Greg Dietrich and his wife transformed a City Heights home into a neighborhood oasis of sorts. Since then, Dietrich has rallied his neighbors to do the same.“You don’t need to be rich. If you have a vision and compassion, you can create anything you want,” said Dietrich.Twice a year, residents and volunteers from outside the [...]
The Air Force men’s golf team is in sixth place with a 28-over-par 596 total after the second round of the Mountain West Conference Championship in Tucson, Ariz.Colorado State remained in first place at 11-under 557. Robert Belz is tied for 17th, pacing the Falcons with a 3-over 145 total.Air Force falls in baseballAir Force (11-35, 1-13) [...]
Friends and supporters of the canyon are concerned about the city’s brush-management plan that calls for thinning vegetation in the canyon.The city’s thinning project, expected to start this month, threatens to decimate the canyon’s southern maritime chaparral, a dominant native plant community that is rare and home to many species, d’Elgin said. It also clears [...]
A federal jury in San Diego on Friday convicted a man who helped force a teenager to undress in an Oceanside motel room and pose nude for photos intended to advertise her as a prostitute in September 2008, federal prosecutors said.Patrick Jones, 22, faces 15 years to life in prison when he [...]
Man Convicted Of Making Girl Take Sexual PicsPOSTED: 7:27 pm PDT May 7, 2010UPDATED: 7:30 pm PDT May 7, 2010SAN DIEGO — A San Diego man was convicted Friday of holding a 14-year-old girl against her will in an Oceanside motel and forcing her to pose for sexually explicit photos that he and several co-conspirators [...]
Man Convicted Of Making Girl Take Sexual PicsPOSTED: 7:27 pm PDT May 7, 2010UPDATED: 7:30 pm PDT May 7, 2010SAN DIEGO — A San Diego man was convicted Friday of holding a 14-year-old girl against her will in an Oceanside motel and forcing her to pose for sexually explicit photos that he and several co-conspirators [...]
An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said “it’s too early” to say whether any signs were missed in Shahzad’s naturalization process. But the official acknowledged that any screening is just “a snapshot in time” and can’t catch everything.“This is just one of those realities that we face,” the official said.While the citizenship process [...]
According to one witness, Huggins looked like he was “hunting” just before the attack, the prosecutor said.Another park worker witnessed the victim emerging from the crime scene with her clothes disheveled and said he had never seen anything like it in 10 years, McClutchey said.The prosecutor said Huggins followed the victim, knocked her down and [...]
The judge noted that Huggins pleaded guilty to the crimes, sparing the victim from having to testify at a preliminary hearing or a trial. He said, however, that the plea came somewhat “late in the game” on the day Huggins’ case was scheduled to go to trial.Huggins’ lawyer, Mary Knockeart, noted that her client entered [...]
… He selected her as a target,” the prosecutor said. According to one witness, Huggins looked like he was “hunting” just before the attack, the prosecutor said. Another park worker witnessed the victim emerging from the crime scene with her clothes disheveled and said he had never seen anything [...]
