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October 5, 2018

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Essential California

 

TOP STORIES

  

White House confident on Kavanaugh confirmation as two swing Republicans praise FBI report

Senators began reviewing an FBI report into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, preparing for a preliminary vote Friday.

The science of long-term memory gets short shrift in Ford-Kavanaugh showdown

Researchers say people can forget many details, but they usually remember the gist of a traumatic event.

Shark attack victim released from children's hospital

A 13-year-old boy attacked by a shark Saturday morning while lobster diving at Beacon's Beach in Encinitas was no longer a patient Thursday at the hospital where he was being treated. Keane Webre-Hayes was critically injured in the attack, which left him with traumatic wounds to his left side.

LOCAL NEWS

 

Domestic violence homicides fall; measures addressing strangulation given partial credit

Domestic violence-related homicides fell by more than 40 percent last year and officials believe the county's response to strangulation cases — a particularly deadly form of domestic violence — may have contributed to the decrease.

Basketball icon Bill Walton helps open new gym bearing his name

La Mesa's favorite son Bill Walton revels in the grand opening of the Brady Family Clubhouse near his old stomping grounds Helix High.

OPINION

 

Nathan Fletcher for San Diego County supervisor

The former Assembly member is far more likely to be an agent of change.

Readers React | Kavanaugh investigation: Thoroughness of FBI effort called into question

The American people are being massively betrayed in plain sight.

BUSINESS

 

Wave of effective — and expensive — cell and gene therapies challenges health insurers

Transformational cellular and gene therapies 'bend the curve of life', but also threaten to break health care budgets.

Port of San Diego continues recovery from cyberattack

While the port has continued to operate, some of its computers and information technology systems remain disabled. Normal port operations, including cargo and cruise ship traffic, have not been affected by the attack.

SPORTS

 

Big whiff by refs helped Chargers beat 49ers

Team Spanos got away with a big one Sunday, and it helped them beat the San Francisco 49ers, 29-27.

Chargers are sneaking forward with Philip Rivers

The Sneak is back with the lightning-bolt team, and that may help Philip Rivers get important yardage.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

 

San Diego Symphony and MacArthur 'genius grant' recipient Matthew Aucoin unveil 'Hearing the Future' festival lineup

Opera and classical-music wunderkind Matthew Aucoin, 28, tells us all about curating the San Diego Symphony's genre-leaping 2019 "Hearing the Future" festival.

AND FINALLY ...

 

Water main break in North Park causes extensive flooding

A water main break was reported in North Park Thursday morning.