SAN DIEGO, Calif., — Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) will welcome a panel of respected San Diego homeless advocates and business leaders as they discuss what is being done to address the immediate needs of the homeless population as well as concerns of the affected community. Speakers include: Dan Shea – National Restauranteur,…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — As soon as Stephany Gonzalez enrolled at UC San Diego, she decided to volunteer at the campus’ food pantry. Her service was a thank you to her parents, who had to deal with food insecurity before emigrating from Guatemala to the United States, where they raised Stephany and her sister and…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The San Diego City Council unanimously declared a shelter crisis Monday in an 8-0 vote as it related to the Hepatitis A outbreak that has killed 17 people, most of whom were homeless. Mayor Kevin Faulconer endorsed the action, saying it would help in setting up three temporary shelters for the…
A Nov. 14 preliminary hearing has been set for Brandon Kyle Cooper, 36, who is charged with murder in the Memorial Day stabbing of Spencer Thompson, 38, who collapsed from a stab wound in the 2800 block of University Avenue in North Park. The family of Thompson told a television station they believed it was…
A judge has committed Jon David Guerrero to a state psychiatric facility after he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial in four murders of three homeless men including one man who attended Metropolitan Community Church and one woman. San Diego Superior Court Judge Margo Woods read the psychiatric report on Guerrero, 40, and committed…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A judge suspended criminal proceedings Friday (July 14) against Jon David Guerrero in the murders of four homeless people including a man who attended the Metropolitan Community Church. San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Smyth set a mental competency hearing for July 24 by another judge for Guerrero, 40, in which…
NEW YORK — Researchers announced findings today from the largest-ever combined sample of homeless youth in the United States and Canada, revealing that nearly one-fifth are victims of human trafficking, including those trafficked for sex, labor, or both. The dual studies by researchers at The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the…
A fourth murder was charged Tuesday against Jon David Guerrero who is accused of killing three homeless men, but this homicide has a different pattern from the 11 other attacks. Molly Simons, 83, was walking to a bus stop in North Park in the early morning hours of July 13, 2016 when a man on…
SAN DIEGO – A judge has determined Jon David Guerrero is mentally competent to stand trial for three bizarre murders of homeless men in Ocean Beach, Mission Bay and downtown. San Diego Superior Court Judge David Danielsen confirmed a psychiatric hospital’s finding that Guerrero is competent and criminal proceedings resumed in his March 20 ruling….
A psychiatric hospital has made a finding that Jon David Guerrero is mentally competent to stand trial for three bizarre murders of homeless men including one who attended Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). Guerrero, 39, appeared Wednesday (Feb. 1) before San Diego Superior Court Judge Margie Woods for a judicial ruling of his mental competency, but…
