OTAY MESA, CALIFORNIA- A driver killed in a one car accident on Britannia Boulevard in Otay Mesa early Saturday has been identified. His name was Rodolfo Leal and he was a 47-year-old man from Bonita. Leal was alone in his 2006 Toyota Corolla when he attempted to pass a car near the intersection of Otay [...]
LA MESA, CALIFORNIA – A fire caused between $10,000 and $15, 000 of damage to a home on Garfield Street near Lemon Avenue in La Mesa on Friday. According to a Heartland Fire dispatcher, the fire was reported around 4:15 p.m. Nineteen firefighters responded to the scene and the fire was under control in just [...]
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA – Thomas Richard Mayer died after his hang glider broke during an aerobatics event. He fell 300 feet to the ground after the break. Mayer was 60 years old and was from Carpinteria. He was performing a loop at Andy Jackson Air Park around 6:45 p.m. Saturday when the wings of his [...]
EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA – A pilot was rescued from an upside down plane after it crashed Wednesday morning into overhead trolley cables about 300 feet from the Gillespie Field runway. The pilot was a 79-year-old Del Mar resident. He suffered non life-threatening injuries to both arms and was taking to the hospital. El Cajon Police [...]
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA – A 2-year-old boy died Friday after he was mauled by a pit bull on Thursday night in San Bernardino. Sergeant Travis Walker of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said the dog was a family pet and it was a tragic accident. The boy was in the backyard of his family [...]