Hello, and welcome to San Diego News Today. I'm your host Moe.
Beautiful weather all day today in San Diego. we had a high of 71 degrees it's currently 70 outside the expected low is going to be 46 degrees on Tuesday. We're expecting a high of 69 and a low of 46. On Wednesday, 71 is the expected high and the low overnight will be 50 degrees.
And then on Thursday, it's going to bump up a little bit to 77 degrees and a low of 54. The current humidity is 28%. The wind speed is eight miles an hour. Coming out of the West Northwest. We had a sunrise at 6:51 AM this morning and the sunset. Is at 5:02 PM. And now the news headlines for today.
The suspect driving a rental vehicle that struck an alcohol police officer on the morning of December 14th was taken into custody over the weekend. The Los Angeles police department's Rampart division announced the arrest of 41 year old David Francis subpoena.
Pengelley Allen who had a felony warrant for the hit and run accident. Alcohol police officer Nick Sorella was seriously injured when he was dragged down an alcohol and street by a rental SUV, allegedly driven by the suspect and then struck by another vehicle. The LAPD tweeted Sunday, we are elated to announce that thanks to the LAPD Rampart.
David Penn galleon. The suspect who injured officer Sorello has been arrested. Ramparts narcotics enforcement detail, arrested Pangelinan and recovered a loaded gun and a large amount of drugs and money. Great job. And thank you. The tweet said.
The incident occurred when alcohol police officer Cirillo responded to a Volkswagen SUV report blocking the roadway in the 100 block of West Washington Avenue.
That was illegally parked and inside where a sleeping man and a woman police said,
Lieutenant Randy lard had commented when officers woke the occupants, the driver provided identification for someone other than himself. And officers began to investigate. During the contact, the driver suddenly started the vehicle and began to put it into gear.
Cirilo became trapped partially inside the SUV and was pulled down the street while attempting to detain the man behind the will keep him from driving off and was pulled down the street until another moving vehicle struck him. Sending him tumbling onto the roadway as the fleeing motorist sped away,
Police later found the rented Volkswagen, abandoned a short distance from where the officer was injured, which belongs to a local rental company. Officers arrested Kiani Flores of Los Angeles, who was allegedly in the car's passenger seat.
ELCA home police officer Nick Sorello was released from the hospital on December 18th. Our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family, the alcohol police department requests that anyone with more information, call (619) 579-3311. Again, that number is (619) 579-3311 or anonymously.
Call eight, eight, eight. Five eight zero eight four seven seven. Again, that number is (888) 580-8477.
a massive 280,000 square foot Corona virus vaccination site with a streamlined drive-through process opened at 13th Avenue in K street, near Petco park in downtown San Diego today. County and city officials created what they call the vaccination. Superstation in less than five days, including at least two dozen tents and several temporary structures .
The announcement came when the County reported 3,288 new cases and 33 deaths from COVID-19 bringing the area's death toll to 1,857. There were 32 additional patients hospitalized and four treated in intensive care units as of Saturday.
The program is held in collaboration with a university of California, San Diego, and the San Diego Padres who provided the tailgate parking lot near Petco park and wireless internet and event staff to handle parking and direct traffic,
At least 300 UC San Diego physicians, nurses, and other staff members are authorized to give the first rou
