San Marcos man gets 31 years for killing mother with hammer
SAN MARCOS — A San Marcos man who beat his mother to death with a hammer, then set himself on fire inside a car where...
elder abuse
Time to end phone elder abuse
I just received a phone call from a 92-year-old friend. He sheepishly informed me that he had just been defrauded. He had given out his...
Elder abuse, negligence lawsuit filed by assisted living center resident
What began as a hospitalization for pneumonia and other ailments has escalated into an elder abuse and negligence civil lawsuit filed in the Superior Court...
County safer than average despite increase in violent crime
San Diego County is generally safer than the U.S. as a whole, though elder abuse and several types of violent crime are on the rise...
Advocacy group fights for oversight of elder care facilities
REGION — Aaron Byzak remains convinced that if he had not checked up on his grandmother after what her caregivers described as “a little fall,”...
County increases oversight of senior care facilities
REGION — San Diego County is increasing the oversight of residential care facilities for the elderly with a new pilot program from the District Attorney’s...