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Victim warns elders about 'Grandma Scam'
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- An elderly woman who lost thousands of dollars through a scam that preyed on her concern for her family spoke out Wednesday to warn other potential victims. Anna, an elderly woman living in Mira Mesa also spoke out during a Wednesday news...Tags: Justice System, San Diego (San Diego, California), Crimes, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Red Cross to expand San Diego call center
SAN DIEGO -- The American Red Cross announced Monday that it is expanding its San Diego emergency call center to handle more than triple the calls it currently handles.
The organization is consolidating its emergency call centers into four locations, and...Tags: Mississippi, Charity, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Relief and Aid Organizations, Defense
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Fire department 'brownouts' end
SAN DIEGO -- Friday marked the end of the city's widely denounced emergency-services "brownout'' program, which idled up to eight fire engines a day over the past 17 months as a means of propping up San Diego's unsteady municipal finances.
The cost-...Tags: Government, Mountains, Layoffs and Downsizing, Jerry Sanders, Colleges and Universities
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NTSB blames Coast Guard for deadly 2009 boat crash
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- A report released Tuesday by the federal agency that investigates transportation accidents nationwide placed sole blame on the U.S. Coast Guard for a military-civilian boat collision that killed an 8-year-old boy taking part in a holiday...Tags: Travel, Government, Transportation Accidents, Rowing, Trips and Vacations
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Driver plows into 5 parked cars
SAN DIEGO -- A suspected drunken driver smashed into five parked cars before flipping his pickup early Tuesday, witnesses said.
The driver, whose name was not immediately released, was driving down Morena Boulevard near Ashton Street in the Bay Ho...Tags: Disasters and Accidents
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Brush fire prompts evacuations
SANTEE, Calif. -- A grass fire east of Santee Lakes forced firefighters to evacuate homes Tuesday afternoon and one resident was sent to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.
The fire broke out sometime before 3 p.m. near Carlton Hills...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Santee (San Diego, California), Fires, Disasters and Accidents, Hartland
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Mayor's new budget restores rec center hours
City News ServiceSAN DIEGO -- Mayor Jerry Sanders announced today he has revised his draft city budget to fully fund recreation center hours, but he will still keep most branch libraries operating only part-time. When he first unveiled his budget proposal last month,...Tags: Regional Authority, Jerry Sanders, San Diego (San Diego, California), Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Study: 30 percent of ERs closed over past 2 decades
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- Approximately 30 percent of all emergency rooms in non-rural areas have shut their doors over the past two decades, according to a new study released by the Journal of the American Medical Association. This has translated to more than 660...Tags: Clubs and Associations, American Medical Association, San Diego (San Diego, California), Disasters and Accidents, Health
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Emergency shelters open during weekend storm
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- More than 350 beds in emergency homeless shelters will be opened during the weekend to help protect San Diego's homeless population from the predicted cold and rainy weather, the city announced. The San Diego Police Department's Homeless...Tags: Weather, Jerry Sanders, Christianity, The Salvation Army, Disasters and Accidents
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'Crash tax' is a growing trend in California, experts say
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterThe new emergency-response fees passed in Vista are being used by more cities throughout the nation to close budget deficits, experts said. Five communities in San Diego County have passed these so-called "crash taxes," including Oceanside, National...Tags: Insurance, Elections, Vehicles, Politics, Disasters and Accidents
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Homeless advocate Father Joe to retire
Fox 5 News ReporterSAN DIEGO -- Father Joe Carroll, who has spent decades caring for San Diego's homeless and disadvantaged, will retire effective July 12. The announcement was made by Father Joe's Villages spokesman Oscar Labiano. Carroll's homeless advocate work started...Tags: Vincent de Paul, Homelessness, Disasters and Accidents, Family, Human Interest
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NorCal man drowns trying to photograph tsunami
SAN DIEGO -- A 25-year-old man who was washed out to sea while trying to photograph the tsunami in northern California was confirmed dead Friday, according to Del Norte, California, authorities.
The man was the only known death in the U.S. caused by...Tags: Chile, FEMA, Photography, American Red Cross, Weather
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