Two injured, one critically, in arson fire at Chula Vista 7-Eleven
Police have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting a Chula Vista 7-Eleven on fire Saturday morning, seriously injuring one worker and leaving another in critical condition. Investigators...
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After 50 years, San Diego’s longest-serving judge is hanging up his robe....
When San Diego Superior Court Judge David Gill was first sworn in, Richard Nixon was the president and America was still in Vietnam. Elvis was still touring, and Ronald Reagan was California’s...
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Days before criminal sentencing, former Chula Vista councilwoman faces new...
She served less than a single term on the Chula Vista City Council before pleading guilty to stealing more than $200,000 in state and federal funds and resigning in disgrace. Now Andrea Cardenas is...
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Pollutants were found in the warehouse that could be a giant homeless...
In March, three canisters were taken to an empty warehouse in San Diego’s Middletown neighborhood. They were placed on the lowest floor and left for hours. Later, when a laboratory ran dozens of tests...
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Failing facilities: Behind one rural school district’s fight to keep students...
There are certain things Mannix Gonzalez will remember from his four years at Mountain Empire High School. Rain hitting his head in class. Showering in his shoes because the locker room drains...
View ArticleVoting snafus prompt a new skirmish in the war over who should shape...
The sudden, last-minute cancellation of a neighborhood election is inflaming longtime animosity between resident groups in the Hillcrest area who clash over proposals for high-rise housing and other...
View ArticleInside the San Diego Symphony’s eye-popping $125 million-plus concert hall...
It may have not have taken a city to complete the extensive renovation of Jacobs Music Center, the San Diego Symphony’s soon-to-reopen downtown concert hall. But it did take a small army of workers —...
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San Diego Symphony’s upcoming season is most extensive in orchestra’s history
It’s a record: The 78 concerts the San Diego Symphony will present between the Sept. 28 reopening of its Jacobs Music Center and May 31 of next year are, by far, the most the orchestra has scheduled in...
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Exclusive: San Diego Symphony set for new era, after $125 million-plus...
Open the doors. Raise the baton. Start the music. After going through an extensive, four-year redesign and renovation, an 18-month construction delay and a budget of more than $125 million, the San...
View ArticleDriver arrested on suspicion of DUI after hitting, killing runner crossing...
A motorist was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Saturday night after allegedly striking and killing a man running across a street mid-block in Pacific Beach, police said. The man who died was...
View Article1 driver killed, another injured in wrong-way crash on I-8 in La Mesa
A 49-year-old Lakeside woman driving the wrong way on Interstate 8 in La Mesa was killed in a head-on crash with a pickup early Sunday, authorities said. The truck’s driver suffered moderate injuries....
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed, passenger injured in Grantville crash when SUV attempts...
A motorcycle rider was killed and his passenger was critically injured after they slammed into the side of an SUV making an illegal u-turn in Grantville Saturday, San Diego police said. The crash was...
View ArticleCarjacking suspect arrested after pursuit, crash in Vista
A man accused of hijacking a car with several others in Vista early Sunday was arrested after he allegedly led officers on a pursuit that ended in a crash, sheriff’s officials said. The victim told...
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Nonprofit hosts beach cleanup where protecting wild animals is the focus
Fletcher Cove on Sunday morning was a dreamy Southern California postcard: deep blue sky, scattered beach umbrellas and not a single cloud cluttering the sky. The sand was also immaculate, at first...
View ArticleBorrego Springs woman killed in solo-vehicle crash
An 89-year-old woman was killed Friday in a crash in Borrego Springs, according to the California Highway Patrol. Cynthia Soller, a Borrego Springs resident, was driving a Subaru Forester south on...
View ArticleCalifornia courts must now warn defendants of SVP plea consequences
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that trial courts will be required to advise defendants of the consequences of pleading guilty to crimes that could make them eligible for designation as a...
View ArticleHarassment suit against longtime San Diego city clerk broken into 4 cases
Four people suing former San Diego City Clerk Liz Maland for age and racial discrimination must continue their legal efforts against her separately, a judge has ruled. A discrimination lawsuit the four...
View ArticleTwo killed and teen passenger injured in solo van crash in Spring Valley
A 68-year-old minivan driver and his 63-year-old front-seat passenger died Saturday evening after he crashed into a light pole near a Spring Valley freeway off-ramp, authorities said. The crash was...
View ArticleBanquet hall coming to South Oceanside newspaper building
Plans for a banquet hall are included in the remodel under way for the old North County Times newspaper building on South Coast Highway in Oceanside. A local couple is creating a space for weddings,...
View ArticleCasa Familiar awarded $33M for rent-to-own housing project in San Ysidro
Casa Familiar’s project to build more than 100 affordable, rent-to-own units and improve access to public transportation in San Ysidro just received the state’s blessing. The local nonprofit announced...
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