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utsandiego — A 35-year-old man was jailed on suspicion of punching and kicking a dog at its owner’s Pacific Beach home, San Diego police said.

utsandiego — The former chairman of the San Diego County and California Republican parties says Mitt Romney is the certain GOP nominee barring an unlikely shift in dynamic.

utsandiego — Illegal immigration is a contentious topic in the United States, but it can be a touchy subject in Mexico too. This is especially true in northern border cities such as Tijuana, which receives hundreds of deportees each day.

utsandiego — Francis Parker student Anoushka Bose stepped up to a wood panel with four buttons and began to count. “Three. Two. One.” The 13-year-old pressed the large red button on the right. Blastoff. Like a missile, a one-liter soda bottle packed with compressed air launched roughly 200 feet high into a clear blue sky.

utsandiego — A 39-year-old man riding a bicycle on University Avenue in North Park was seriously injured about 1:20 p.m. Saturday after colliding with a Chevrolet pickup, San Diego police said.

utsandiego — Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 42-year-old Escondido man early Saturday in the killing of a Morayma Denise Rodriguez, 20, whose body was found Wednesday off a rural road in the Lawrence Welk community.

nbcsandiego — A small brush fire was started in an area just south of Mira Mesa Blvd. by three children playing with fireworks on Saturday.

utsandiego — After more than a decade of sustained combat in Afghanistan, the war has reached a precarious juncture, having surpassed its zenith in troop levels, funding and support from the international coalition without definitive signs that the campaign is close to vanquishing the insurgency or stabilizing the country.

nbcsandiego — A man was arrested in Pacific Beach Friday after he kicked and punched another man's dog.

utsandiego — A male suspect who claimed to be armed held up a 7-Eleven store early Saturday on Palm Avenue near the corner of Fresno Avenue, getting away with $30 in cash, La Mesa police reported.

utsandiego — Rep. Brian Bilbray, who said he worried about political pressure on the Department of Energy in approving $535 million in loan guarantees to solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, himself requested U.S. aid for energy-efficient vehicle companies in San Diego.

utsandiego — A woman who recently served a stint behind bars stemming from her conviction in a fatal hit-and-run incident near Rancho Peñasquitos is back in custody for allegedly helping to sneak drugs into county jail.

utsandiego — Thomas Garrett was taken into custody on a warrant stemming from accusations of a woman involving her daughter, Chula Vista police said.

utsandiego — A man accused of killing a 14-year-old girl on New Year’s Eve four years ago and leaving her body in a vacant house in the Golden Hill neighborhood was convicted Friday of first-degree murder.

nbcsandiego — The oldest son of actor Ryan O'Neal has been taken into custody.

nbcsandiego — A one-time Commodore of the Coronado Yacht Club was booked into jail Friday one three charges relating to the sexual assault of a minor.

utsandiego — In the Escondido Police Department’s first DUI checkpoint since a new state law regulating vehicle impounds took effect, five cars that were being driven by unlicensed motorists were released to licensed owners or drivers.

utsandiego — Griffin O’Neal, son of actor Ryan O’Neal, was sentenced Friday to 16 months in prison for driving under the influence of drugs in August and causing a head-on crash that injured a motorist.

utsandiego — A man has filed a lawsuit against San Diego Chargers linebacker Shaun Phillips alleging the player broke a Champagne bottle over his head at a Pacific Beach bar in 2009.

nbcsandiego — Is your Super Bowl party budget the same now as it was 4 years ago? That answer is no.

nbcsandiego — Residents and business owners are coming together to fight SANDAG's proposal of a bus lot in Little Italy.

utsandiego — A 23-year-old man accused of kicking a Chihuahua to death was arrested Thursday on felony animal cruelty charges.

utsandiego — Sweetwater school board member questions motives of recall backers. Are they tied to the teacher's union?

utsandiego — The Drug Enforcement Administration office in Kearny Mesa evacuated Friday morning with a bomb scare over a suspicious package, authorities said.

nbcsandiego — A girl called the sheriff's department Friday morning after a man attempted to kidnap her, she said.