San Diego airport’s $4B project gets millions of dollars from FAA
San Diego’s new Terminal 1, still a year away from the completion of its first phase, has scored yet another multi-million-dollar grant from the federal government to help defray costs. The $26.3...
View ArticleScene: San Ysidro Health’s Emerald Ball
San Ysidro Health celebrated its 55th year at its annual Emerald Ball last month at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. More than 700 guests attended the event, which focused on the work and leadership of...
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‘It was like a gut punch’: Family of injured San Diego officer recounts...
For the parents of San Diego police Officer Zachary Martinez, receiving a call to their Texas home at 3 a.m. was terrifying. “Ma’am … it’s your son, Zachary,” his mother was told. Her son had been in a...
View ArticleChula Vista middle school student arrested on suspicion of school-shooting...
A 12-year-old Bonita Vista Middle School student was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of threatening to carry out a campus shooting, authorities reported. The student was taken into custody shortly after...
View ArticleCiting safety concerns, state suspends Veterans Village San Diego’s rehab...
A state agency has issued a notice of license revocation and a temporary suspension order against Veterans Village of San Diego’s residential rehab program over safety concerns and the deaths of seven...
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What to do about mosquitoes as September swelters
Hand crews descended on a residential neighborhood in Oceanside Tuesday morning, spraying pesticides to kill mosquitoes after a resident in the area tested positive for dengue virus infection....
View ArticleCounty says its Tijuana River Valley monitoring shows no ‘imminent danger or...
County officials said early Tuesday morning that an emergency air monitoring effort focused on the Tijuana River Valley did show an elevated level of hydrogen sulfide, but not hydrogen cyanide as...
View ArticlePedestrian killed after being struck in a suspected DUI crash in Carlsbad
A 23-year-old San Diego woman died Tuesday after she was hit by a car in a suspected DUI crash on Tuesday, police said. The crash was reported around 12:35 a.m. on Las Palmas Drive near Camino Vida...
View ArticleJudge rejects effort to reinstate city workers’ asbestos lawsuit against San...
Superior Court Judge Katherine A. Bacal has denied a request from lawyers representing dozens of San Diego city employees whose initial lawsuit claiming they were wrongly exposed to asbestos was...
View ArticleCoronado has been waiting 16 years for a promised Ferry Landing restaurant....
Although 16 years overdue, a major new restaurant is now moving forward at Coronado’s Ferry Landing on a long-vacant site next door to one of the island’s highest profile dining destinations, Il...
View ArticleSomeone San Diego Should Know: Jorge Monraz
“We are a very tight family,” Jorge Monraz said. “Everyone who knows us knows the Monraz family is always together.” So, when the family faced adversity four years ago it was family togetherness that...
View ArticleSan Diego police investigate series of threats against multiple schools
The San Diego Police Department said it is investigating a series of threats made against elementary, middle and high schools across the city over the last two days. As of Wednesday, there was no...
View ArticleEncinitas Planning Commission delays decision on Melba Road housing project
A decision on whether to allow 30 homes to be built on a nearly 6.5-acre property near Oak Crest Middle School in Encinitas will have to wait at least a few more weeks. In a 4-1 vote Thursday, with...
View ArticleImperial Beach residents file class-action lawsuit against company co-running...
Veolia Water North America, the private company hired by the federal government to operate and maintain the wastewater treatment plant at the U.S.-Mexico border, is being sued by Imperial Beach...
View ArticlePet of the week: Shepherd mix looking for big yard and someone to exercise with
Animal: Tipperary, 4-year-old, 63-pound, female shepherd mix. Where: Rancho Coastal Humane Society, 389 Requeza St., Encinitas. Open for adoptions from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays or...
View ArticleOverall crime in San Diego County down, but reported hate crimes rose 39 percent
While overall crime in San Diego County declined last year, hate crimes reported in the region increased by 39 percent over that period, according to an analysis of crime data released last week. There...
View ArticleCarlsbad woman killed in suspected DUI crash identified
Authorities have identified a 23-year-old woman who was struck by a car in a suspected DUI crash in Carlsbad Tuesday. Karla Leyva of Carlsbad had just parked her car on Las Palmas Drive near Camino...
View ArticleAfter postponement, Del Mar Fairgrounds working on KAABOO’s return dates for...
With the return of the KAABOO music festival delayed until 2025, Del Mar Fairgrounds CEO Carlene Moore said Sept. 10 that the two sides were working on an amendment to their agreement. KAABOO had been...
View ArticleIs San Diego awarding city contracts fairly? Council members aren’t so sure.
A San Diego council member says city officials haven’t done enough to help businesses owned by women and people of color get their fair share of billions the city awards in contracts each year....
View ArticleUSS Theodore Roosevelt heading back to San Diego after extended deployment
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading home to San Diego following a deployment that was extended so the ship could help protect Israel against attacks by Iran and its allies, the...
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