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A television newsroom can be an exciting place. It is the nexus where local tragedies and successes are tracked each day. The purpose of this blog is to give a glimpse into that world. Because the information in this blog is being relayed in real-time as we receive it, we can only guarantee that it is true to the best of our knowledge at the time it is posted. However, in some cases it has not yet been verified; details may change. As the title indicates, this is News In Progress.

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6:02 am - June 30, 2009100- Foot Tree Downs Power Lines In Casa De Oro

UPDATE: THE CHP HAS JUST ISSUED A SIG ALERT FOR THE AREA.

A downed tree is causing problems for a Casa De Oro neighborhood. The tree fell around 0514 this morning at 10002 Buena Vista Drive. A Heartland Fire dispatcher says the 100- foot long, 5- feet wide tree fell across power lines, and knocked off a fire hydrant before falling onto the road. Right now South Barcelona is blocked off at W Buena Vista due to flooding. SDG&E is headed to the scene due to concerns of live wires. Also, city crews have just shut off water from the hydrant. Sky10 and Jennifer Correia are on their way…

   --Posted By Leloba Seitshiro

4:19 am - June 30, 2009Stolen Car Crashes At Gillespie Field

A messy situation at Gillespie Field this morning. According to El Cajon police, what started as a police chase involving a stolen vehicle, ended in a crash at the airport. Police say they tried to pull over a car on Madison and Magnolia,but the driver took off. He headed Northbound on Madison, and then Northbound on Johnson in excess of 100mph. They say the driver was going so fast he jumped over a 50-foot ravine, and crashed through the fence at Gillespie Field. The car flipped over next to a hanger on the Southside of the airport, clipping the wing of a plane. Part of the car crashed through the hanger, and damaged a 1950’s classic car which was inside. There are reports another plane inside the hanger and was also damaged. The driver of the stolen car was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital in Kearny Mesa. No word how serious his injuries are. He’s described as a 35 years old white man. The stolen car is a 2000 Volkswagen Pasat. 10news reporter Jennifer Jensen is at the scene. Watch 10news at 5 and 6 this morning for the very latest on this, and other stories.

   --Posted By Leloba Seitshiro

10:14 pm - June 28, 2009San Diego Police Investigate Fatal Trolley Accident

San Diego police are at the Morena district trolley station where a trolley was involved in an accident with a pedestrian.

10News reporter Evy Ramos is on scene and will have more in a live report at 11 p.m.

   --Posted By roger renkas

4:42 am - June 25, 2009Woman Faces Extradition Hearing For Amber Alert Case

UPDATE: A JUDGE RULED YESTERDAY CANDACE WATSON WILL BE EXTRADITED BACK TO OHIO. SHE WILL BE TAKEN BACK TO RICHLAND COUNTY TO FACE A FELONY CHARGE CALLED COMPLICITY.

Candace Watson will appear before a judge in a downtown courtroom this morning. She and her boyfriend, Robbie Potter - a convicted sex offender- were arrested in connection with the disapperance of her four year old daughter Haylee Donathan from Ohio. Agents arrested the two at the Morning Star Ranch in Valley Center. They had spent a week there working in the fields and in the kitchen. Little Haylee was found safe, except for a case of the Chicken Pox. Watson will face a fugitive warrant IF she is extradited back to Ohio. 10news reporter Rachel Bianco has the very latest on this case. She brings it to us from the downtown courthouse.

   --Posted By Leloba Seitshiro

4:33 am - June 25, 2009Thieves Rob A Game Stop Store In Carmel Mountain Ranch

Police are searching for a group of men who robbed a Game Stop store in Carmel Mountain. They believe the robbery is part of a series, and could also be connected to other similar burglaries at Radio Shack Stores. The latest robbery in Carmel Mountain happened shortly before 9 o’clock last night as employees were getting ready to close the store. They say 5 men walked into the store, one of them armed with a semi- automatic handgun. The thieves zip tied the workers, took their cell phones then locked them in a back room in the store. Police say they ransacked the store for about 30 to 40 minutes. The workers were not hurt. Watch 10news at 5 and 6 this morning for the very latest on this breaking story. 10news reporter Carole Sullivan has all the details you need to know.

   --Posted By Leloba Seitshiro

4:16 am - June 23, 2009Man Holds Family At Gunpoint- Then Ransacks Their Place

Police are searching for a man who terrorized a family inside their Mira Mesa home. It happened just before 11:30 last night on Hillery Drive. Police say the man was pulling into his gated apartment complex when an armed man approached him. The man then forced the victim up to his apartment where he locked him and his two young children inside a bedroom. The suspect then ransacked the place. 10news reporter Rachel Bianco is live in Mira Mesa this morning with the family’s terrifying ordeal. Watch 10news this morning for more on this and other stories.

   --Posted By Leloba Seitshiro

3:45 am - June 22, 20092 Men Rescued From A Canyon In Mission Village

Rescuers freed two men who were trapped in a canyon behind a Mission Village apartment complex. Police got the call around 0140 that two men had fallen 50 feet into the canyon behind the Mission Village apartments on 2707 Marathon Drive, near Shawn Avenue. Police say the men were drinking near the canyon when one of them fell. His friend tried to help him but he also fell into the canyon. Rescuers say one of the men injured his wrist, and the other man hurt his head.

   --Posted By Leloba Seitshiro

4:48 pm - June 21, 2009Demonstrator’s Remain Vocal About Iran

A second deomonstration in as many days in support of those protesting in Iran took place in Balboa Park Sunday.

 

10News reporter,  John Carroll will be live at 6 p.m.  with why today’s protest is different than yesterday. 

   --Posted By roger renkas

4:12 pm - June 21, 2009Father of Missing Daughter Writes Letter

Maurice Dubois, father of Amber Dubois, the Escondido teen missing since February, describes his anguish while is daughter remains missing.

10News reporter, Marissa Cabrera will have more in a live report at 6 p.m.

   --Posted By roger renkas

7:58 am - June 17, 2009Sig Alert Issued For Southbound I-5 At Tamarack Bridge

A sig alert has been issued for southbound I-5 at the Tamarack bridge following a multiple vehicle crash. Right now an overturned big rig is blocking three lanes. Highway patrol officers say 2 big rigs and a moving truck are involved in the accident. We’re told one big rig is on the right side, upright, one is overturned in the lanes, and the moving truck is in pieces. Right now an ambulance is headed to the scene to help one of the drivers who’s stuck. 10news reporter Jennifer Jensen is also headed to the scene to get details on this accident. sky10 is there as well.

   --Posted By Leloba Seitshiro