SAN DIEGO — Navy prosecutors rested their case Friday against the 21-year-old sailor accused of starting the devastating fire on the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard, just 1,000 feet from where the $1.2 billion warship burned more than two year…
Foil balloons can take down power lines. California just passed a law to phase them out
It’s all fun and games until the power line blows up. Foil balloons commonly festooned at celebratory events such as birthdays and graduations inadvertently cause thousands of power outages. The shiny, metallic exterior of the balloons, such as Mylar, …
Foil balloons can take down power lines. California just passed a law to phase them out
SAN DIEGO — It’s all fun and games until the power line blows up. Foil balloons commonly festooned at celebratory events such as birthdays and graduations inadvertently cause thousands of power outages. The shiny, metallic exterior of the balloons, suc…
Could we be heading toward a global recession?
It’s been a rough couple of weeks on the stock market, ending recently with a warning from FedEX about a downturn in the global economy that sent shares tumbling. FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said on CNBC that he believed a recession was impending for the…
‘Fat Leonard’ arrested in Venezuela, ending 16 days on the run
Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who fled home arrest in San Diego earlier this month, was arrested Tuesday morning in Venezuela as he attempted to board an airplane at the Caracas international airport, ac…
Tom Krasovic: If they max out talent like 2010 team, Padres can make October run
When a ballclub plows a quarter of a billion dollars into the player payroll, as Padres leaders have this year, it’s the same as shouting out a request. Fellas, the team’s investors are saying, bring home the World Series trophy. So far, deep into the …
Engineers inch closer to using smartphones to measure your oxygen level
Your phone camera might have another useful feature beyond taking selfies. Engineers at University of California San Diego and the University of Washington published a proof-of-concept study that showed a smartphone was capable of detecting blood oxyge…
A ‘mischievous act of defiance gone wrong’: Navy prosecutors say sailor hated life on San Diego warship
SAN DIEGO — A 19-year-old San Diego sailor was so unhappy with his life as a deck seaman after failing to become a Navy SEAL that, in the summer of 2020, he snuck into a vehicle storage area on the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard and ignited a…
Padres get going early again, beat Cardinals for 4th straight win
If this series is a playoff preview, the Cardinals are seeing a Padres team that might actually be ready. The Padres scored twice in the first inning, added a run in the fourth, another in the fifth and again in the seventh to beat the National League …
San Diego apologizes, rescinds its World War II-era support for incarceration of Japanese Americans
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council rescinded Tuesday a resolution it had passed 80 years ago in support of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II. Council members called the camps and the council’s 1942 resoluti…