San Diego poet laureate launches 'Apertura' project to turn poetry into an invitation
In her second year as San Diego poet laureate, Paola Capó-García continues bringing poetry and expression to every corner of the region — and wants more peo...
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Fake California store had hidden entrance to massive smuggling tunnel to Mexico — as four charged
A fake "Buy 4 Less" store in San Diego had a hidden entrance to a cross-border tunnel to Tijuana, which criminals allegedly used to transport drugs back and for...
San Diego voters to decide whether to tax vacant non-primary residences
Measure A, dubbed the "Non-Primary Homes Tax," will impose taxes on residential properties within the city that are vacant for more than 182 days per year. The ...
Four charged with smuggling cocaine via tunnel that connected fake San Diego storefront to Mexico
Two Americans and two Mexicans face federal cocaine distribution charges after being accused of using a tunnel to smuggle drugs into the U.S.
4 charged with trafficking $45M of cocaine through 2,000-foot tunnel from San Diego to Tijuana
United States and Mexican authorities have uncovered a 2,000-foot-long cross-border tunnel that led to the arrests of four individuals who have been charged wit...
Congress probes San Francisco, San Diego's 'sanctuary city' policies
House Republicans placed two of California’s largest sanctuary cities into the crosshairs this week, opening a probe of law enforcement in San Francisco and S...
New CalFresh work requirements could affect more than 90,000 San Diegans
Federal rules require many adults ages 18 to 64 receiving CalFresh to show they worked, volunteered or attended job training at least 80 hours a month starting ...
New Chula Vista to San Diego ferry service officially launches
The ferry is a long-awaited, scenic way to travel between downtown San Diego and Chula Vista.
City Council Struggles with Attendance
Turns out, it’s hard to get all nine councilmembers to a City Council meeting. Even if it concerns the city’s gaping $118 million budget deficit. Every...
San Diegans to City Hall: You Suck
A new poll finds the percentage of San Diegans who feel the city is on the wrong track has skyrocketed in the past year.
Morning Report: The Day Before the Primary
‘Twas the day before the primary election. And all through San Diego, glossy mailers kept flooding mailboxes telling voters to “read the fine print.” No...
Horror as pregnant teen is shot dead in San Diego as baby fights for its life, boyfriend arrested
A teenager from Arizona was on a family vacation in San Diego when her boyfriend allegedly fatally shot her, according to police. The newborn remains in critica...
The San Diego media mosque attack narratives disintegrate
Inconvenient reality once again overpowers cherished media narratives.
Sick new TikTok challenge sends kids to hospital for Benadryl overdose
Five San Diego teenagers were hospitalized for Benadryl overdoses in one week, linked to a TikTok challenge resurfacing before Memorial Day.
Morning Report: The Story Behind San Diego’s Surge in Middle Managers
If you’re tuning into city budget conversations, you’ve likely heard about a spike in middle managers that’s contributed to the city’s budget crisis. Wh...
Horror as suspect who killed bride-to-be in brutal bus stop hit-and-run crash is unmasked as local notable
The suspect who killed a young bride-to-be in a hit-and-run at a bus stop has been identified as 41-year-old San Diego health official Assmaa Elayyat.
Top 10 weekend arts picks in San Diego: Regenerative art, Black mariner history and nonstop jazz
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: UNFOLD Projects at ICA San Diego-North; experimental performance in "Working Title No. 5"; a 30-hour jazz marathon; const...
After San Diego mosque shooting, Eid Al-Adha prayer services carry heavier weight
Muslims throughout San Diego County honored the Eid Al-Adha holiday with prayer services on Wednesday. Participants said their grief over the May 18 shootings a...
How Peace Studies students in San Diego are tackling the Tijuana River sewage crisis
Students are developing a chemical index that the public can use to better understand where the chemicals polluting the Tijuana River come from and what dangers...
Man accused of beating ‘Trump House’ superfan has violent past revealed
Thomas Caleb Butler, 32, allegedly tried to kill 69-year-old Kerry Sheron, the owner of the San Diego “Trump House,” on Wednesday.
Video appears to show San Diego mosque gunmen shoot at landscaper after mosque rampage
Three people were killed as gunmen opened fire at a San Diego mosque. The shooters wore Nazi symbols and allegedly livestreamed the Islamic Center attack.
San Diego shooting: Investigators probe suspects' potential extremism
Investigators are continuing to build a picture of the two suspects in the deadly Monday shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego which killed three people.
Cain Clark’s neighbor reveals haunting encounter with San Diego mosque shooter day before deadly rampage
A neighbor of one of the teenage killers whose rampage left three people dead at a San Diego mosque described a chilling encounter with the shooter a day before...
Cops were already hunting San Diego mosque shooters after mom raised alarm that one was armed and suicidal
Police spent two hours scrambling to locate the suspects, since identified as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez, off the back of the mother...
‘Heroic’ security guard killed protecting children and staff in San Diego mosque shooting
More than $1.4 million has been raised for the family of Amin Abdullah, the security guard fatally shot on Monday at a San Diego mosque while protecting the liv...
Terrifying moment small children evacuated from San Diego mosque amid shooting
Terrifying video shows small children being evacuated from San Diego’s Islamic Center – as two camouflaged teen gunmen went about their rampage.
San Diego mosque shooter, Cain Clark identified as former high school wrestler
Cain Clark, 17 and Caleb Velasquez, 19, were identified in the deadly San Diego mosque shooting, law enforcement sources said.