SEALS from San Diego-Based Ship Board Pirate Vessel after California Couple Killed

1. A Catholic couple from Marina Del Rey, who made their life work distributing Bibles, was killed by Somali pirates after a rocket-propelled grenade was launched at the San Diego-based destroyer, USS Sterett, Navy officials report.

The Sterett had been shadowing Jean and Scott Adams' 58-foot sailboat Quest since it was taken in open waters off Oman Friday, and Navy SEALS boarded the vessel in response to the attack.

However, Navy Vice Adm. Mark Fox said it was too late — the couple and sailing mates Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle of Seattle had been fatally shot.

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2. Solar energy panels on top of the new County Operations Center parking garage in Kearny Mesa are scheduled to be powered up Wednesday. The panels, owned by San Diego Gas and Electric, are expected to generate more than 649,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity—enough to power more than 100 homes. It is the largest solar power project on county property.

3. The first meeting of the county Redistricting Advisory Committee will be held Wednesday. The group will redraw boundaries for supervisors districts based on information from the 2010 census.

City News Service contributed to this report.