San Diego, CA
Swarm of bees stings woman hundreds of times in Scripps Ranch
Parents in a Scripps Ranch neighborhood are worried about their kids after witnessing three people, including a little girl, get stung by a swarm of bees. Police say the woman injured in the attack was stung hundreds of times.
Doorbell video captured the screams to call 911 as chaos unfolded around 5 p.m. on Monday at Fairbrook Neighborhood Park in Scripps Ranch.
“I heard a lady screaming on the other side of the street,” Val Catanzarite said.
Catanzarite says he just arrived at the park with his 5-year-old granddaughter when he heard the cry for help and saw a woman blanketed by bees.
“She was covered,” Catanzarite said. “She was face down on the sidewalk. There must have been a thousand bees.”
The retired doctor raced to the rescue, but despite multiple tries to help the woman, he wasn’t able to get close.
“I got a towel from the car and tried to swat them away, and they just came after me,” Catanzarite said.
When asked what made him run into harms way, Catanzarite said, “If you saw a grandmother being attacked by bees, you would do the same thing. Although the bee guy ran the other way. He got his bee suit on, and he was gone.”
The attack happened after neighbors say the exterminator hit the hive.
Police say the unidentified woman was hospitalized after being stung hundreds of times, as was Catanzarite.
The 70-year-old grandad got choked up thinking about his granddaughter, who got stung eight times.
“My granddaughter is just totally freaked out. This is a five-year-old, just traumatized,” Catanzarite said.
A day after the attack, bees are still buzzing around the green utility cover at the park.
A two-week-old report on the city of San Diego’s “Get It Done” app reported the bees as a danger to people and children walking on the sidewalk. The area is now cordoned off, with the city and exterminators working to remedy the problem.
Meanwhile, Catanzarite and his neighbors say they’re working through the anguish of what happened.
“For me, the trauma is granddaughter and the other person injured that I couldn’t do anything for,” Catanzarite said.
Neighbors told NBC 7 the woman was released from the hospital on Wednesday evening.
NBC 7 reached out to the pest control company. Its after-hours answering service said we should expect a response on Thursday.
Gloria relents on December Nights, some community cuts in budget revise, but arts funds still on chopping block
by City News Service | Times of San Diego
Some library and recreation center hours and December Nights support were restored in Mayor Todd Gloria’s revised Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Wednesday, but city funding for the arts could still be gutted.
Gloria was joined by civic leaders Wednesday morning to announce changes to his initial proposed budget, released last month. He added “targeted protections” of certain neighborhood priorities and maintained police and fire service levels while arriving at a balanced budget.
Proposed additions include protecting rec center and library hours in Council Districts 4, 8 and 9, represented by Henry L. Foster III, Vivian Moreno and Sean Elo-Rivera, respectively.
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The Learning Curve: He’s San Diego Unified’s Next Trustee – No Race Needed
By Jakob McWhinney | Voice of San Diego
The primary is still nearly a month away. The general election is even further out. Still, it’s already clear that Hayden Gore will be San Diego Unified’s next trustee. That’s because he’s running unopposed to fill the seat left open by current Trustee Cody Petterson, who opted not to run for re-election.
Though he’s a political newcomer, Gore was the early choice of San Diego Unified’s union. In fact, he was recruited by the former president of the San Diego Education Association to run for the seat.
It’s not hard to see why. He’s an avowed progressive and a longtime educator who led the then-newly formed union at High Tech High to its first contract. Exactly the kind of resume that would have SDEA champing at the bit.
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Join Us Friday, July 17, 2026 for the 11th Annual USD School of Law – RJS LAW Tax Institute
By RJS Law
The Institute is the premier annual tax event in San Diego. The region’s top tax attorneys, enrolled agents (EAs), certified public accountants (CPAs), law and business school professors will discuss topics including government loan relief and abuses, challenges in cross-border transactions, and practical and realistic solutions in trust, estate planning, and tax matters.
DATE AND TIME
Friday, July 17, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, Theatre
5555 Marian Way, San Diego, CA 92110
EVENT STATUS
Open to the Public
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – For many families, libraries are a safe space for kids after school and a place to study.
After community outcry, the city is scaling down some of its proposed budget cuts, bringing the original $6.3 million in cuts to libraries down to $4.8 million.
Patrick Stewart, CEO of Library Foundation SD, said the change is a step in the right direction.
“We are very pleased. I think this moves the needle in the right direction.”
Mayor Gloria’s revised budget proposal restores funding focused on youth-centered programs, which includes bringing back library hours in Council Districts 4, 8, and 9 — those in underserved communities.
“This is City Heights and San Isidro, Barrio Logan, and Oak Park, and traditionally, those are smaller branches. And the kids and the families in those communities frankly, they use their library very differently than in a lot of other communities, and it’s a lifeline to them,” said Stewart.
The City Heights library is among those included in the mayor’s revised budget to restore funding. While library officials say this is a good first step, there is still concern about long-term financial challenges.
In order to voice concerns about how deep the cuts go, the Library Foundation has created a way for supporters to express that through postcards. Thousands of cards have been mailed directly to Mayor Gloria and councilmembers.
Stewart said the effort is making an impact.
“They’re seeing that this is hundreds and hundreds of people that are taking this very seriously, so it helps them to know immediately what their community feels like when it comes to these proposed cuts,” he added.
The restored funding would also keep Monday hours at Carmel Valley Library and protect the North Clairemont Library branch from closure.
Library officials remain optimistic as the revised budget heads back to the City Council.
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A man suspected of a fatal shooting in Barrio Logan was arrested Tuesday.
Benito Garcia Jr., 31, was arrested in the 3600 block of Grand Avenue in San Marcos at about 1 p.m. Tuesday for allegedly gunning down 64-year-old Raul Torres near the east end of the Coronado Bridge, according to the San Diego Police Department.
Patrol officers responding to an anonymous report of a shooting found the mortally wounded victim on a sidewalk in the 2000 block of National Avenue, near Chicano Park, shortly after 10 p.m. last Tuesday. Torres died at the scene, SDPD Lt. Lou Maggi said.
Police have not disclosed a suspected motive for the slaying.
Garcia was booked into San Diego Central Jail on suspicion of first- degree murder. He was being held without bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
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