Caroline Wozniacki’s first match since the Australian Open is one of six taking place on the second day of the WTA San Diego Open. Three of those contests are predicted in this article, including Wozniacki’s clash with Anna Blinkova. We at LWOT predict the other three matches in a separate article, including Leylah Fernandez vs Tatjana Maria.
WTA San Diego Day 2 Predictions
Magdalena Frech vs Taylah Preston
Head-to-head: First meeting
Frech is enjoying a great start to the season. She reached the fourth round at the Australian Open and came through qualifying last week to get to the third-round at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she narrowly lost to Elena Rybakina. It will take a big effort from Preston to overcome the Pole. She does have a lot of natural talent and is likely to hit some great shots during the match. However, Frech is likely to just be too solid for her and will probably win in two sets. Prediction: Frech in 2
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Dayana Yastremska vs Caroline Dolehide
Head-to-head: Dolehide 1-0 Yaastremska
Neither of these players have played their best in recent weeks. Understandably, it has been tough for Ysstremska to come back to earth after her amazing run to the semifinals of the Australian Open. Dolehide has been struggling even more. She has not won a match since her defeat in the second-round in Melbourne. Returning to home soil will probably be a relief to Dolehide. Nevertheless, her recent results mean I am not confident enough to back her against someone with Yastremska’s firepower. Prediction: Yastremska in 2
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Caroline Wozniacki vs Anna Blinkova
Head-to-head: First meeting
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Wozniacki skipped the entire Middle East swing. It is clear she has targeted the U.S. swing as a period of the year where she can seriously threaten the big players. Blinkova also elected not to play in the Middle East, and both players will come into this feeling refreshed. Predicting Wozniacki’s matches is tough right now, but I am giving her the edge. Blinkova’s attacking style on US courts is a good matchup for Wozniacki, even if she is no longer in her prime. Prediction: Wozniacki in 2
When emergencies such as wildfires, floods and rockslides caused road closures on Native American reservations in San Diego County, tribal personnel — including law enforcement, firefighters and elected leadership — couldn’t access their own land to help their community.
This week, that changed.
The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians, a tribe with a 5,000-acre reservation in Valley Center, partnered with the Sheriff’s Office, the county of San Diego, the county’s Office of Emergency Services and the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association to launch a first-of-its-kind program Tuesday.
Rincon Tribe Chairman Steve Stallings said the idea for an Emergency Tribal Access Pass Training has been in the works for 20 years, following the East County fires.
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The three-hour-long training offers authorized tribal personnel instruction on emergency access procedures, incident command, wildfire safety and first responder coordination. With these passes, they are verified at emergency checkpoints for entry. All tribes in the county can take part in the training.
The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians hosted its inaugural Emergency Tribal Access Pass Training on Tuesday at the Rincon Government Center. (Sydney Brammer / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
The pass does not grant entry under all circumstances; whichever agency has top authority at emergency scenes will ultimately determine if it’s safe enough for tribal personnel to enter.
While Stallings said there hasn’t been a recent emergency in which tribal members have been denied access to enter their land, he said this is a solution for the future, when tribal personnel need access to help their people and protect government operations and infrastructure on the reservation.
It benefits all groups involved when everyone is on the same page during an emergency, he said.
“If we’re not part of the process, then our team of specialists and urgent personnel are operating independently of other local law enforcement when what you want is everyone coordinated in that,” Stallings said.
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Sheriff Kelly Martinez said this has “been a long time coming” during her opening remarks at the inaugural training on Tuesday at the Rincon Government Center.
“It’s been long overdue that we allow you access to your critical infrastructure,” Martinez said. “I’m happy to support it.”
There are 18 Native American reservations in San Diego County — more than any other county in the United States.
Martinez said there were representatives from 16 of the 18 tribes, totaling about 260 people, in attendance at the Tuesday training.
That day, 143 access passes were distributed to authorized tribal representatives who had completed the required application ahead of the training. The other participants at the training will receive their passes once their applications have been finalized, according to a Rincon Band representative.
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“This is a game changer,” said Rincon Fire Chief Chip Duncan. “When we can’t get on the reservation, we can’t provide service.”
Stallings said the hope is for the training to eventually move online, so people can take the course more quickly.
“We know that this is a change for the better — puts us on equal footing,” Stallings said.
SAN DIEGO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are searching for an incarcerated person who walked away from the Male Community Reentry Program in San Diego on July 2, 2026.
At approximately 3:50 p.m., staff received a tamper alert indicating incarcerated person Randy Seitzinger had removed his GPS device while on an approved community medical pass. Staff immediately launched an emergency count, which confirmed Seitzinger was missing. CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement have been notified and are assisting in the search.
Seitzinger, 70, is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs approximately 191 pounds. He has a light complexion and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a light-colored short-sleeved shirt.
Seitzinger was received from Orange County on May 22, 2019. He was sentenced to 15 years for second-degree robbery and false imprisonment with violence.
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Anyone who sees Seitzinger or has knowledge of his whereabouts should contact any law enforcement agency, call 911, or contact the Office of Correctional Safety staff at 760-550-8782.
The Male Community Reentry Program is a voluntary program for eligible male incarcerated persons. Approved participants serve the end of their sentences in the community in lieu of confinement in state prison. Since 1977, 99 percent of the incarcerated people who have escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp, in-state contract bed, or community rehabilitative program placement have been apprehended.
The victim was smoking outside the business when a 35-year-old man approached him, threatened to kill him and pulled a knife at around 10 p.m. Monday in the 900 block of Cardiff Street, according to the San Diego Police Department.
Police said the attacker stabbed the man twice in the chest and twice in the arm. It was unclear what prompted the stabbing.
