San Diego, CA
San Clemente landslide forces rail passengers to find alternatives between San Diego and LA
Passengers have to get off the train and jump onto buses that will then connect them to trains.
Thursday, June 8, 2023 4:46AM
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (KABC) — People traveling by train between San Diego and Los Angeles will have to add a little extra time to their commute follow a landslide in San Clemente.
Debris from a landslide just north of the San Clemente Pier near the Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens has once again forced the closure of passenger rail service between Irvine and Oceanside.
Amtrak’s Irvine Station is serving as a transfer station for commuters traveling on either side of the closure.
The closure has since been causing a disruption for travelers like Rafael Joseph, who spoke with Eyewitness News on Wednesday as he was traveling with his wife Amie.
“It’s been very, very confusing, very difficult … we’re on a vacation trip,” he said. “We went from San Diego to Oceanside on the train and then a bus from Oceanside to here and now we’re supposed to get on a train and take that up to Anaheim.”
Passengers have to get off the train and jump onto buses that will connect them to trains and both sides of the unstable slope.
“It’s an extra hour but it’s ok,” said Judith Escales. “I think everything is well organized. I come from France and there it’s much more chaotic.”
Others don’t quite feel the same.
“It’s just a hassle with how packed and crowded the buses are,” John Bragiel said.
Amtrak said the track will reopen once the debris is cleared and it’s safe to operate trains through the area.
“We’re not in a hurry but I feel for the people that are,” said Amie Joseph. “People that have to make this commute to go to work and for their livelihood and all that so I feel for them but it’s kind of a pain.”
OCTA, who owns the rail line, said it will continue working with the city of San Clemente as well as Metrolink and Pacific Surfliner to assess the situation and reopen the line as soon as possible.
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San Diego, CA
SDSU Passing League: St. Augustine 18, Rancho Buena Vista 13
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The new look St. Augustine Saints Football Team, led by new Head Coach Ron Caragher, take down the Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns 18-13 at San Diego States Passing League.
The standouts from the game include Longhorns’ Quarterback Brayden Freitas, who threw two Touchdowns against the Saintsmen, and Saints Quarterback Vincent Smith, who threw two Touchdowns against RBV, including the game-winning pass to Paisios Polamalu (son of Troy Polamalu).
San Diego, CA
Takeaways from the campaigning to win over rural voters in swing-state North Carolina
OXFORD, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have their sights on a handful of battleground states in the White House race, and North Carolina is one of them.
Rural voters in particular will play an important role for both campaigns, but the candidates will have to overcome voter indifference, fatigue and even disgust.
Both Democrats and Republicans hope face-to-face contact will help them make their case. In places like Granville County, a swing county tucked between the Raleigh-Durham area and the Virginia state line, that has already begun.
Here are some key takeaways from an examination of the campaign less than five months before the November general election.
Spending war for North Carolina’s airwaves
When it comes to advertising spending in North Carolina, Democrats are outpacing Republicans by a nearly 4-to-1 margin, according to AdImpact data. As of June 7, Democratic groups had spent more than $4 million compared with about $1 million from Republicans in the state.
That gap widens even further when looking ahead to the fall. For reserved ad slots between June 8 and Election Day, Democrats have spent more than $5.6 million so far, compared with $25,000 reserved by one Republican political action committee. Those reservations are subject to change as races come into focus.
The Raleigh-Durham area makes up a significant portion of advertising spending in North Carolina for both parties: almost $2 million for Democrats and more than $138,000 for Republicans. The area skews heavily Democratic, but it also borders counties such as Granville and Franklin that voted for Trump in 2020.
Tuning out the election
As a rematch of 2020 takes shapes, many people in the United States are not paying much attention to the election.
About 4 in 10 Americans in a Pew Research Center poll conducted in April said they are not following news about candidates in presidential contest too closely or at all. Younger adults are less likely than older ones to be following election news.
Many people already find the election exhausting, even if they are not tuned in. About 6 in 10 U.S. adults in the poll say they are worn out by so much coverage of the campaign and candidates. Those not following closely are especially likely to say they are exhausted.
Trump’s record with North Carolina’s rural counties
In a state with the second highest rural population in the country, winning over those voters is essential. Democrats may not win outright in rural parts of North Carolina, but if they can keep the margins close, they have a better chance to take advantage of their strength in the state’s urban areas.
Previous election results show that appealing to North Carolina’s rural voters may be easier for Republican Trump than for Democrat Biden.
In 2020, 64 rural counties backed Trump while only 14 went for Biden. Compared with his 2016 campaign, Trump’s winning margin grew in most rural counties four years ago.
Possible openings for Democrats
A handful of rural counties could be more competitive. Granville County, for example, had one of the tighter margins of victory for Trump — 53% in 2020 — among rural counties. That was a jump of 3 percentage points from 2016, when he narrowly won against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Before Trump, Granville County was considered a blue rural county. Democrat Barack Obama won it in 2008 and 2012. It’s one of six counties in North Carolina that made the pivot from Obama to Trump.
San Diego, CA
Police searching for suspect after Bay Terraces Jack in the Box robbed at gunpoint
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego Police are searching for a suspect after a Jack in the Box fast food restaurant was robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning.
The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) reports a male suspect pointed a handgun at a cashier and took an undisclosed amount of money from the register at a Jack in the Box on Alta View Drive in the Bay Terraces neighborhood at 9:51 a.m. on Saturday.
There is currently no suspect in custody, according to SDPD. They are describing the suspect as a white man in his 30s, who is 5’11”, with a full beard and mustache. Police say he was wearing a green beanie/ski mask, khaki jacket, and brown pants.
Police confirmed no employees or customers were injured during the incident.
SDPD Robbery Unit Detectives are investigating.
Anyone with information is asked to call the SDPD non-emergency line or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
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