Off-campus apartment near USD settles hazard complaint with city
The owners of an off-campus apartment complex that caters to University of San Diego students have agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty to resolve allegations that units were leased out without a...
View ArticleOceanside requests $21 million state grant for sand restoration project
The Oceanside City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to request more than $21 million in state grant funding for the sand replenishment in its much publicized Re:Beach restoration project. Money is...
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County urged to halt reopening of Tijuana River Valley campground
A Los Angeles attorney sent a cease and desist letter to the county demanding it halt its planned reopening of the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park Campground amid concerns that park rangers and...
View ArticleSharp demands Palomar repay $26 million after collaborative deal flatlines
Already starved for cash, Palomar Health faces a demand from Sharp HealthCare to immediately repay $26 million — the principal and interest on a loan — or face a lawsuit alleging that it violated the...
View ArticleFormer Navy detective sentenced for choking sailor faces new child...
A former San Diego-area Navy detective who was sentenced to federal prison last month for choking a sailor unconscious and lying about his misuses of force while an El Cajon police officer is facing a...
View ArticleFederal agents raid El Cajon business in immigration investigation
Federal agents raided an El Cajon business that regularly contracts with the U.S. military on Thursday on allegations that the company knowingly employs undocumented immigrants. The raid occurred at...
View ArticlePrice of critically needed Navy fuel ships soars at San Diego shipyard
Once again, the Navy’s ability to build ships on time and on budget is being sharply questioned, and the trouble is tied to problems at San Diego’s General Dynamics-NASSCO, the last major shipbuilder...
View ArticleInaugural Lemon Grove Incident Day to recognize historic desegregation case
One of the first successful legal challenges to school segregation happened in Lemon Grove 94 years ago, and an upcoming event aims to shed light on the historic decision. On March 30, 1931, Superior...
View ArticleHow expensive will water get? County officials won’t say, but they expect a...
County water officials said Thursday that financial challenges they face may force them to substantially raise rates for wholesale water next year, a move that would lead to higher water bills across...
View ArticleMore cabins for homeless people coming to El Cajon
Three months after agreeing to indefinitely continue a program that provides small cabins for homeless women and children in El Cajon, the City Council is looking into ways to expand the village. Six...
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Sea lions and birds sickened as toxic algae bloom reaches San Diego
The pregnant sea lion was alone on a rocky shoreline in Imperial Beach. Suffering from a suspected case of domoic acid poisoning, the animal cycled through troubling movements: first, her head would...
View ArticleSan Diego federal judge upholds state law restricting firearms sales to...
A San Diego federal court judge ruled this week in favor of a state law prohibiting the sale of semi-automatic rifles and other long guns to 18-to-20-year-olds, with exceptions, by licensed dealers. In...
View ArticleGeneral manager and 3 workers charged after immigration raid at East County...
The general manager of a business in unincorporated El Cajon was charged Friday on suspicion of harboring undocumented immigrants who worked there following a three-year federal investigation into the...
View ArticleHam on Wry: When workouts aren’t working out
Each morning, I go to the gym to resume my workout routine. My attendance, however, isn’t driven so much by the obvious health benefits or even the clear need to lose weight, as much as it’s a product...
View ArticleSan Diego lags other cities in grant funding and needs a new strategy, audit...
A new city audit finds San Diego lags far behind other big California cities in bringing in grant funding — a key factor in large budget deficits the city is facing. The other major cities in...
View ArticleSeven vote centers open across the South Bay in District 1 county supervisor...
Seven vote centers are open starting today across San Diego’s South Bay for the upcoming special election where voters will decide who they want to fill the vacant District 1 county supervisor seat....
View Article‘Alarmed’ prosecutors challenge judge in court for mentally ill defendants
There’s a battle under way in a specialized San Diego court program for criminal defendants with a serious mental illness, a tug-of-war that may be stalling the program from accepting new participants....
View ArticleGet lost in a ‘nurturing visual space’ of nature-based artwork
Becoming an artist really wasn’t the plan. Jennifer Anne Bennett was 18 and jumping off the cliffs in Hawaii when she saw a woman painting the landscape and flowers around them. “I recall my amazement...
View ArticleLederer on Language: There are so many creative ways to say, ‘You’re fired!’
These days, we hear and read a lot about battalions of government workers getting fired. The meaning of “fired” (“to discharge someone from a job”) is an extension of applying fire togunpowder or...
View ArticleWhat should be San Diego’s official flower? Vote in the March Madness-style...
The March Madness-style competition to name San Diego’s official flower is down to the final four, and online voting is now under way. Local residents are encouraged to pick between the bush sunflower...
View ArticleMan on e-bike killed in Clairemont Mesa hit-and-run
A 36-year-old man was killed early Saturday morning after the electric bicycle he was riding collided with a sedan in Clairemont Mesa. The cyclist was traveling westbound in the bike lane at about 1:30...
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‘It’s like a holiday’: Block Party celebrates return of baseball to East Village
A sea of brown and gold jerseys. DJ sets and lowriders. An inflatable speed pitch. And sizzling food. That’s how J Street in front of Petco Park looked Saturday for the 13th annual East Village Block...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office identifies San Diego police snipers who killed armed man in...
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of San Diego Police Department SWAT team members involved in the shooting death Tuesday of a 59-year-old man who reportedly brandished a...
View ArticleOceanside to crack down on illegal sidewalk vendors
Sidewalk vendors have proliferated since the pandemic in Oceanside, where the City Council approved new penalties Wednesday in an effort to curb what some said has become a public health problem. “This...
View ArticleEncinitas starts debating its spending options for new fiscal year, which...
Encinitas should consider hiring two more deputies to do traffic enforcement, plus put an extra $1 million into street repaving and storm drain improvements, City Council members said last week as they...
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Outdoors: Font’s Point a must-see destination
If imagination were a kite, the strong winds gusting across the badlands had the potential of breaking the string and carrying my mind off into unexpected places. It was that kind of day as I stood on...
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Family’s anti-terrorism suit trods new ground in targeting Sinaloa cartel for...
When the family of a slain U.S. federal agent sued the Sinaloa cartel and three infamous drug traffickers this month, it was believed to be the first Anti-Terrorism Act lawsuit ever filed in the San...
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A case of mistaken identity kept one man in a San Diego jail for 7 weeks, and...
When Michael Buckholz moved from San Diego to Tulsa, Okla., a decade ago, he was looking for a fresh start. He had spent much of his 20s and 30s in and out of prison and jail, and before his last stint...
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What’s in store for UCSD? With campus leaders largely mum, faculty and...
Is my research grant about to get cut? Will I have to lay off staff? Why am I in the dark about this? Anxious questions are dominating conversations at UC San Diego, where scant updates from campus...
View ArticleMore officers coming to short-staffed Carlsbad Police Department
Six additional full-time employees were approved Tuesday for the Carlsbad Police Department, an expansion Police Chief Christie Calderwood said will reduce response times and help handle up to 40...
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With Trump’s immigration crackdown, San Diego’s migrant shelter system...
For a year and a half, the migrant shelter run by Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Logan Heights was regularly at capacity, a bridge for recently arrived asylum seekers looking to settle in San Diego....
View ArticleMaking traveling between neighborhoods and communities more equitable
Figuring out the safest, quickest, most reliable ways to get to and from work, school, doctor’s appointments, or even just taking a trip to the beach or the park are still rooted in a history of...
View ArticleSheriff’s detectives investigate death of 22-month-old girl in Lakeside
Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of a toddler who was found not breathing Saturday night in Lakeside, officials said. Deputies and paramedics from the Lakeside Fire Department responded...
View ArticleHelicopter makes emergency landing on roadway near Escondido
A helicopter experiencing engine problems made an emergency landing Sunday afternoon on a roadway just north of Escondido, authorities said. Both people on board the private aircraft were uninjured...
View ArticleSea lion rescued from Carlsbad street
SeaWorld San Diego’s rescue team picked up a California sea lion Saturday night after it wandered onto a Carlsbad street while displaying what animal-care staff believe may be symptoms of domoic acid...
View ArticleArgument sparks shooting on Cowles Mountain trail; woman arrested
A woman opened fire on other hikers but did not injure anyone Sunday morning on the popular Cowles Mountain trail in San Diego’s San Carlos neighborhood, police said. Officers took the woman into...
View ArticlePadres fans can expect unusually cold weather Monday through Wednesday at Petco
Padres fans may want to find the hot chocolate stand before they find their seats Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at San Diego’s Petco Park. Unusually cold weather will give them the shivers, and Tuesday...
View ArticleWhy is El Cajon council weighing in on federal and state issues?
A vow to allow local police to assist in federal immigration enforcement. A resolution defining antisemitism. A vote to oppose a state bill that would restrict justifiable homicides during home...
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Newsom wanted encampments off state land. Fires by San Diego highways show...
The woman woke up feeling hot. That’s how she discovered her hair was on fire. The 47-year-old slapped at her head and scrambled from her tent, which sat beneath a bridge in southern San Diego, she...
View ArticleAt tribe’s urging, Oceanside to consider historic designation for Ivey Ranch...
A proposal to designate Oceanside’s Ivey Ranch Park as a state or national historic site has divided park users and local Native Americans who see the property as part of their heritage. More than 50...
View ArticleTwo killed in weekend SR-94 crash
Two people were killed in a single-vehicle collision on a highway transition ramp in San Diego over the weekend, authorities said. The crash occurred about 12:30 a.m. Saturday when a Dodge Challenger...
View ArticleLa Mesa offers e-bike incentive for residents, workers
People who live or work in La Mesa and are at least 18 can receive up to $1,200 to purchase an electric bike as part of a program to promote cycling as a main source of transportation in the city. The...
View ArticleWoman, 89, found dead in Mira Mesa house fire
An 89-year-old woman died after fire ignited in the back end of a Mira Mesa home early Monday, a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson said. Crews were sent to the home on Westonhill Drive,...
View ArticleSan Diego’s NASSCO awarded $64M to repair, update USS Harpers Ferry
General Dynamics-NASSCO has been awarded nearly $64 million to repair and modernize the USS Harpers Ferry, a 610-foot amphibious dock landing ship that is used to transport Marines and vehicles, mostly...
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County Animal Shelter under construction in Santee
The newest San Diego County Animal Shelter is under construction in Santee and is expected to offer a better experience for animals and people when it opens around the summer of 2026. “It’ll be a quite...
View Article17 migrants, 1 American rescued from disabled vessel off San Diego coast
The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy rescued 17 migrants and one American from a disabled vessel drifting about 50 miles off the coast of San Diego Sunday. The vessel was taking on water and requested...
View ArticleUC workers set for one-day strike Tuesday
Citing what they say are unfair labor practices, union workers plan to stage a one-day strike Tuesday at University of California medical and academic campuses statewide, including UC San Diego. UC San...
View Article9-year-old San Diego girl dies hours after dental surgery
San Diego police are investigating after a 9-year-old girl died hours after she had undergone dental surgery, officials said. Silvanna Moreno was found unresponsive in her bed hours after being placed...
View ArticleSan Diego, other cities to pay $11.4M for 2023 sewage spill along San Diego Bay
San Diego and several other local cities must pay an $11.4 million fine for a sewage spill in January 2023 that released 9.9 million gallons of wastewater at 30 locations between Point Loma and San...
View Article$44M to fight San Diego homelessness in limbo as Trump targets undocumented...
Tens of millions of dollars that local service organizations are counting on to fight homelessness remain frozen as the federal government changes the rules governing that money to restrict support for...
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