Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Local parents: Here's what you need to know about Baby Brezza and the CPSC recall of about 29,000 SuperFast Sterilizer Dryers after 32 reports of overheating or melting. Owners should stop using the units and register for a free replacement.
Public Safety
San Diego police arrested Michael Goff, 80, and Shawn Michael Foster, 45, on weapons charges after a search of an Ocean Beach home turned up drugs, firearms and psilocybin gummies identical to those taken by trick-or-treating children on Halloween night.
Public Safety
The FDA is warning parents not to serve Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars after reports of toddlers choking on the product. The nationwide recall includes California, and the bars were sold at Costco, Target and Walmart.
Public Safety
A ride-along with San Diego police Officer Kohl Idler on Oct. 27 showed La Jolla patrol officers juggling multiple emergencies with limited staffing, a closed substation front desk and a lieutenant saying the department needs "a thousand more officers."
Public Safety
San Diego police recorded nine incidents in La Jolla between Sept. 25 and Oct. 20, including two felony grand thefts, two commercial burglaries and two vehicle break-ins, according to the latest La Jolla Light police blotter.
Public Safety
Abhishek Sareen, 35, pleaded not guilty Thursday, Oct. 22, to 19 felony charges alleging child sexual abuse at Lotus Learners Montessori School, a licensed in-home daycare in Rancho Peñasquitos where he lived; investigators say at least three young girls were victimized.
Public Safety
La Jolla Institute for Immunology professor Alessandro Sette has launched a study tracking whether widely used GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy alter how T cells respond to infections, vaccines and neurodegenerative diseases, with Sette himself participating as a subject.
Public Safety
San Diego Unified identified 10 campuses in flood-prone areas and launched infrastructure inspections and a new El Niño Explorer Week curriculum for all students, including those at La Jolla schools, ahead of winter storms.
Public Safety
La Jolla's three main beaches have recorded about 400 stingray stings through October 2026, roughly half the 2024 total and a four-year low, but a Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher says super El Niño warmth could extend stingray season into November.
Public Safety
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for La Jolla's coast from 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, through 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, with highs in the upper 80s to mid-90s, while a high wind watch warns of gusts up to 70 mph in county valleys and mountains.
Public Safety
A new Scripps Institution of Oceanography study published Oct. 14 in Nature Communications warns that the southern San Andreas Fault, dormant for more than 300 years, could produce a larger-than-expected earthquake, with the annual ShakeOut preparedness drill set for Thursday, Oct. 15.
Public Safety
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for 27-year-old kayaker Samantha Youngs near Torrey Pines after crews covered 484 square miles in more than 11 combined hours without finding her.