
Michelle Gilchrist
Michelle Gilchrist was a data specialist and graphic artist for The San Diego Union-Tribune.
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All crimes reported from May 2 to May 8Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from April 25 to May 1Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from April 18 to April 24Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from April 11 to April 17Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from April 4 to April 10Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from March 28 to April 3Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from March 14 to March 20Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from March 7 to March 13Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Feb. 28 to March 6Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Feb. 21 to Feb. 27Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Feb. 14 to Feb. 20Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Feb. 7 to Feb. 13Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Jan. 24 to Jan. 30Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Data breaches exposed 179 million records in 2017
Data breaches reached a new high of 1,579 and exposed almost 179 million records in 2017 according to a report last week by the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout.The...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Jan. 17 to Jan. 23Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Jan. 10 to Jan. 16Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Jan. 3 to Jan. 9Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Dec. 27 to Jan. 2Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Dec. 20 to Dec. 26

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Dec. 13 to Dec. 19Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Dec. 6 to Dec. 12Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Here’s a map of the latest fire perimeters and evacuation centers
This map from the county Office of Emergency Services is being regularly updated with evacuation areas and fire [email protected]

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Nov. 8 to Nov. 14Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Oct. 25 to Oct. 31Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Oct. 18 to Oct. 24Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Oct. 11 to Oct. 17Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

LA County Fair goers top DMV disabled placard crackdown
More than 400 motorists at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona were issued citations for fraudulent use of disabled parking placards last month.Almost 4 out of 5 citations given...

Interactive map: Crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Sept. 20 to Sept. 26Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Sept. 13 to Sept. 19Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Sept. 6 to 12Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive crimes...

Interactive map: Crimes around San Diego
All crimes reported from Aug. 30 to Sep. 5Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Aug. 23 to Aug. 29Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Aug. 16 to Aug. 22Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from Aug. 9 to Aug. 15Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Rose Bowl leads the way in latest disabled parking enforcement push
California Department of Motor Vehicles investigators issued 170 citations to drivers for fraudulent use of disabled parking placards last month.Almost 1,600 drivers were ed by investigators during 24 enforcement operations...

Interactive map: Crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Aug. 2 to Aug. 8Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from July 26 to Aug. 1Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from July 19 to July 25Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Growing comic market reached $1.09 billion in 2016
It’s Comic-Con week in San Diego and the industry upon which the popular convention was established saw over $1 billion in sales in 2016.According to estimates from Comichron and ICv2.com,...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from July 12 to July 18Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Data breaches are up 29 percent over last year
Data breaches are running 29 percent above last year, according to a report being released today by the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout.Hacking was the leading cause of data...

Interactive map: Crimes reported in San Diego County
All crimes reported from July 5 to July 11Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from June 28 to July 4Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes reported in San Diego County
All crimes reported from June 14 to June 20Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes reported in San Diego County
All crimes reported from June 7 to June 13Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Man accused of fraudulently obtaining 34 disabled parking placards
A San Francisco man was recently arrested after California Department of Motor Vehicle investigators linked him to more than 34 fraudulent applications for disabled person parking placards.Morgan Le faces six...

Interactive map: Crimes reported in San Diego County
All crimes reported from May 31 to June 6Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

State pays taxes for 804 homeowners who can’t afford it
California homeowners received $2.2 million in loans from the state, in the first year of a revived government program that pays their property taxes so they don’t have to.Under the...

State pays taxes for 804 homeowners who can’t afford it
California homeowners received $2.2 million in loans from the state, in the first year of a revived government program that pays their property taxes so they don’t have to.Under the...

Interactive map: Crimes reported in San Diego County
All crimes reported from May 24 to May 30Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes in the past week in San Diego County
All crimes reported from May 17 to May 23Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

UC has capped out-of-state undergrads: How many are there, per campus?
The University of California Board of Regents approved a policy on nonresident undergraduate enrollment last week which will reserve more spots for California students at nine campuses.The first of its...

Interactive map: Crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from May 10 to May 16Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from May 3 to May 9Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

DMV issues hundreds of disabled placard citations
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is cracking down on drivers who fraudulently use parking placards for people with disabilities. A recent state audit said the department “does not sufficiently...

Interactive map: A week of crime in San Diego County
All crimes reported from April 26 to May 2Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

United Airlines reports most animal deaths, injuries or loss since 2010
Since 2010, there have been almost 400 incidents of death, injuries or loss involving animals during air transportation in America.Shyla, a mastiff, was injured when the pet carrier fell to...

Interactive map: Crimes in San Diego County in the past week
All crimes reported from April 19 to April 25Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes in San Diego County in the past week
All crimes reported from April 12 to April 18Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes in San Diego County in the past week
All crimes reported from April 5 to April 11Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map: Crimes in San Diego County in the past week
All crimes reported from Mar. 29 to April 4Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Map: Here’s what a week’s worth of crime looks like
All crimes reported from Mar. 22 to Mar. 28.Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Mar. 15 to Mar. 21.Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported in San Diego County from Mar. 8 to Mar. 14.Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from March 1 to March 7.Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Feb. 22 to Feb. 28.Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21.Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive crimes (e.g. crimes involving children) may not be...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14.Note: Each incident must be approved and entered as an official report by the contributing agency before it is included. Some sensitive...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Feb. 1 to Feb. 7.Agencies reporting: Carlsbad Police Department, Chula Vista Police Department, Coronado Police Department, El Cajon Police Department, Escondido Police Department, La Mesa Police Department, National...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Jan. 25 to Jan. 31.Note: Last week a category for “domestic violence” inaccurately displayed zero offenses. The category has since been combined with “assault” because of...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24.Agencies reporting: Carlsbad Police Department, Chula Vista, Police Department, Coronado Police Department, El Cajon Police Department, Escondido Police Department, La Mesa Police...

Interactive map shows all crimes around San Diego County
All crimes reported from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24.Agencies reporting: Carlsbad Police Department, Chula Vista, Police Department, Coronado Police Department, El Cajon Police Department, Escondido Police Department, La Mesa Police...

California Legislature shifts but remains largely male, white
California has a new legislature for the new year, with 31 new elected to the state Senate and Assembly last November.The racial and ethnic diversity of the Assembly increased, although...

Study says most Americans use connected devices
More than 60 percent of Americans own at least one “Internet of Things” device, such as a smart TV, fitness tracker or connected car, according to a study from the...

Mothers who are breadwinners on the rise
Forty-two percent of mothers were the sole or primary breadwinner in their families, bringing in at least half of household earnings in 2015, an increase over previous years, according to...

Holiday travel to reach record levels
More than 103 million people will travel at least 50 miles from their home for the Christmas and New Year holidays, a record number, according to AAA.That's an increase of...

Crash risk nearly doubles for sleep deprived drivers
Holiday travelers may want to consider this — the risk of of an accident nearly doubles for motorists who miss one to two hours of sleep, according to a new report...

Crash risk nearly doubles for sleep deprived drivers
Holiday travelers may want to consider this — the risk of of an accident nearly doubles for motorists who miss one to two hours of sleep, according to a new report...

Workplace injuries and illnesses decreased in 2015
Injuries in the workplace decreased in the United States in 2015, according to statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.There were more than 1.15 million nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses that required...

Depression on the rise among U.S. teens, especially girls
Depression among adolescents age 12 to 17 has increased since 2005, especially among girls, says a study published in the November issue of Pediatrics.Among girls, the prevalence of major depressive episodes...

Carlsbad tops the region for projected holiday spending
The average consumer in America plans to spend $936 during the holiday season, an increase of 16 percent over last year, according to the National Retail Federation. This year’s personal holiday...

Plastic bag ban did well on coast, not so much inland
San Diego County voters approved the plastic bag bag contained in Propositions 67 with 50.4 percent of the vote, according to final unofficial results.That’s a lower level of than...

Where the death penalty got most , opposition, in San Diego County
San Diego County voters rejected Proposition 62, the statewide initiative that would have repealed the death penalty. Just 44 percent of the county ed the measure, which would have replaced...

Most common veteran in San Diego County: White male who served in Vietnam era
To mark Veterans Day, Data Watch gathered information about veterans in San Diego County.There are about 230,000 veterans living in the county, according to 2015 estimates from the U.S. Census....

Precinct by precinct: See where recreational marijuana was highest
San Diego County voters said yes to recreational marijuana. California’s Proposition 64 ed with 56 percent of the vote in the county and statewide. Effective immediately, adults 21 or older...

Precinct-by-precinct map shows Chargers stadium measure ed in PQ, PB
San Diego voters said no to the measure which would have brought the Chargers to a new football stadium downtown, falling short of the needed vote threshold. age would have increased...

San Diego County results by precinct show Clinton, Trump strongholds
San Diego County voters this week voted for the losing presidential contender for the first time since Republican Bob Dole won here in 1996, and lost the presidency.The majority of...

Voters have requested 437,000 non-English ballots in San Diego County
The San Diego County Registrar of Voters offers election materials in four languages in addition to English. More than 437,000 non-English ballots were requested through Nov. 1 — in Spanish, Filipino,...

San Diego County voter registration trends since 1964
Voters in San Diego County are more likely to be ed as Democrats, but that has not always been the case. Here’s a look at how the county’s cities were ed...

Red and blue parts of San Diego County, circa 2012
With less than a week until the nation elects a new president, here’s a quick retrospective of the 2012 election and where each candidate won in San Diego County.President Barack...

Sexually transmitted diseases reach record high
The three most commonly reported sexually transmitted diseases all saw an increase from 2014 to 2015 in California and San Diego County, according to data from the California Department of...

Report: Blacks paid less than whites, even with same education
African-Americans earn less per hour than whites at every level of education, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.While a college education results in higher wages on average for hourly...

La mayoria de los hackers dicen que no hay ninguna contrasena segura
Los ataques cibernéticos y violaciones de datos se han vuelto frecuentes. Cuentas de correo electrónico y de redes sociales han sido hackeadas y los datos personales han sido robados a...

10 California cities with the highest paid council
How much were city council in California paid last year? According to data from the State Controller’s Office, anywhere from $0 to the low six figures.Council in some cities...