Birch Aquarium unveils kelp forest webcam The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography has presented a new, high-definition webcam that gives viewers an underwater view of La Jolla’s coast and also a chance to watch weekly dive shows, taking place at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 10:30 a.m. on Sundays. Visit the webcam live at http://aquarium.ucsd.edu. Assault suspect arrested on bench warrant Amier Rocky Issa, 33, of La Jolla, was arrested in Las Vegas Oct. 14 after a San Diego judge issued a no-bail bench warrant. Issa failed to show up Oct. 6 to hear the guilty verdict against him in his assault trial in which a man said Issa slashed his face with a knife in 2008. Issa fled to Nevada, but was tracked down by members of the Fugitive Task Force in Las Vegas, where his parents live, said sheriff’s Sgt. Russell Moore. Moore said Issa will be brought back to San Diego. Issa, who worked with computers at the University of California, San Diego, had been free on $20,000 bond when his jury reached a verdict on Oct. 6. San Diego Superior Court Judge Joseph Brannigan waited several hours for Issa to show up, and read the verdict in absentia. Issa was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon upon a former friend, Michael Serrato, 29, who received a 5-inch slash across his face in Hillcrest on July 11, 2008. Serrato received 28 stitches. Issa faces seven years in prison and a charge of failing to appear in court. — Neal Putnam