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Paleontologists discover new San Diego saber-toothed catlike species

SAN DIEGO — A newly discovered saber-toothed catlike predator that hunted in the forests and coastal areas of this region 42 million years ago has been given the name Diegoaelurus, or “San Diego’s cat,” the San Diego Natural History Museum announced Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2022

Brickbat: Flipped Off

California Assemblymember Chris Ward (D–San Diego) said people who flip houses are contributing to the state's housing problems. He has introduced a bill that would impose a 25 percent tax on the profit from the sale of any house sold within three years of its purchase. Ward said home flippers…

Reason · Mar 15, 2022

More Russians find ways around sweeping US asylum limits

More than 8,600 Russians have sought refuge in the U.S. on the Mexican border in recent months, overwhelmingly using official crossings in San Diego

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2022

Editorial: Domestic abusers still have access to guns. That has got to change

Seven months before a man shot and killed his three daughters and a family friend in a Sacramento church last week, a man in Kern County shot and killed his wife, two sons and a sheriff’s deputy responding to violence at their home. In July 2020, a Madera County man…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 11, 2022

San Diego sailor charged in ship fire arraigned; attorneys request late summer trial date

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego sailor charged with setting the devastating fire on the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard was arraigned Thursday in a Navy courtroom just 1,000 feet from where the 844-foot warship burned over four days in July 2020.

Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2022

US reverses course, allows Ukrainian family to seek asylum

U.S. authorities allowed a Ukrainian woman and her three children to seek asylum, a reversal from a day earlier when she was denied entry under the Biden administration’s sweeping restrictions for seeking humanitarian protection

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2022

Coastal Commission OKs cap on short-term rentals in San Diego — with a key provision

The California Coastal Commission approved San Diego's cap on short-term rentals Wednesday after commissioners added a key provision requiring the city to revisit the new regulations in seven years to assess their effects.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022

Ukrainian family fleeing invasion turned away at border in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — U.S. border officials in San Diego on Wednesday turned away a Ukrainian family that was trying to seek asylum from the Russian invasion.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022

CBP officer accused of excessive force found guilty

SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was found guilty Wednesday of abusing his law enforcement powers during a violent arrest at the Calexico Port of Entry, and then lying about it.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022

Man accused of battering, yelling slurs at utility worker is brother of Ashli Babbitt

SAN DIEGO — A man facing battery and hate-crime charges for allegedly attacking and hurling racial slurs at a utility worker last year near Ocean Beach is the brother of Ashli Babbitt, the San Diego woman who was shot and killed by a police officer Jan. 6, 2021, inside the…

Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2022