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The night Junior Seau introduced a Marine to the ukulele

seau-marine.jpg After Junior Seau died, Deadspin received an email from Albert Flores Jr., a U.S. Marine Corps captain in Sneads Ferry, N.C. He describes a chance encounter in an Oceanside bar last year with Seau, the former USC and NFL linebacker — and Flores' football hero.

Junior Seau, former NFL and USC star, possible suicide at 43

Screen shot 2012-05-02 at 12.40.32 PM.png A 911 call came from Seau's Oceanside home about 10 a.m. Responders found Seau dead of a gunshot wound that appears to be self-inflicted.

New owner of San Diego paper is bad news

A page one profile on Sunday featured an advertiser whose son is married to the daughter of the paper's new owner.

Reality hits home at Voice of San Diego

Award-winning site lays off four, cuts budget and refocuses the core mission.

Fox 11's Reynolds becomes a citizen

jaime-chambers-ktla.jpg "I'm so proud," she told co-host Steve Edwards during the live feed of the ceremony on "Good Day L.A."

Border fence to extend into ocean

border-fence-east.jpg The U.S. Border Patrol is planning to spend $4.3 million trying to extend the border fence with Mexico 300 feet into the Pacific Ocean off Imperial Beach, but it's not easy to do.

Lessons on sustainability for news startups

bay-citizen-logo.png A new Knight Foundation report makes a case study of eight of the biggest local news startups across the U.S., including Voice of San Diego and The Bay Citizen in San Francisco

Obama's day in California is underway

President Obama woke up in San Francisco, is in La Jolla now for a fundraising lunch and will be in L.A. this afternoon.

PBS station in San Diego to unveil intelligent news show

KPBS in San Diego plans to launch "Evening Edition," a weeknight local news and analysis show, on Sept. 26.

Lights start coming on around San Diego

signonsd-blackout.jpg Much of the city of San Diego is still dark, but some areas — including the south end of Orange County and the desert cities of the Coachella Valley — are gradually getting power back.

Current conditions in the SoCal desert

Without power or air conditioning, it could be a long night in the lower deserts. Here are the current temperatures.

San Diego declares emergency, asks drivers to get off roads

With essentially all power off across the region served by San Diego Gas & Electric, the biggest problem faced by the SDPD right now is rush-hour traffic without stop lights.

Fabian Nuñez's son pleads guilty in San Diego

Esteban Nuñez, 21, the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, and a co-defendant had faced a murder charge in the 2008 stabbing death of a college student in San Diego.

Union-Tribune goes with online guy as editor

The San Diego Union-Tribune has nabbed Jeff Light from the Register in Orange County to be editor and vice president.

KFWB looking at Roger Hedgecock

The new, less-useful KFWB that debuts Sept. 8 as "News Talk 980" will start with an 18-hour marathon of Dr. Laura — most of that reruns.
LA Observed on Twitter
venice-lemonade-slush.jpgBlogger Diana Chang photographed every shop that faces the ocean — and set her gallery to music by The Red Hot Chili Peppers and others. Go there


I understand the emotion of LA Kings nation, and get the passion of hockey fans generally. Still, I'm surprised by this turnout to greet the Kings players at LAX Wednesday morning. Watch larger

mosquito-air-patrol.jpgPasadena police and the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District flew over El Monte and Duarte and identified 21 dirty, abandoned or improperly drained swimming pools that could provide breeding environments for Asian tiger mosquitoes. San Gabriel Valley Tribune photographer Walt Mancini rode along. Links

falcon9-rocket-launch1.JPGSpaceX successfully launched its Dragon orbiter Tuesday morning at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Space.com

party aftermath.jpgThe aftermath of a teenage party over the weekend in the Silver Lake hills. The latest in the Night Vision series by Iris Schneider. Native Intelliigence
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