As of 7 p.m. yesterday:
1. 14 injured in big explosion at hotel construction site
2. Some see signs of hope for housing
3. La Mesa woman is among 4 shot dead
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1881: The American Red Cross is established.
1927: Charles Lindbergh lands his Spirit of St. Louis plane near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean, covering 3,610 miles in 33 hours, 30 minutes, 29.8 seconds.
U-T QUOTE OF THE DAY
Business, C1: “Stock investors are watching oil, period. The events that moved the market before revolved around write-offs and foreclosures, but all that's changed.”
– Analyst Stephen Leeb of New York-based Leeb Capital Management, on yesterday's sharp drop in the stock market.
