ICYMI

With your attention rightly focused on the hotly contested presidential battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, or perhaps even some of the various Senate races taking place across the country, it’s possible you might have overlooked a few other key happenings that occurred on Election Night. Here’s a quick rundown of five things you may have missed.

Five stories you may have missed this week include the DA seeking death penalty against Poway Synagogue shooting suspect and man who drove U-Haul at a crowd of people plead not guilty in court.

Five “good news” stories from this week include Oceanside police helping deliver a baby girl on the side of the street and new restaurant donating all profits to help kids in need.

Five “good news” stories from this week include the California Tower reopening after seismic retrofit and a woman celebrating her 100th birthday receives a special gift.

Five stories you may have missed this week include the husband, father of Leucadia bluff collapse victims lobbying for safety improvements and a victim in the wrong-way crash ID’d as Veteran, new father.

Five “good news” stories from this week include firefighters and EMT’s joining the fight against human trafficking and a nonprofit receiving a grant to help spread music across classrooms.

Five stories you may have missed this week include a suspect arrested in connection with a decades-old killing, and the Los Angeles Chargers not bringing back Philip Rivers.

Five stories you may have missed this week include a controversial parking lot approved in Encinitas and North Park’s Tornado shutting down their taps.

Tasty Topic: The Return of San Diego Restaurant Week The return of Restaurant Week is already here! This edition of San Diego Restaurant Week — the first installment of 2020, and really, THIS decade — runs from Jan. 19 to Jan. 26. As always, the 8-day dining event will showcase more than 160 eateries across the county offering every type of cuisine…

Five “good news” stories from this week include a San Diego family sewing blankets for Australian wildlife and 400 lives saved from San Diego organ donations

Five “good news” stories from this week include a stranger donating Christmas presents to mom whose car was dumped into bay and a nurse in Rady Children’s Hospital NICU decided to wrap her patients as gifts.

Five stories you may have missed this week include unicorns urging drivers to drive safely and a vacant building, formerly Pernicano’s restaurant, sold to developer.

Five “good news” stories from this week include an ambulance company helping a hospital patient get home for the holidays and hundreds of families receiving meals and presents

Five stories you may have missed this week include a Del Mar man posing as a plastic surgeon charged with sexual battery and suspect in 2006 La Mesa cold case sword killing sentenced.

Five “good news” stories from this week include a white rhino born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park gets named and a 5-year-old pays off negative lunch balances for 123 students.

Five stories you may have missed this week include a Spring Valley man accused of creating mass shooting practice video appears in court and a man who lured women in Balboa Park sentenced.

To help make sure you stay informed, each Sunday we revisit five stories from the previous week and capsulize them in this digest.  1. Girl, 10, Gets Make-A-Wish Trip to See Castles, Meet Loch Ness Monster in Scotland Ten-year-old Julia Davidson had absolutely no idea what splendors were waiting for her when she walked into a Macy’s department store Wednesday. Julia,...