‘Monsoon flow on steroids’ led to Tropical Storm Hilary. This year, a...
With this weekend’s weather so serene, it may be tough to recall that this time last year, San Diego County was under the first tropical storm warning in its history. A system named Hilary had barreled...
View ArticleDriver killed in Mission Valley crash was Fallbrook resident
Authorities have publicly identified a 28-year-old man who was killed over the weekend in a late-night solo car crash on state Route 163 near Fashion Valley mall. Albert Solis of Fallbrook was headed...
View ArticlePolice investigating Chula Vista school vandalism as hate crime
Chula Vista police are investigating vandalism at an Otay Mesa elementary school over the weekend as a hate crime, school and police officials said Monday. Officers were called out to the Enrique...
View ArticleSan Diego State University develops Midas touch in competing for research money
San Diego State University’s decision to hire scores of faculty who are passionate about research is producing a flood tide of grant money that could eventually help the school become one of the...
View ArticleDetectives investigating shooting in Lakeside
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting in Lakeside early Monday that left a 24-year-old man injured, officials said. The shooting was reported shortly after 12:15 a.m. on Woodside Avenue near...
View ArticlePalomar Medical Group restores key digital services after cyberattack
Palomar Medical Group has restored key digital systems after a cyberattack snarled the inland North County medical provider’s operations in early May. A statement on the group’s website says that...
View ArticleFour hospitalized from random baseball bat attacks near Oceanside Harbor
Police are investigating after four people were randomly attacked near Oceanside Harbor by baseball bat-wielding assailants wearing bandanas over the weekend, investigators said. The first incident was...
View ArticleYears ago, Kamala Harris offered Todd Gloria ‘real mentoring.’ Now he wants...
Mayor Todd Gloria hopes a friendly, yearslong relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris that traces back to his first Assembly run could benefit San Diego if she is elected president in November....
View Article14-year-old boy struck in Escondido hit and run dies
A 14-year-old boy died this week, 11 days after he struck in an unsolved hit-and-run crash in Escondido, police said Tuesday. The teen died Monday. Escondido police declined to release his name, noting...
View ArticleMore than 5,000 pounds of meth found among produce at Otay Mesa border
More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine was found hidden inside separate shipments of celery and watermelon aboard trucks at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials...
View ArticleSan Marcos woman hospitalized in crash dies from injuries
Authorities have publicly identified a 73-year-old woman who died in a hospital last weekend from injuries she suffered 13 days earlier in a San Marcos crash. Maria Guadalupe Sanchez of San Marcos was...
View ArticleAnimal shelter cuts pet adoption fees in half for Clear the Shelters Month
The San Diego Humane Society is offering a 50 percent discount on adoption fees through Sept. 10 as part of Clear the Shelters Month, sponsored by NBC Universal and Telemundo. On Sept. 7, Clear the...
View Article52nd annual Barona Powwow to celebrate Native American culture
The Barona Band of Mission Indians will celebrate Native American heritage at their 52nd annual Barona Powwow from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 at the Barona Sports Complex. The three-day community cultural...
View ArticleChula Vista man pleads guilty to death threats against DA in Trump case
A Chula Vista man indicted for posting death threats toward the Georgia district attorney who was leading the election interference prosecution of former President Donald Trump pleaded guilty in San...
View ArticleWho should be in charge of Oceanside Harbor? Rash of baseball bat attacks...
More changes may be in store for the Oceanside Harbor, where last year boat patrols and public safety responsibilities were switched from the city’s Police Department to the Fire Department’s lifeguard...
View ArticleJewelry store owner fires gun during heist in Rancho Bernardo
A jewelry store owner fired a gun during a “smash-and-grab” robbery Tuesday in Rancho Bernardo, police said. The incident was reported around 5 p.m. on Bernardo Center Drive east of Interstate 15, San...
View ArticleFormer Tri-City Medical Center operating room director found guilty of...
A former operating room director at Tri-City Medical Center was found guilty Tuesday on burglary and sex-crime related charges, accused of going to staffer’s home intending to drug her with a surgical...
View ArticleAs San Diego homelessness spending tops $230M, budget experts call for...
With San Diego set to spend tens of millions of dollars more on homelessness this year than last, the city needs a more comprehensive spending plan so the public can better monitor its success, budget...
View ArticleNo sign of deadlier Mpox strain in San Diego County
Local doctors are on notice to pay extra attention to anyone suspected of having an mpox infection as concern builds around a deadlier and more-infectious “Clade 1” version of the virus spreading...
View ArticleAs complaints mount at troubled Carlsbad apartments, city council moves to...
Carlsbad council members want the city to remove the Windsor Pointe affordable housing development’s current management company, as safety concerns mount after the police chief visited Tuesday and...
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