4 People Arrested in Occupy San Diego Protests

1. Four people were arrested during the Occupy San Diego protests in the city of San Diego's Civic Center Sunday. The arrests, which took place between noon and 5 p.m., ranged from public drunkenness to battery, San Diego police Officer Dino Delimitros said.

2. Two major freeway bridges in San Diego County were tested for safety by a Caltrans engineer who was later disciplined for faking test results on other structures, calling into question the safety of some massive new bridges, it was reported Sunday. A whistleblower within the state agency told the Sacramento Bee that concrete tests on bridges across the state were either fabricated, or measured with possibly-faulty equipment. Two of the suspected bridges are the new Interstate 15 bridges above Green Valley Creek south of Escondido, and the freeway ramp between northbound Route 125 and westbound Route 54 east of National City.

3. The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island is scheduled to leave San Diego Monday for its maiden deployment. The Makin will be joined on deployment by the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor,the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans and personnel from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Navy officials said. The Navy did not announce where the ships are headed. However, ships from San Diego typically head to the Western Pacific and Middle East for six or seven months.