Another Spreckles Death and Rising Gas Prices

1. Jonah Shacknai, owner of the Spreckles mansion who has been the focus of much attention last week after his girlfriend was found dead at his house last week, also announced the death of his 6-year-old son Max. The boy died after a tragic accident last Monday, as reported by .

2. For the ninth day, gas prices in San Diego rose. The average gas price is now $3.807, which is an increase of seven-tenths of a cent — 4.3 cents more than this time last year. 

3. A suspicious device was found in Encinitas near a school Sunday. It was reported by a passerby to be a pipe bomb in the playground of Paul Ecke Central Elementary School on Union Street, but was later determined by authorities not to be dangerous.