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Tory Lanez performs at HOT 97 Summer Jam 2019 in East Rutherford, N.J. on June 2, 2019, left, and Megan Thee Stallion attends the 5th annual Diamond Ball benefit gala in New York on Sept. 12, 2019. Megan Thee Stallion penned an op-ed on the failure to protect Black women on the morning that rapper Lanez had his first court hearing for felony charges that he shot her. She writes in the New York Times Tuesday that she was shocked to become a victim of violence from a man on July 12. She said she at first kept quiet about being shot because she feared backlash, and that fear has been justified. Lanez, appearing by phone at his court hearing, did not enter a plea to two felony counts, and his lawyer declined comment. (Photos by Scott Roth, left, Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Tory Lanez guilty in shooting of Megan Thee Stallion

Daystar Peterson, a Canadian rapper who performs as Tory Lanez, was convicted Friday of assault and weapons offenses for shooting rap star Megan Thee Stallion after an alcohol-fueled party in...
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Gun classes closed down at Miramar

Miramar College closed down firearms classes that had been offered to the general public since 1981 amid an investigation last year into an instructor who brought a gun to a...
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UC investigator: ‘No records have been produced’

A state investigator reviewing backchannel dealings between utility companies and regulators is getting limited cooperation from the California Public Utilities Commission.Special Agent Reye Diaz of the California Attorney General's Office...
A boat washed ashore north Torrey Pines State Beach on Monday morning.

People flee boat washed ashore Torrey Pines beach

An unmanned vessel washed ashore at Torrey Pines State Beach Monday morning, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. U.S. Border Patrol received notification from San Diego Police Department about 8:00...
Jordan Omens, left, at the police academy. [Union-Tribune file]

Professor takes gun to meeting, gets disciplined

A Miramar College faculty member who was disciplined after carrying a handgun into an istrative meeting on campus has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the San Diego Community College District....
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Four “takeover” robbery suspects arrested

NORTH COUNTY  — Four men accused in a string of takeover-style armed robberies in North County since March were arrested during early-morning raids Wednesday, authorities said.More than 30 police officers, detectives,...
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Pedestrian killed on I-5 was Pendleton Marine

SAN DIEGO — A 27-year-old Camp Pendleton Marine was struck and killed by an SUV last week as he walked across the freeway in the Mission Bay area, authorities said.l. Michael Guzy...
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County to close juvenile ranch

Prompted by decreases in juvenile offenders, San Diego County has decided to close the Juvenile Ranch Facility in Campo, reasg all its charges to Camp Barrett in Alpine.The ranch closure...
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Impostor egg case helps food banks

View the photo gallery: Egg labeling case settlementMisleading labels on “California Fresh” eggs — really from Iowa — will end up benefiting local food banks, as San Diego’s consumer protection...
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Charter school roiled by turmoil

A young and successful Old Town charter school faces growing uncertainty amid a flurry of governance changes at the campus that ended the year with police presence, parent lockouts, legal...
San Diego City College.

Community colleges get $1.5M in grants

The San Diego Community College District is being awarded more than $1.5 million in state grants to continue several job training and workforce preparedness programs at the San Diego City...