San Diego plans 322% housing boom for College Area amid SDSU’s continued growth
By Calista Stocker, Times of San Diego, a member of the San Diego Online News Association Photo: an aerial view of the College Area. Photo courtesy of the city. November 25, 2025 (San Diego) – San Diego is set to update the College Area’s blueprint for future development, and San Diego State University’s enrollment forecasts are […]
SUSPECT IN ALVARADO AREA PHARMACY STABBING IS FATALLY SHOT BY SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER IN CREST
By Miriam Raftery Photos by Viktoria Voragen Update January 20, 2023: The victim has been identified as Mary Ellen Carter, 66, of Lakeside. The shooting suspect was Frank Bower, pharmacist. The officers involved in the shooting were Officers Salvador Laurel-Torres and Robert Raynor. Officers Laurel-Torres and Raynor have been employed with the San Diego Police Department […]
COLLEGE AREA ROBBER POSED AS TICKET SELLER
By Miriam Raftery March 17, 2018 (San Diego) – San Diego State University campus police have issued an alert following a robbery that occurred yesterday at 11:05 a.m. in the east alley of 5100 College Avenue. The suspect offered to sell basketball tickets to the victim, but instead reportedly stole the victim’s money. The […]
PIT BULLS WHO ATTACKED ELDERLY MAN REMAIN ON LOOSE IN COLLEGE AREA
Update January 9, 2018: The dogs have been found and taken into custody by County Animal Control. No further details have been released pending investigation. By Miriam Raftery Photo courtesy ECM news partner 10 News January 8, 2018 (San Diego) – A man in his 70s was attacked by two pit bulls last […]
3 ARRESTED IN COLLEGE AREA DRUG RAID
East County News Service February 16, 2017 (San Diego) — Detectives and Crime Suppression Team Deputies from the Sheriff’s Alpine Station, with the assistance of the Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Detail, served a search warrant at 5090 College Ave. #5 in San Diego this afternoon. Deputies from the Special Enforcement Detail (SED) served the search […]
AMENDMENT TO ROOMING HOUSE ORDINANCE PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL
East County News Service September 18, 2015 (San Diego)—Aiming to help families and individuals sharing housing, San Diego’s City Council has unanimously passed an amendment to the Rooming House Ordinance proposed by Councilmember Marti Emerald. The ordinance was originally passed in 2008 to help Code Enforcement crack down on nuisances created by overcrowded rental […]
GUNMAN ASSAULTS, ROBS WHEEL-CHAIR BOUND WOMAN IN COLLEGE AREA
November 29, 2014 (San Diego)—A masked man armed with a gun broke into a home on 67th Street in the College area Friday morning, terrorizing a wheelchair-bound woman with cerebral palsy. CBS news reports that the victim was talking with her caregiver when she heard her electronic door open. The suspect pointed a gun […]
FBI AND SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SEEK PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY CHASE BANK ROBBER IN COLLEGE AREA
September 26, 2013 (San Diego) — The FBI and San Diego Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the unknown man responsible for robbing the Chase Bank, 4627 College Avenue, San Diego, on Wednesday, September 25, The robber entered the bank around 5:42 p.m. and presented the teller with a demand note. […]
TEEN GIRL MISSING IN COLLEGE AREA
Update: This missing person has been located, San Diego Police reports. July 27, 2011 (San Diego)—Ariana Khair, 19, was last seen on Saturday, July 23 in the area of 5400 El Cajon Blvd in San Diego, San Diego Police reported today. It is unknown what clothes she was wearing at the time of disappearance. Her […]
TERRA AMERICAN BISTRO SERVES UP FARM-TO-TABLE FRESH CUISINE
Popular chef/cookbook author’s new eatery opens today By Miriam Raftery April 7, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) – Not every new restaurant parks a tractor outside. But for Jeff Rossman, executive chef and owner of Terra American Bistro, the vehicle symbolizes his commitment to supporting local farmers. “East County needs a farm-to-table […]