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Calif. beach to be roped off year-round for seals

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) - California coastal regulators voted Wednesday to keep a rope barrier up year-round at a picturesque San Diego beach that's used by seals during breeding season. The seals' presence at Children's Pool has been the subject of a long-running fight, and emotions

AP Source: Saints, Brees apart on guaranteed money

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By BRETT MARTELAP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints still must close a significant gap in guaranteed money if they are to agree on a five-year contract worth about $100 million by Monday's looming deadline for a long-term deal, said a person familiar with

AP NewsBreak: Grand jury probes border death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 12th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - A federal grand jury is investigating the death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was shot by U.S. border authorities with a stun gun, suggesting the government is considering criminal charges after more than two years of silence on the

With gov't support, small businesses buy offices

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By PALLAVI GOGOIAP Business Writer Las Vegas dentist Chris Cozine wanted to cut costs after the Great Recession. He found an unlikely way: He ditched the office he was renting and bought 6,600 square feet of his own. Besides improving his surroundings - he left the gray walls of the old place in

APNewsBreak: Beluga had numerous infections

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 11th

By MARK THIESSENAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A baby beluga whale rescued in Alaska's Bristol Bay last month had multiple infections, according to necropsy results announced Wednesday. "On postmortem exam we found that the beluga whale had infections in multiple sites, including

More mega projects turning to private investors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 7th

By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - For cities and states buried under mountains of debt, it has become a tantalizing proposition: invite private financial institutions to put up the money to fix aging schools, dilapidated rail lines and beat-up roads. Offer investors

Border Patrol corruption trial begins in San Diego

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 7th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - A former Border Patrol agent who frequently appeared on television news as an agency spokesman founded a smuggling ring that brought Mexicans and Brazilians to the United States illegally in Border Patrol vehicles, a federal

WOW: Fireworks Show Goes Terribly Wrong!

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 5th

KHQ.COM - Ever wonder what would happen if hundreds of fireworks exploded at once? San Diego experienced this phenomenon -- by accident -- when an annual fireworks display malfunctioned, setting off all of the fireworks five minutes prior to the start of the show. The Fourth of July celebration

San Diego fireworks malfunction in big, fast flash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 5th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Trolley was packed. Hotel rooms facing the bay were sold out. And local radio was set to simulcast a patriotic score for the Fourth of July show. But instead of 20 minutes of fireworks, the crowd

Severely burned girls learn to cope at retreat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 5th

By GILLIAN FLACCUSAssociated Press CORONA, Calif. (AP) - The room rings out with the cruel nicknames that have haunted the teenagers for years: Crusty crab. Burnt toast. Snake skin. Freddy Krueger's daughter. Mutant. Scarface. For the first time, it's the burn victims themselves who are