SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The San Diego Padres announced today that nominations are now open for the Johnny Ritchey Breaking Barriers Scholarship program. Created in 2020 to honor the legacy of Johnny Ritchey, the scholarship is annually awarded to a local high school senior from an underserved area that embodies the characteristics and qualities Ritchey displayed on and off the field including the capacity to overcome adversity and break barriers academically, athletically or in the community.
Last year, the Padres honored Laila Williams from San Diego High School as the inaugural recipient.
Nominations can be submitted by visiting www.padres.com/jrscholarship and will be due on February 28 with current high school seniors (Class of 2021) being eligible to participate. Nominees will be asked to submit an essay between 1,000-1,500 words describing how they have encountered, and overcome, personal barriers based on their real-life experiences.
Police arrest suspect in killing of Cathedral Catholic teacher in North Park
Police said they arrested Jesse M. Alvarez, 30, at a Serra Mesa home on Monday night
NORTH PARK
Homicide detectives on Monday night, Feb. 1, arrested the man suspected of gunning down a beloved Cathedral Catholic High School teacher and football coach earlier in the day in North Park, police said.
Detectives arrested 30-year-old Jesse Milton Alvarez in a Serra Mesa home on suspicion of murdering 37-year-old Mario Fierro, according to San Diego police homicide Lt. Andra Brown. Alvarez is the ex-boyfriend of Fierro’s fiancée, who also is a teacher at Cathedral Catholic.
Column: The vaccine(s) working tops this Christmas wish list [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Sez Me (All I Want For Christmas Edition) …
I want:
• Somebody to take responsibility for anything.
• The eye and heart tests to return and replace foolish analytics.
• The San Diego automobile to again replace the bicycle.
• The public to reverse the polarization of LeBron James.
• Millions of Americans to understand this country was founded by ambitious, fearless, intelligent people, not thoughtless, uncaring idiots.
• Some a bit of the money attorneys get for nuisance political lawsuits.
• Student loans paid off.
• Front-line workers and Dr. Wilma Wooten to be our People of the Year (if not, they’re mine, anyway).