Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement unfolded across San Diego County on Friday, with demonstrations reported in Escondido, El Cajon, Lakeside and Mira Mesa. Protesters called for ICE to leave their communities and urged corporations to stop housing agents in local hotels.

In Escondido, demonstrators voiced strong opposition to ICE activity.

“I want ICE out of my community and I want them out now,” one protester said.

In El Cajon, residents said concerns about ICE presence have been growing.

“Well, there are rumors that it’s coming to our city, and I think it’s only a matter of time. So the sooner and quicker that we all push back, and the harder we push back, the better,” said protestor Gabriel Medina.

In Lakeside, dozens of people gathered, expressing fear and frustration over ICE operations.

“It’s like being punched in the gut. It’s just horrible that our country could come to this. That masked thugs could be on our streets hauling people off our streets. Sometimes they’re American citizens, sometimes they’re children. It’s just deplorable that our country has come to this,” said Suzanne Davis.

Traffic safety improvements are in the works at some of San Diego’s most dangerous intersections, part of a list released Thursday by the city’s traffic engineering team.

That team annually conducts a review of the city’s intersections to pinpoint where safety measures are most needed. The team looked at city traffic collision data from calendar year 2024 and “evaluated intersections where five or more injury or fatal crashes had occurred,” a city statement read. Engineers also looked at intersections where vehicles had hit pedestrians, where injuries were prevalent and more.

“Our engineers and field operations teams are working hand in hand to ensure these safety upgrades are implemented to maximize safety for all road users,” said Transportation Department Interim Assistant Director Margaret McCormick. “Being able to carry out these projects with our in-house teams is important so the work can be completed as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

The locations prioritized for potential safety enhancements are:

• 15th Street at F Street;
• 8th Avenue at Broadway;
• Bayard Street at Grand Avenue;
• 8th Avenue at University;
• Kettner Boulevard at Sassafras Street;
• 10th Avenue at A Street;
• Otay Center Drive at Siempre Viva Road;
• Garnet Avenue at Mission Bay Drive;
• Fairmount Avenue between Montezuma Road and Talmadge Canyon Row;
• Imperial Avenue between 53rd Street and Jacinto Drive;
• Main Street between the I-5 off ramp and Woden Street;
• Midway Drive between Kemper Street and Duke Street; and
• Mission Gorge Road between Twain Avenue and Mission Gorge Place.

Transportation crews have finished, or are in the process of completing, safety improvements at several locations, including the segments of Fairmount Ave., Main St. Mission Gorge Rd. and Imperial Ave., but some must be completed through the city’s Capital Improvement Program and will require additional funding to implement, a city statement read.

Some of the safety recommendations for the above intersections are additional signs, flashing beacons and crosswalks to increase pedestrian visibility and have a traffic calming effect. The recommendations at other locations call for upgrading traffic signal lights, replacing or adding speed limit signs and installing pedestrian countdown timers.

Additionally, intersections may receive longer red curbs as part of the new “Daylighting Law,” which prohibits vehicles from parking within 20 feet of a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

A full list and the city’s efforts to combat traffic fatalities are available at sandiego.gov/VisionZero.

When Edmond LaFave missed two days of work in February 1975, a worried friend headed to his North Park home to check on him.

The friend found LaFave on the bedroom floor in a pool of blood. The San Diego Union reported that the 34-year-old waiter at Little America Westgate Hotel had been badly beaten and stabbed multiple times.

Police investigated, but the case went cold for five decades until DNA and genealogy recently led investigators to a suspect.

On Thursday, approaching 51 years since LaFave was killed, San Diego police announced the arrest of 71-year-old Johnnie Salisbury of Syracuse in northern Indiana, roughly an hour northwest of Fort Wayne.

Police took Salisbury into custody Wednesday, San Diego homicide Acting Lt. Chris Leahy said in a news release. Leahy said he had been booked into custody on a warrant for his arrest in the homicide and is in an Indiana county jail awaiting an extradition hearing.

Leahy said various cold case investigators “have reviewed the case over the years, with no resolution.” He said the “culmination of the investigation” came when investigators used genetic genealogy and other forensic evidence to identify a suspect. He did not elaborate further on the evidence or the case itself.

The idea behind genetic genealogy is to take DNA from a crime scene and enter it into a publicly accessible genealogy DNA database in hopes of finding a close enough match to relatives of the unknown perpetrator. A hit helps genealogists create family trees that can help put a name to the unknown DNA.