Staff / TruthdigApr 25, 2009
After infecting perhaps hundreds of people and killing scores in Mexico, eight cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in the U.S. -- six in California and two in Texas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 17, 2009
Pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe, Ariz., says he was Tasered, assaulted and denied medical treatment after he refused to submit to a search by Border Patrol officers at an immigration checkpoint east of San Diego. The ACLU has called the area a "Constitution-free zone" where such abuse has become commonplace. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 9, 2008
Just before noon Monday, a U.S. Navy F-18 jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood as it was approaching Miramar Naval Air Station, hitting at least one home. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigNov 12, 2007
About 30 demonstrators taking part in a three-day, bi-national "No Borders Camp" protest were attacked Sunday by about 100 Border Patrol officers at the end of the last day, The San Diego Independent Media Center charged. The media center said that the officers used pepper gas, tazers and batons, beating two or three demonstrators severely and detaining three. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 27, 2007
The Navy plans to spend $600,000 to obscure a San Diego-area building complex that happens to be shaped like a swastika. The buildings have been around since the 1960s and for years no one seemed to mind, but that was before the advent of Google Earth. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 20, 2007
Inspired by care for his daughter and an eleventh-hour decision, as he put it, to "lead with my heart," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (a Republican, as a Truthdig reader pointed out) said Wednesday that he would "take a stand on equality and social justice" and come out, as it were, in favor of gay marriage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
The Rev. Madison Shockley / TruthdigMay 2, 2006
The religious advocacy group is inserting itself into the fight over the San Diego congressional seat of disgraced ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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