San Ysidro News

Toone says the exposed large rainwater collection tank just steps from his front door draws attention to his conservation efforts and provokes questions from passers-by. RESOURCES - A demonstration rain barrel system is displayed near the irrigation exhibit at the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:04 a.m. San Diego County - Hundreds of San Diego County schoolchildren are being vaccinated against the swine flu at local schools this week as part of a new effort to protect the vulnerable age group and minimize the outbreaks that are now so common.

Prosecutors in the Mexico state of Baja California said Mexican police freed a San Diego college student who was kidnapped last week near the border.

An arrest warrant has been dropped for actor Randy Quaid and his wife after they were accused of stiffing a California hotel on a $10,000 bill.

Thousands of children in the county are getting the swine flu vaccine and they don't have to skip school or wait in long lines to receive it.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. a " Authorities say U.S. Border Patrol agents have seized more than $300,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine in southern Orange County and a Mexican national is under arrest on suspicion of smuggling.The Border Patrol said Saturday that agents stopped a Dodge Durango truck driving north on Interstate 5 through San Clemente on ...

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:31 a.m. Police are looking for a man who robbed an adult bookstore in San Ysidro on Tuesday night.

Nearly 350 pounds of sea cucumbers -- an Asian culinary delicacy -- were seized from a father and son who tried to smuggle the marine animals through the San Ysidro port of entry, U.S. officials said Monday.

Customs officials say they seized 343 pounds of sea cucumbers at a San Diego border crossing as smugglers tried to bring the Asian culinary delicacy into the U.S. from Mexico.

A man suspected in the series of at least 19 robberies throughout San Diego County is behind bars.

The public safety agencies will join with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the San Diego Sheriff's Department, the San Diego Harbor Police and other groups for activities and demonstrations.

Gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman toured the border near San Ysidro yesterday. John R. McCutchen / U-T - San Diego Union-Tribune/Zuma Pre With the San Ysidro border fence as her backdrop, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman spoke out on immigration policy issues yesterday, saying it is "simply not practical" to deport the estimated 12.5 ...

Sunk by a whale -- that's the incredible story from the captain of a sail boat that sunk while taking part in the Baja Ha Ha race.

The Quaids were expected in a Santa Barbara court, where they were facing three charges of allegedly burglarising and defrauding the owner of the luxury San Ysidro Ranch after checking out without paying $10,000 hotel bill last month .

A security guard nabbed a shoplifter, but was forced to let her go, when an uzi was pulled on him outside a local retail store.

Here's the official information from the US Customs and Border Protection on how the time change will affect the US Mexico border: San Diego - U.S. Customs and Border Protection will adjust hours of operation at San Diego area border stations from October 25 until October 31 to accommodate the one-hour time difference when Baja California, Mexico ...

There's a disturbing new trend at California's border with Mexico. Teenagers are making bold attempts to smuggle drugs into the US, right through border stations.

The guard was detaining a woman suspected of shoplifting at the Kmart on Camino del la Plaza off Interstate 5 about 1:15 p.m. when he was approached by the man, police said.

Pose2, also known as Daniel Hopkins, spray painted a photograph in the Rio Zone of Tijuana as part of a cross-border project of U.S. and Mexican graffiti artists.

Does Mr. St. John have the right to carry a loaded gun into a movie theater? Yes, he does.