or slave labor in Baja. Also, a consideration is that all of the victims are not only Mexican nationality, …

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Dumanis Skips School

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In California, truancy is defined and enforced per Education Code Section 48260. In compliance, the San Diego Unified School District operates a School Attendance Review Board with a staff of ten employees responsible for calculating attendance and publishing monthly reports. …

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Miramar National Cemetery

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According to Miramar National Cemetery Director, Al Ragoschke, the first casket burial at its new 313-acre site is expected to occur on or about April 15. This is in advance of the projected time during Summer 2011. Rosecrans National Cemetery, …

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Cleaning up the back yard

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Heavy equipment contractors have been steadily at work repairing a hillside on two sides of a canyon home in the 4900 block of Triana St. in Clairemont. Operating a grader at the property, Jim said the land belongs to SDGE, …

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BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 6: Way Up In Smoke

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El Linea Tijuana, one of the city’s daily news periodicals reported the Mexico Attorney General's Office (PGR) incinerated seven tons of drugs and 126,000 pirated products on Friday in accordance with Mexican law. The PGR said the destruction program complies …

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BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 5: Wild Wild West Mexican Style

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According to El Linea Tijuana, one of the city’s daily papers, members of the Mexican Federal Police and the Tijuana Municipal Police reportedly became involved in a contentious brawl with each other on a busy Tijuana city street this Friday …

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BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 4: 13 Miracles

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13 “Miracle” Products Become Prohibited In a report published this week by the El Mexicano, a Tijuana paper, the Federal Commission for the protection against sanitary risk (Cofepris) announced 13 "miracle" products advertised as promising to cure diseases are not …

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Quietly and Without Notice

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Quietly and without notice, a sad chapter for a University City neighborhood has in a way, ended. Two homes destroyed by the crash of a Marine Corps fighter jet in December 2008 have been rebuilt and occupied. The catastrophe became …

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Rachel Please Come Home

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Lorrie and her boyfriend Justin are heartbroken over the recent loss of Rachel their reddish, 4 year-old Chow. Lorrie says, “She means everything to us.” Enough to launch an exhaustive search and offer a $1000 reward for the much-loved pup. …

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Embedded 1: In Clairemont U.S.A.

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Daywatch in the SDPD Northern Division starts before dawn. I requested this ride-along. It’s a once a year opportunity to become more acquainted with our police force and to observe what they do for us first hand. I’ve been assigned …

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