Multiple-assault suspect found dead in jail cell
A 39-year-old coffee-shop owner accused in a series of home-invasion robberies and sexual assaults committed suicide in the downtown jail early Friday.
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San Diego's rain-free Fourth -- a tradition since 1850
Since weather records began in San Diego in 1850, there has never been measurable rain on July 4. That record isn't threatened this year.
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Missing teen report leads to arrest of man, 28
A report of a missing 13-year-old Vista girl led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man on sex charges Thursday, sheriff's officials said.
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39 businesses included in immigration probe
Thirty-nine businesses in San Diego and Imperial counties are being targeted for audits of their employment records by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the agency.
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Education group urged to focus less on scores
The nation's educators can improve public schools by making lessons more relevant and less geared toward yielding high test scores, a panel of scholars and activists told delegates at the National Education Association conference in downtown San Diego yesterday.
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