{"id":243861,"date":"2026-03-30T20:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243861\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:35:09","slug":"harmful-plant-for-dogs-on-bike-path-police-blotter-for-march-8-28-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243861\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmful plant for dogs on bike path; police blotter for March 8-28 \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plant harmful to dogs emerges on La Jolla Bike Path<\/p>\n<p>A plant known to be potentially harmful to dogs has begun sprouting along the La Jolla Bike Path, with volunteers urging people who walk their dogs there to stay on the paved areas and be cautious.<\/p>\n<p>The grassy plant, known as foxtail, is prolific at this time of year, volunteers told the La Jolla Parks &amp; Beaches board during its March 23 meeting. Foxtails are considered dangerous to pets because they are barbed and can penetrate a dog\u2019s skin, ears, nose, eyes and paws and do not fall out on their own. They also can cause internal infections or damage.<\/p>\n<p>Those who use the path with their dogs are encouraged to contact a veterinarian if a foxtail barb is found.<\/p>\n<p>Police blotter<\/p>\n<p>Additional details were unavailable from San Diego police.<\/p>\n<p>March 8<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Vandalism: 6900 block Country Club Drive, 10:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>March 20<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Residential burglary: 5100 block La Jolla Boulevard, 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Felony shoplifting: 1100 block Prospect Street, 3:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>March 21<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Battery: Bonair Street at La Jolla Boulevard, 1 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Commercial burglary: 5200 block La Jolla Hermosa Avenue, 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Petty theft: 300 block Marine Street, 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>March 22<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Felony vandalism: 1600 block Crespo Street 2:20 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Petty theft: 6500 block Vista del Mar Avenue, 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>March 23<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Battery: 5500 block Via Callado, 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Felony vandalism: 700 block Pearl Street, 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Commercial burglary: 7700 block Herschel Avenue, 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>March 26<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Driving under the influence (alcohol): 600 block Genter Street, 2:38 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Felony grand theft: 7700 block Girard Avenue, 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>March 27<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Felony vehicle theft: Dorado Court at Paseo Dorado, 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>March 28<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Residential burglary: 9700 block Black Gold Road, 1:08 p.m. \u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plant harmful to dogs emerges on La Jolla Bike Path A plant known to be potentially harmful to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[11705,7,930,5184,6804,6953,74,84,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-243861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-bird-rock","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la-jolla","11":"tag-la-jolla-light","12":"tag-la-jolla-light-news","13":"tag-la-jolla-shores","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-san-diego-county","16":"tag-san-diego-headlines","17":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}