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San Diego, California Talk Radio Station - 760 KFMB AM - 760kfmbLocal spelling bee champ to do TV appearances before returning to school next week Snigdha Nandipati, 14, of San Diego, Calif., spells a word during the finals of the National Spelling Bee Thursday, May 31, 2012 in Oxon Hill, Md.

SAN DIEGO, Ca. - Fourteen-year-old Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, whose Indian first name means "flowing with honey," won the 85th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night.

Snigdha Nandipati, 14, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night by spelling "guetapens," which means an ambush, snare or trap.

That's because those behind the measure are disappointed that the exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act is limited to just one fireworks show per year.

An eighth-grader at Francis Parker School in San Diego is among the field of 278 competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which begins Tuesday in National Harbor, Md.

A funeral is being held for victims of a horrific New York City accident that sent seven members of a Bronx family flying over a guardrail and plummeting to their deaths.

Two women with children in their cars were targeted in Chula Vista and San Diego, where one victim was carjacked and the other was robbed of her purse on Wednesday, authorities said Thursday.