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  • Thousands turn out for Chelsea King Memorial

    Sat Mar 13, 10:30 pm ET  

    Thousands turned out for a public memorial service honoring murdered teenager Chelsea King. The two hour program took place at the Poway High School stadium on Saturday afternoon. The service featured over a dozen speakers included family members, classmates, and teachers. Chelsea's young brother, Tyler, remembered a dedicated sister and role model. Full Story »

  • San Onfre scales back reactor power

    Sat Mar 13, 10:30 pm ET  

    Southern California's only big nuclear reactor complex remains throttled down to just 25 percent of its power capacity, as its owner saves fuel to meet power demands next summer, it was reported today. Full Story »

  • Thief pulls out weapon when robbing store

    Sat Mar 13, 10:30 pm ET  

    A robber pulled a knife on a convenience store clerk and escaped with cash in the Nestor area of the South Bay, and may have also tried to rob a nearby gas station, San Diego police said today. Full Story »

  • Gardners former friend speaks out

    Fri Mar 12, 8:45 pm ET  

    John Gardner's past resurfacing, this time from one of his former friends, Jennifer Brandt. She describes the accused killer, as youthful and free when she new him in 1997, after they graduated from Rim of the World high school near Lake Arrowhead. "He was a very nice sweet guy back then," Brandt explained. Full Story »

  • Cops: Unfinished drug tunnel discovered in Tijuana

    Fri Mar 12, 2:15 pm ET  

    Baja state police secured a presumed drug tunnel Thursday afternoon that was under construction in the direction of the U.S. border, Mexican officials said. Full Story »

KUSI News San Diego

  • Gardner parole questions

    Sun Mar 14, 12:02 am ET  

    Governor Schwarzenegger has ordered a review of how the state handled Chelsea King's suspected killer in a previous child molestation case. John Gardner violated his parole seven times and could have been sent back to prison. A former assemblyman says if he had been, two San Diego teenagers may still be alive. KUSI's Tom Jordan has more. [Click VIDEO to see full story.] Full Story »

  • Remembering Chelsea King

    Sat Mar 13, 8:16 pm ET  

    An estimated crowd of 6,000 people gathered today to celebrate the life of Chelsea King. KUSI's John Soderman has more. [Click VIDEO to see full-story.] Full Story »

  • Poway High School Prepares For Chelsea King Memorial

    Sat Mar 13, 12:32 am ET  

    In a matter of hours, thousands of San Diegans will pack the football stadium at Poway high school, to say goodbye Chelsea King. Full Story »

  • Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Orders Review Of Gardner's Case

    Sat Mar 13, 12:31 am ET  

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today directed the state Sex Offender Management Board to review the John Albert Gardner III case to determine whether systemic changes or improvements can be made to better protect the public. Full Story »

  • Alleged child molester arrested in La Mesa

    Fri Mar 12, 6:31 pm ET  

    LA MESA (CNS) - A transient was arrested today for allegedly grabbing and trying to kiss a 14-year-old East County girl as she was walking to school. Full Story »

Voice of San Diego

  • Weekend Report: What You Missed

    Sat Mar 13, 2:57 pm ET  

    Every day, thousands of San Diegans don't have to go looking for the Morning Report (and its cousin, the Weekend Report). It comes to them via e-mail. Sign up now to get the same free service. Full Story »

  • Going on a Carbon Diet Without a Scale

    Fri Mar 12, 9:12 pm ET  

    Ray Weiss, a geochemist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, was at the climate talks in Copenhagen last December, and he had a big interview on the BBC approaching. Full Story »

  • Photo of the Day: Thuan Phat

    Fri Mar 12, 7:57 pm ET  

    A couple of weeks ago, I found myself with time to kill in Linda Vista. I noticed the Thuan Phat supermarket, a Vietnamese grocery store, and decided to pop in and have a look around. Full Story »

  • UCSD Announces New Ways to Woo Black Students

    Fri Mar 12, 7:57 pm ET  

    University of California, San Diego today announced a handful of new ways it will try to convince black students who are accepted to the university to actually enroll. Doing so could help combat one factor that has historically limited its black enrollment: The low likelihood that black students who are accepted will choose UCSD. Full Story »

  • City's Water Leader Is Out

    Fri Mar 12, 6:57 pm ET  

    Jim Barrett, San Diego's public utilities director, has resigned to take a job with the Coachella Valley Water District. His last day is March 26, according to a memo the Mayor's Office sent today to City Council members. Full Story »

San Diego Reader

  • Ding! Ding!

    1 hr 30 mins ago  

    It's a lively night at the Ruby Room. Post-apocalyptic quasi-porn plays on flat screens. Resident artist Alex draws caricatures of unwitting patrons. Vinyl Film plays a generic Get-Up-Kids-grow-a-pair pop punk set. "Yes, I'm wearing a Lady Gaga shirt," the singer says. "And I'm damn proud." Full Story »

  • Faith of Our Fathers

    2 hrs 15 mins ago  

    "PhD-holding members of Glimr make new record in a particle accelerator; drink bourbon from Ankle the Mimic's prosthetic leg" slightly paraphrases the hype with which this blazed into view. Full Story »

  • Folk This

    Sun Mar 14, 10:46 am ET  

    The Cave Singers’ Derek Fudesco grabbed his sunburst Gibson hollow-body and took a seat on a stool. Singer Pete Quirk stood at the mic and peered out from under a trucker hat, his face shrouded with thick red beard. Drummer Marty Lund held a stick in one hand and mini-maracas in the other. Full Story »

  • Romeo et Juliette

    Sun Mar 14, 10:46 am ET  

    March is a fatally romantic month at the San Diego Opera, which kicked off its first performance of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette since 1998. Full Story »

  • Riddle Me This

    Sun Mar 14, 6:16 am ET  

    Though the March 11 Point Loma Community Park and Recreation Council meeting was scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m., it began at 5:30 p.m. Full Story »

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A taxi drives along Havana's seafront boulevard

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A taxi drives along Havana's seafront boulevard "El Malecon" as waves break on March 13, 2010. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

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