With fix for cops’ pensions, San Diego takes key step to unwind Prop. B, as...
San Diego took another step Friday toward ending the long and costly legal battle over 2012’s Proposition B, a voter-approved attempt to eliminate pensions for most new city workers that was later...
View Article‘One Handed Fighter’ documentary features local jiu-jitsu athlete and his...
Like so many other kids, the moment Geoff Villareal saw those mutated teenage turtles in all of their ninja glory on the big screen, he was imitating what he had seen and drawn to fighting sports. He...
View ArticleFederal agent sues SDPD alleging excessive force, false arrest over off-duty...
Chu Ding, a 53-year-old agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, had just finished a Costco run when he noticed a pickup stopped in the parking lot blocking his car. He tapped on the...
View ArticleTrump administration allegedly deported previously separated families despite...
The Trump administration violated a court order last month when it deported a migrant who’d been separated from his family at the border during President Donald Trump’s first term, according to a court...
View ArticleFor Kumeyaay historian and professor, the past is personal
The road for becoming a historian started with researching his family’s history, specifically his father’s side. “I wanted to learn the Banegas family lineage, and I learned way more than I expected,”...
View ArticleAmid ongoing nationwide trash pick up strike, Chula Vista to consider service...
Chula Vista leaders will consider on Monday whether to take emergency measures to resume trash collection due to an ongoing, nationwide strike that has disrupted service for thousands of local...
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East County brush fire sparked by catalytic converter is 100% contained
A Cal Fire engine passes along Creekside Drive, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, after the Caldor Fire burned through Grizzly Flats, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) A wildfire in the rural Lawson Valley area of...
View Article‘Elisa’s story is forcing change’: In year since $15M jail death settlement,...
When Michael and Paloma Serna agreed last year to settle their lawsuit over the death of their daughter Elisa in a San Diego jail, included with the headline $15 million payment were several perhaps...
View ArticlePark ranger program proposed for Oceanside
Oceanside is considering the creation of a park ranger program to help manage its system of 17 community parks, 16 neighborhood parks, recreation centers, aquatics facilities, a regional park, five...
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Stay or go? For some transgender San Diego sailors and Marines, Trump’s ban...
Saddie Kolterman imagines she’s on a sinking ship. The room she’s in is slowly filling with water. She can see a window to escape, but it’s just out of reach. Even if she does get out, she has no idea...
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Local police, increasingly present at ICE raids, walk tightrope to stay out...
At a Linda Vista apartment complex, masked federal agents recently swarmed an undocumented immigrant to make an arrest as an angry crowd gathered in protest, in a scene that has played out in viral...
View ArticleDriver killed early Sunday in high-speed solo crash near Jamul
The driver of a SUV died early Sunday morning in a high-speed crash in East County after the vehicle went 70 feet down an embankment and landed upside down, authorities said. The California Highway...
View ArticleWoman carjacked by people with fake guns near Belmont Park
A woman was carjacked at gunpoint in Mission Beach early Friday by people she had been socializing with for several hours, San Diego police said. The weapons were later determined to be imitation...
View ArticleMan discovered unresponsive in Vista jail cell dies
A 43-year-old man died after deputies found him unresponsive in his Vista jail cell early Sunday, the Sheriff’s Department said. Deputies doing a round of routine safety checks at the Vista Detention...
View Article8-year-old boy on scooter dies after being pinned under vehicle in Chula Vista
An 8-year-old boy riding a stand-up electric scooter died Sunday after he was struck by a vehicle and pinned underneath it in Chula Vista, police said. The collision happened just before 2:15 p.m. in a...
View ArticleWho will replace Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre?
Imperial Beach, a small, but resilient city confronting a decades-long environmental crisis, is losing its first-term mayor and its strongest voice in the fight against the Tijuana River sewage crisis....
View ArticleE-bike restrictions coming to Chula Vista
Some electric bike riders are riding in bus transit lanes, speeding through intersections and swerving around pedestrians on sidewalks. Chula Vista leaders say it’s time to crack down on what they say...
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‘What if we stay in Mexico?’ With chances in the U.S. dashed, migrants make...
The plan had always been to seek asylum in the U.S. But somewhere on the journey between their home in El Salvador and the northern Mexico border, Wilver Arteaga and his family realized there was no...
View ArticleHow many middle managers does San Diego really need? City leaders remain at...
The recent fight at San Diego City Hall over how many middle managers the city employs could signal the start of a shift away from such jobs in the future, after years of their ranks quickly growing....
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San Diego has passed up offers of free playground and intersection upgrades....
San Diego officials are proposing a new policy that would make it easier for universities and other nonprofits to help the city tackle its growing backlog of infrastructure projects. The new policy...
View ArticleDriver, 52, dies after crashing into tree in Miramar area
A 52-year-old man died Sunday night after driving off a road and into a tree in the Miramar area — and San Diego police said they are trying to determine whether he had a medical issue before the...
View ArticleDel Mar racetrack kicks off its 86th summer horse racing season with festivities
The Del Mar racetrack kicks off its 86th summer season, which runs through Sept. 7. Here’s a lineup of some opening events: Opening Day: Festivities on July 18 include the Opening Day Hats Contest,...
View ArticleSummer surf is unusually chilly along San Diego County coast
The surf is unusually chilly from San Clemente to Imperial Beach, with ocean temperatures ranging from 63 to 69 degrees. It’s usually in the low to mid 70s this time of year, about a third the way...
View ArticleVice President JD Vance hikes with Camp Pendleton Marines
Vice President JD Vance tested his physical abilities at Camp Pendleton recently when he went hiking with Marines from the base’s Headquarters and Support Battalion. Vance, who served in the Marines,...
View ArticleSan Diego lifts longtime ban on summer road work near the coast
San Diego is not enforcing its usual summer ban on street paving and construction activities in coastal areas this year, in a shift spearheaded by Mayor Todd Gloria to keep projects on schedule and...
View ArticleCoast Guard uses force to stop migrant boat off Imperial Beach
The U.S. Coast Guard fired pepper-ball rounds to stop a boat carrying three undocumented immigrants off the coast of Imperial Beach over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Coast Guard personnel...
View ArticleToddler dies after fall from second-story window in La Mesa
A 14-month-old boy died after he fell last week from a second-story window in his family’s La Mesa residence, the medical examiner’s office said. The boy fell from the window in a townhome on Valley...
View ArticleChula Vista declines to declare emergency over trash strike. For now.
Trash and recycling collection disruptions entered day four in Chula Vista on Monday as Republic Services workers remain off the job in solidarity with strikers on the East Coast. But city leaders do...
View ArticleSan Diego to charge trash customers $65M for new bins, in latest move on...
San Diego finalized a controversial plan Monday to replace hundreds of thousands of trash and recycling bins — many of them new or only a few years old — and send the $65 million bill to customers....
View ArticleWoman shot multiple times in front of Encanto taco shop
San Diego police are investigating after a 29-year-old woman was shot in her stomach and arm after arguing with another woman outside a taco shop in the Encanto neighborhood Monday. The shooting was...
View ArticleArtillery fire from Camp Pendleton may be widely heard this week in North County
North County residents may periodically hear live artillery fire from Camp Pendleton Tuesday through Friday and mortar fire on Sunday, base officials say. The sounds will arise from training exercises...
View ArticleUCSD postpones plans to set 10-story building on fire in Scripps Ranch
UC San Diego has temporarily postponed plans to set a 10-story building in Scripps Ranch on fire Wednesday in an experiment meant reveal ways to make tall structures more fire resistant. The university...
View ArticlePair charged in San Diego in pizza investment fraud investigation
Two people who allegedly took around $1 million from investors who believed they were buying stock options or franchises of a pizza restaurant chain have been charged in San Diego Superior Court with...
View ArticleComic-Con veterans share advice for surviving and thriving in San Diego
Comic-Con (SDCC) is nearly here. Badges have been retrieved. Hotels have been booked. Daily schedules have dropped. Now what? For the throngs of fans who were able to secure a badge, access to the...
View ArticleMotorcycle rider dies after crashing into pickup in Santee
A 27-year-old Sun City man died after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into the back of a pickup truck in Santee Monday night, according to California Highway Patrol officials. The crash occurred...
View ArticleNew homes approved for Oceanside church property over neighbors’ objections
Oceanside’s Planning Commission approved plans for a 19-home development Monday on vacant property owned by a church in the city’s older Loma Alta neighborhood, despite the neighbors’ opposition....
View Article8-year-old boy killed while riding scooter in Chula Vista identified
An 8-year-old boy who was riding a stand-up electric scooter when he was fatally struck by a vehicle in Chula Vista over the weekend has been identified. Mattviel Rodriguez died shortly after officers...
View ArticleSan Diego County man found unresponsive in Vista jail cell identified
A 43-year-old man who died after he was found unresponsive in his Vista jail cell over the weekend was identified Tuesday as a San Diego County resident. Corey Michael Dean was pronounced dead shortly...
View ArticleSan Diego council reluctantly OKs controversial housing development, despite...
A divided San Diego City Council approved a controversial housing development in Encanto on Tuesday, even as they acknowledged the 23-home project was made possible by a since-repealed policy that...
View ArticleExquisite, rarely seen purple sea snails ride warm currents to San Diego
A tiny, exquisite group of sea creatures rarely seen by humans has made a brief return to San Diego. One of the few people deeply familiar with the species found them while walking her dog at La Jolla...
View ArticleChaotic planning, delays, miscommunication: San Diego recovery efforts fell...
San Diego’s response to last year’s flooding in southeastern San Diego was marred by improvised and disjointed decision-making, delayed infrastructure management and poor public communication planning,...
View ArticleSan Diego Unified’s board president won’t run for re-election. But there’s...
Cody Petterson won’t seek re-election to the San Diego Unified school board he now leads as president when his first term ends next year, saying he wants to spend more time with his children. “I have a...
View ArticleSan Diego steering more opioid settlement money toward helping overdose patients
A pilot program initially designed to get immediate after-care help lined up for people who land in UC San Diego Health’s emergency rooms after an overdose is expanding — and it’s using settlement...
View ArticleRepublic Services trash haulers return to work in Chula Vista
Republic Services employees in Chula Vista resumed trash pickups Wednesday after several days off the job to show solidarity with striking union members in Boston, disrupting collection for thousands...
View ArticleSan Diego’s USS Carl Vinson heads toward home after service in Middle East
The Navy says the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson has finished three months of service in the Middle East and is now operating in the Indian Ocean, where it will spend an unspecified amount of time...
View ArticleDeputies say man forced way into hotel room, sexually assaulted woman in San...
A 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of forcing his way into a woman’s room at a San Marcos hotel earlier this month, then robbing and sexually assaulting her, sheriff’s officials said. The...
View ArticleSan Diego police investigating ‘suspicious death’ in Rolando area
San Diego police are investigating after a 37-year-old woman died in her Rolando area apartment early Wednesday. A man called police just after 1:35 a.m. to report that his wife had fallen to the...
View Article78-year-old driver dies after car veers off road in Ramona
A 78-year-old man died after his car veered off a roadway and struck a tree in Ramona on Saturday, according to California Highway Patrol investigators. The Toyota Camry was traveling north on state...
View ArticleBusy Vista street closed overnight after car crashes into power pole
A suspected drunken driver crashed a sedan into a power pole along a well-traveled street in north Vista late Tuesday, forcing authorities to close the road overnight and leaving several dozen...
View ArticleWater, sewer rate hikes proposed for Oceanside
Oceanside residents and business owners can expect a bump in water and sewer rates beginning Jan. 1 under a proposal headed to the Oceanside City Council for approval in September. The city’s Water...
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