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• Marines to face random blood-alcohol tests

  December 24, 2012 4:59 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - Marines and sailors will be subject to random blood-alcohol tests twice a year in what is billed as the toughest anti-drinking policy in the U.S. military. The Los Angeles Times reports Monday that any Marine or sailor with a blood-alcohol level of 0.01 percent or higher... more »

• YouTube series focus on military sexual assault

  August 12, 2012 1:53 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - The enormous obstacles and emotional torment a female solider confronts in reporting a sexual assault in the military is the focus of the three-part Web series "Lauren" debuting Monday on YouTube's new channel WIGS. Featuring "Flashdance" star Jennifer Beals and Troian Bellisario, "Lauren" gives a close-up... more »

• Marine says Corps kicking him out for political website

  March 21, 2012 8:34 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - An outspoken Marine critical of President Barack Obama says the Marine Corps is moving to kick him out. Sgt. Gary Stein says he was notified Wednesday that the Marine Corps has charged him with using contemptuous words against the commander in chief and violating the Defense... more »

• Obama to make West Coast swing in September

  September 1, 2011 12:47 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House official says President Barack Obama will make a three-day West Coast swing next month. The president's trip will start in Seattle on Sept. 25. He will also make three stops in California: San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles. Obama's trip will wrap... more »

• Court says Marine should go to trial in Iraq case

  August 26, 2011 12:46 AM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - A military court has rejected an argument by defense lawyers to dismiss a major Iraq war crimes case involving a Marine whose squad killed 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005. The court said in an opinion Thursday that it disagrees with the defense that the... more »

• Tough for gay members to return to full military

  August 13, 2011 5:01 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - Former Air Force officer Michael Almy's five-year battle to get back into the military after being discharged for being gay is still far from over despite the end of the policy that halted the decorated war veteran's 13-year career. The repeal of "don't ask, don't... more »

• Marines rescued after 4 hours in the Pacific

  August 11, 2011 6:20 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two Marines are in serious but stable condition at a Navy hospital after spending four harrowing hours in the chilly Pacific Ocean. They ejected last night from their F/A-18 Hornet jet as it went down. The two Marines drifted in their flight suits, yelling and... more »

• San Diego officer dies; suspect left suicide note

  August 7, 2011 5:36 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego's police chief says an officer shot in the face in an apparently unprovoked attack has died, and investigators have found a suicide note left by the suspect who fired the gun. Chief William Lansdowne says 36-year-old Jeremy Henwood, a four-year veteran of the... more »

• Marines accused of sham marriages for fiscal gain

  July 2, 2011 3:26 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - The military says three Southern California Marine corporals are facing charges of defrauding the government for entering into sham marriages for financial gain. 1st Lt. Maureen Dooley, a Marine spokeswoman, said Saturday the scam was hatched when a lesbian couple, one a Marine and the... more »

• Sister shares what she'll miss about her brother

  September 6, 2010 7:48 PM

  The sister of a Fort Carson Soldier, killed last week in Afghanistan, is sharing with News First 5 some of the things she says made her brother special. Staff Sergeant Casey Grochowiak left for Afghanistan just a few weeks ago, with the 1st Brigade Combat Team. He was killed... more »

• Illegal immigrants land at Camp Pendleton

  July 6, 2010 3:47 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol says two groups of seafaring, illegal immigrants have been caught coming ashore along Southern California's coast - including 18 people who landed at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. U.S. Border Patrol agent Michael Jimenez says agents detained 16 Mexican citizens traveling... more »

• 5.7 earthquake rattles Southern California

  June 15, 2010 8:30 AM

  There are frayed nerves but little damage in Southern California following a moderate earthquake that rattled San Diego and Los Angeles. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered about 85 miles east of San Diego and struck at 9:26 p.m. It had a 5.7 magnitude. Lots... more »

• Sex offender who attacked a Colorado Springs woman sentenced to life

  May 14, 2010 9:14 PM

  SAN DIEGO - A sex offender convicted of killing two teenage girls in San Diego County has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. John Albert Gardner cried Friday as the girls' families took turns at the podium addressing him during his sentencing hearing in... more »

• San Diego sweetens Comic-Con deal $500,000

  April 28, 2010 10:13 AM

  San Diego is sweetening its bid to keep Comic-Con, offering organizers $500,000 in hotel tax revenue to keep the huge pop culture event in the city. The Tourism Marketing District board agreed to budget $100,000 annually over a five-year period for Comic-Con, saying worldwide publicity from the event benefits the... more »

• Stolen Colorado Springs SUV involved in border shooting

  April 19, 2010 5:06 PM

  A man shot and wounded by federal officers after he allegedly sped from a gate at the nation's busiest border crossing near San Diego was in an SUV stolen in Colorado Springs March 1. Richard Cress, 54, is also suspected in a string of Denver metro area purse snatchings. ... more »

• Sex offender admits to attacking Colorado Springs woman

  April 16, 2010 8:53 PM

  Convicted sex offender John Gardner admits he tried to rape a Colorado Springs woman while she visited California late last year. At the same time, Gardner has also pleaded guilty to killing two teenage girls in San Diego. County prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty in exchange... more »

• Man pleads guilty in death of two teen girls

  April 16, 2010 5:43 PM

  Sex offender John Albert Gardner has pleaded guilty to killing two San Diego County teenage girls. Gardner agreed Friday to enter the pleas in the deaths of 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King. In exchange, prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. Amber vanished in February 2009 and... more »

• Suspected murderer had many encounters with cops

  March 19, 2010 1:21 PM

  The sex offender charged with murdering a San Diego County teen was repeatedly fined for drug and driving offenses after his prison release - once while driving a car that later may have been used in an attempted kidnapping. Law enforcement records show John Gardner III was cited at... more »

• Probe questions runaway Prius story

  March 14, 2010 8:10 AM

  A memo drafted for a congressional panel says the Toyota Prius involved in a California runaway car incident performed exactly as it is designed to in tests trying to replicate the situation. The memo obtained by The Associated Press casts doubt on the driver's contention that the car sped out... more »

• Missing teens father sees "eerie" link to murder

  March 4, 2010 12:48 PM

  When a registered sex offender was arraigned Wednesday for the murder and sexual assault of a 17-year-old California girl, one of the spectators in the courtroom was the father of another teenage girl from the same area who has been missing for just over a year. Maurice Dubois knows... more »

• Sex offender charged in Chelsea King case

  March 3, 2010 6:00 PM

  A 30-year-old sex offender has been charged with murdering a 17-year-old San Diego County girl who vanished after heading off for a run in a park. Prosecutors say John Albert Gardner III also faces a special allegation of rape or attempted rape, and a count of assault with intent... more »

• Thousands mourn death of California teen

  March 3, 2010 12:21 PM

  Thousands of mourners walked the sidewalks of a wide avenue in silence, holding candles and tearfully embracing. Many were at a loss for words over the discovery of a body believed to be that of 17-year-old Chelsea King, five days after the popular, straight-A student from San Diego County... more »

• San Diego selling police horses online to save money

  February 4, 2010 7:27 PM

  Colorado Springs is not the only city that is making tough budget decisions. San Diego is selling off their mounted patrol unit. This week the highly trained police horses and all their tack were put in an online auction to help raise money for the cash-strapped city. Selling the horses... more »

• Giant squid invade California waters

  February 1, 2010 2:53 PM

  Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds. The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight fishing trips over the weekend to catch them. The animals weigh between... more »

• Colorado Springs homeless getting one-way bus tickets home

  January 29, 2010 8:43 AM

  Homeless people in Colorado Springs are getting their one-way bus tickets paid for if they want to move to be near family or friends. The Salvation Army is providing the money for Colorado Springs police to buy the tickets when homeless people request them. The officers are also responsible... more »

• Good boy! Dog collar also a beer opener

  December 17, 2009 10:34 AM

  There's a new invention that's bringing together two things near and dear to the hearts of men across America: dogs and beer. It's called Bark 4 Beer -- a dog collar that opens beer. Yes, it's the kind of thing that makes you say, "why didn't I think of... more »

• Suspected imposter arrested

  October 9, 2009 7:09 PM

  The FBI has arrested Rick Strandlof in San Diego late Friday afternoon. Strandlof is accused of making false claims about receiving military decorations. The U. S. Attorney filed charges last week. Strandlof is currently in federal custody in San Diego. He will appear in court on Tuesday where he... more »