Read more San Diego stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4267/san-diego.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:29:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74260/fbi-after-calif-geezer-bandit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI has jumped in on the pursuit of a California robbery suspect authorities have dubbed the “Geezer Bandit.” The most recent of the five heists came yesterday outside San Diego; surveillance video of previous incidents shows a man believed to be in his 70s and, in at least one...http://www.newser.com/story/74260/fbi-after-calif-geezer-bandit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 19:47:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74014/faa-admits-flubs-on-wandering-northwest-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FAA should have taken more decisive action on the Northwest Airlines flight that fell out of communication with ground control for 77 minutes last month, officials acknowledged today. While the plane was out of contact, air-traffic controllers changed shifts and failed to warn their replacements about the runaway plane....http://www.newser.com/story/74014/faa-admits-flubs-on-wandering-northwest-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 15:29:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72450/cockpit-recorder-no-help-in-northwest-flight-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBecause the aircraft has an old cockpit voice recorder, the world may never know why the pilots of Northwest Flight 188 lost contact with ground control for 78 minutes. The recorder on the Airbus A320 has a maximum memory of 30 minutes, after which it tapes over itself. So investigators...http://www.newser.com/story/72450/cockpit-recorder-no-help-in-northwest-flight-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72432/flight-attendant-i-have-no-idea-when-were-landing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe passengers aboard the Northwest flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles—possibly while the pilots napped—didn't have a clue anything was amiss beyond a nagging sense that the flight was taking a long time. One tells the Star Tribune that he asked about it, and a...http://www.newser.com/story/72432/flight-attendant-i-have-no-idea-when-were-landing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 10:42:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70051/busiest-us-mexico-crossing-closed-after-gunfight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA coordinated effort to get illegal immigrants into the US devolved into a gunfight today in San Diego, and shut down the busiest US-Mexico border crossing. Four people were injured after US agents opened fire on three vans attempted to speed through the San Ysido Port of Entry from Tijuana...http://www.newser.com/story/70051/busiest-us-mexico-crossing-closed-after-gunfight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 21:13:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68757/chargers-player-arrested-in-tila-tequila-beating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice arrested San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman today after he allegedly choked his reality-TV star girlfriend, Tila Tequila, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. She signed a complaint charging Merriman with battery and false imprisonment, and said he choked her when she tried to leave their house this morning. Tequila,...http://www.newser.com/story/68757/chargers-player-arrested-in-tila-tequila-beating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 15:25:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66901/mexican-cartel-crew-indicted-in-san-diego-kidnap-murders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMembers of a notorious Mexican drug cartel have been indicted for running a San Diego kidnap-murder ring that dissolved two victims in acid, reports the Los Angeles Times . Gang members dressed as police officers and kidnapped well-to-do victims across the border; they collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom...http://www.newser.com/story/66901/mexican-cartel-crew-indicted-in-san-diego-kidnap-murders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 4:13:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65507/3-teens-caught-with-half-ton-of-pot-on-boat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree US teenagers returned from Mexico from what they claimed was a fishing trip with quite a catch: more than half a ton of marijuana stuffed beneath the deck of their boat. The three—two males ages 18 and 19 and a 19-year-old female—were arrested when they docked their...http://www.newser.com/story/65507/3-teens-caught-with-half-ton-of-pot-on-boat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 17:44:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65303/disabled-identify-with-heroes-at-comic-con.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s no accident that some of Comic-Con's most popular heroes are X-Men ’s wheelchair-bound professor and Daredevil ’s blind avenger. Many of the San Diego convention’s 125,000 guests say they relate to the struggles of their favorite superheroes, the Los Angeles Times reports. “You feel like you can be...http://www.newser.com/story/65303/disabled-identify-with-heroes-at-comic-con.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 17:30:00 CDT