Brooke Binkowski

San Diego

Journalist at Freelance

Managing Editor at truthorfiction.com

Your friendly neighborhood debunker. Chaotic good, mostly harmless.

Articles

San Diego cult gem 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' gets refried

3 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

Members of the “Killer Tomatoes” horror-comedy movie franchise, much of which has been filmed in San Diego, will be in Chula Vista, Mission Beach, and Midway this week as they finish filming the latest sequel. The movie — “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence” — is the fifth installment in the series, and offers a new look at the franchise. You could call it a reboot. Or, as the filmmakers would say, the Killer Tomatoes have been refried.
Driver killed, two passengers injured in overnight downtown crash

3 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

A 24-year-old driver was killed and two passengers were injured after their vehicle crashed into the backend of an unoccupied forklift near downtown early Wednesday morning. The crash took place at around 2:05 a.m. Wednesday, when a 2023 Ford F-150 driving southbound ran through road blocks on 1200 Harbor Dr., at the intersection of Park Blvd., the San Diego Police Department said. Police officials said the driver collided with a parked forklift in the Harbor Dr. No. 1 lane.
Imperial Beach mayor calls for stronger, faster local action on Tijuana River pollution crisis

5 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre joined San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer downtown on Monday to call for more action from local sources on dealing with the Tijuana River pollution crisis. Aguirre, who laid out a five-point “County Sewage Action Plan” in May, called on county leaders to adopt “immediate, targeted action” in their upcoming budget to protect South Bay residents’ health amid the trans-border sewage issue.
Flood of support continues for popular restaurant after ICE raid

5 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

Popular South Park restaurant Buona Forchetta is thanking the community for stepping up during a violent ICE raid that took place last Friday afternoon. The raid — during which agents tossed flash-bang grenades at families standing peacefully on nearby sidewalks before arresting four people for not having their papers — shocked residents of the normally quiet, peaceful neighborhood and rattled the restaurant’s owners and employees.
Flood of support continues for popular restaurant, employees after ICE raid

5 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

Popular South Park restaurant Buona Forchetta is thanking the community for stepping up during a violent ICE raid that took place last Friday afternoon.
Reports of stabbing lead to SWAT standoff

5 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

A SWAT standoff Monday morning, at a home followed by a search in the National City area, involved a suspect connected with an alleged stabbing that put at least one person in the hospital Sunday night. Officers were first dispatched at around 11:30 p.m. Sunday to the victim, who was being treated for apparent stab wounds at Paradise Valley Hospital in an unspecified condition, according to the San Diego Police Department.
As adults fight over trans athlete, fellow students and competitors praise her

6 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

Jurupa Valley High School junior AB Hernandez won the girls’ triple jump and high jump and finished second in the long jump in the CIF State Track & Field Championships in Clovis — amid criticism for being allowed to compete because she is transgender. She shared a podium with fellow second-place long jump winner Brooke White, a River City High School student, who described Hernandez as a “rock star” and a “superstar” to reporters on Saturday.
California senator vindicated after drug testing shows she was not intoxicated

6 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

Prosecutors will not file DUI charges against California Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, after a blood test showed she had “no measurable amount of drugs or alcohol in her system” following a crash last week in Sacramento a few blocks from the Capitol. “We have reviewed all the submitted evidence, including police reports, witness statements, and laboratory results.
Crews continue to make progress on Henderson Fire

6 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

A wildfire that scorched 256 acres near the Pala Casino and prompted evacuation orders in some neighborhoods has been 65 percent contained, officials said Sunday. “The aggressive aerial support from fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft has helped slow the fire activity,” Cal Fire said. “Firefighter hand crews and bulldozers are actively constructing control lines around the fire’s perimeter to aid in mop-up operations.
Early morning stabbing leaves Linda Vista man injured

1 week ago | timesofsandiego.com | Brooke Binkowski

A man reportedly stabbed another man during a confrontation at his home early Thursday morning before leaving the scene. Police said they received calls at around 4:50 a.m. to reports of a stabbing in front of a residence on the 6400 block of Lanston St. in the Linda Vista area. The San Diego Police Department said that the suspect stabbed the 31-year-old man twice in the upper back and shoulder with a knife during an argument.