The 234 Apartment

One person was arrested and another rushed to the hospital in critical condition following a shooting and standoff in Spring Valley overnight . San Diego County Sheriff ’s Deputies surrounded one of the units in the Lakeview Village Apartments just before 11 p.m. Tuesday. The apartment complex is located along Sweetwater Springs Boulevard near Loma Elementary School and across the street from Monte Vista High School . Deputies had received multiple calls of shots fired, including one from a woman inside who says it started with some kind of argument. Spring Valley Shooting, Standoff: Images Spring Valley Shooting , Standoff: Images" src="http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/620*349/Spring-Valley-Standoff-9102.jpg" width="100%" /> One neighbor said she was awakened by gunfire, called 911 and then sheltered in place. “Tried to get away from any windows semi barricaded my door just in case because I didn’t know where this guy was going or what was happening...

ICE raids hits Roaring Fork Valley , Carbondale approves policies to ‘gain the trust of immigrants’" title="The Home Front: As word of ICE raids hits Roaring Fork Valley , Carbondale approves policies to ‘gain the trust of immigrants’" /> “Carbondale trustees have approved new town policies in an attempt to gain the trust of immigrants, while word has spread of arrests by federal immigration officials in the Roaring Fork Valley ,” reports The Glenwood Springs Post -Independent . “Ted Hess, a Glenwood Springs immigration attorney , said that several of his immigrant contacts reported numerous arrests early last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents , though that activity is difficult to verify. Hess said all he has is anecdotal evidence, but he received seven phone calls Aug . 14 from people reporting ICE arrests and activity, and similar accounts followed later in the week. ICE has arrived, he said, and these kinds of raids will be a feature...

The Los Angeles Dodgers recorded their 90th victory Aug . 24, the fastest any Dodger club has reached that important milestone. If they achieve the projected 116 wins in their 162- game regular season , they’ll go down as one of the greatest baseball teams of all time. Of course, I have two adult children who weren’t alive the last time the Dodgers were even in a World Series so anything short of a ring this time is, well, a loss. This has been a truly magical season, which makes it all the more disappointing that the Dodgers’ covetous ownership continues to snub its fans with its cockamamie cable TV contract scheme . With all these exciting, charismatic, budding and veteran all-stars and their unbelievable exploits, it’s hard to understand why they would willingly write off a generation of new fans. Frankrupt McCourt would approve. It is said that greed is good. The Dodgers are both, and what an unfortunate missed opportunity this year has been. Meanwhile, I told you in my last co...