Archive for January, 2010

A nude swimmer at Ocean Beach wrestled with San Diego police Saturday, who shot him with a Taser as several people tried to interfere with his arrest and 100 more watched.

The FAA denied claims Friday by the air traffic controllers union official that the Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control facility — the busiest in the nation — is understaffed and has inexperienced personnel.

A suspected drunken driver who slammed into a parked car and threw his vehicle into reverse in his haste to flee struck three pedestrians standing outside a Pacific Beach bar early Friday.

Teachers at a South Bay High School are fed up with a string of computer thefts on campus, and the school district asked News 8 Crimefighters to help track down the thieves.

A man who beat his 2-year-old son to death while the child’s mother was at work was sentenced Thursday to 20 years to life in state prison.

Proposition 8 was certainly a devastating blow to most gays and lesbians, but for A. Latham Staples it was the catalyst for implementing a new approach to reaching the voters who may have voted yes - thus the founding of the Empowering Spirits Foundation, Inc.

A black-clad robber held up a bank in University City today. The suspect simulated a weapon and got away with an undetermined amount of cash around 6 p.m. from the Chase Bank branch at 4111 Governor Drive, San Diego Police Department Officer David Stafford said.

The FBI says the so-called “Geezer Bandit” has struck again in San Diego.The FBI says a frail, elderly man gave a clerk a note demanding money and pulled a handgun Wednesday at San Diego National Bank.

The FBI confirmed to 10News that the man authorities dubbed the ‘Geezer Bandit’ robbed a San Diego National Bank in Point Loma Wednesday evening.

The latest storm is expected to hit the coastal cities first. With that, comes renewed worry that storm drains, culverts, and storm channels aren’t ready.