SUBSCRIBER ONLY Crime and Public Safety | 8 minutes, 19 seconds: Inside one man’s dying body as Narcan molecules rush to reverse an overdose By Blake Nelson October 12, 2024 at 9:59 a.m. A battle fought in silence and darkness plays out about every day in San Diego...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Crime and Public Safety | Everywhere they go, people ask for Narcan. But overdoses are increasingly hard to stop. By Blake Nelson October 12, 2024 at 9:54 a.m. The region faces a number of questions about how to fight constantly evolving drugs
Local News | Homelessness along the San Diego River hits its highest total yet By Blake Nelson October 10, 2024 at 4:24 p.m. Leaders hope new outreach efforts will reverse a trend of moving near dangerous waterways.
Crime and Public Safety | Fuel truck spill causes evacuations, power shutoff in El Cajon By City News Service October 9, 2024 at 3:41 p.m. The tanker carrying around 8,800 gallons of gasoline overturned at Fletcher Parkway and Navajo Road...
Local News | Council seats, sales tax on Lemon Grove ballot By Gary Warth October 9, 2024 at 3:32 p.m. Voters in Lemon Grove will decide on a proposed sales tax increaseand select two new...
Local Politics | Lemon Grove mayor faces two challengers By Gary Warth October 8, 2024 at 2:57 p.m. Councilmembers LeBaron, Snow seek mayor's seat
Local Politics | Tax extension, City Council seat on El Cajon ballot By Gary Warth October 10, 2024 at 9:51 p.m. El Cajon voters will consider extending a sales tax increase another 20 years and will...
Crime and Public Safety | Structures threatened by fast-moving brush fire north of Campo By Teri Figueroa October 8, 2024 at 9:21 a.m. Residents on both sides of Interstate 8 west of Boulevard were under evacuation orders and...
Local Politics | Santee voters consider tax hike, council seats By Gary Warth October 7, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Voters in Santee will consider a tax to pay for fire services and decide who...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Q&A with Sara Jacobs, candidate for 51st Congressional District By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 4:21 p.m. Rep. Sara Jacobs, a San Diego Democrat, is seeking a third term in Congress.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Politics | Q&A with Stephen Houlahan, candidate for California’s 48th Congressional District By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 3:55 p.m. Stephen Houlahan, a Democrat, registered nurse and former Santee council member, is running for Congress...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Autumn Ellenson, candidate for Lakeside Union School District By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:22 a.m. Autumn Ellenson, a school administrator, is running for the Area 2 seat on the Lakeside...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Britni Mushet, candidate for Julian Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 10:47 a.m. Britni Mushet, the executive director of the Warner Springs Community Resource Center, is running for...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Monique Silver, candidate for Santee school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:14 a.m. Monique Silver, a retired educator, is running for the Area 4 seat on the Santee...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Melissa Krogh, candidate for Warner Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 10, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. Melissa Krogh is an agricultural and career technical education teacher at Julian High School who...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Q&A with Carl DeMaio, 75th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. Carl DeMaio, a Republican and former San Diego City Council member, is running for the...
Local Politics | Four vie for two City Council seats in La Mesa election By Gary Warth October 5, 2024 at 5:18 p.m. Voters also will consider extending a sales tax for 20 years
Local News | Judge sides with Lemon Grove in Brown Act case By Gary Warth October 4, 2024 at 6:32 p.m. Another judge delayed a hearing on an investigation into a council member's conduct
Crime and Public Safety | Campo evacuation warnings issued after fire nears U.S.-Mexico border By Caleb Lunetta October 4, 2024 at 6:10 p.m. The fire had burned about 50 acres on Mexico's side of the international border as...
Local News | $10 million lottery ticket bought in Santee was part of man’s three-day win streak By Teri Figueroa October 4, 2024 at 4:33 p.m. East County resident Brad Bullock bought an energy drink and a couple scratch-off California Lottery...
Local Politics | 2 Democrats running to represent San Diego in the state Assembly have very different resumes By Blake Nelson October 4, 2024 at 4:02 p.m. Colin Parent and LaShae Sharp-Collins are keeping things positive in the race for the 79th...
Courts | DUI driver in deadly La Mesa crash sentenced to 25 years in prison By City News Service October 3, 2024 at 12:26 p.m. Iqbal Noory Ibrahim, 32, pleaded guilty for causing the Oct. 27, 2022, crash that killed...
Courts | State Bar shuts down office of El Cajon woman accused of posing as attorney By Teri Figueroa October 2, 2024 at 5:49 p.m. Maria Leanos is accused of operating a law office without a license and misrepresenting herself...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Things to do | 7 San Diego restaurants and bars to visit for happy hour right now By Carlos Rico October 2, 2024 at 4:50 p.m. Our guide to recent happy hour options in San Diego County includes a mix of...
Crime and Public Safety | Pedestrian standing on Lemon Grove highway struck, killed by SUV By Caleb Lunetta October 1, 2024 at 2:37 p.m. The man was struck while standing on state Route 94 near College Avenue around 1:20...
Crime and Public Safety | Motorcycle rider killed after two hit and runs in Lemon Grove By Caleb Lunetta October 1, 2024 at 2:22 p.m. A 47-year-old man from El Cajon was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by...
Crime and Public Safety | Man in wheelchair dies after being hit by vehicle on I-8 in La Mesa By Karen Kucher September 30, 2024 at 3:55 p.m. The man was hit Sunday by a driver in a white Mercedes while he was...
Local Politics | 2 Republicans running to represent East County in Sacramento differ on how to reach similar goals By Blake Nelson October 1, 2024 at 6:48 a.m. There's a sharp personality divide between Carl DeMaio and Andrew Hayes in the campaign for...
Local News | San Diego Trolley’s Copper Line launches Sunday in East County By Gary Warth September 28, 2024 at 1:46 p.m. The San Diego Trolley's new Copper Line launches Sunday between El Cajon and Santee and...
Courts | Driving school instructor sentenced to prison for sex crimes involving teen students By City News Service September 25, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. The prosecutor said some of the girls were molested as they drove on freeways or...
Crime and Public Safety | Sheriff’s officials identify 23-year-old Lemon Grove man killed in shooting By Caleb Lunetta September 24, 2024 at 3:02 p.m. Darron Willie Singleton Jr. was shot in the torso multiple times on Dain Street near...
Crime and Public Safety | Man killed in house fire identified as 75-year-old Spring Valley resident By City News Service September 24, 2024 at 2:54 p.m. Firefighters discovered William Rindfleisch on the floor of his bedroom Sept. 13 after extinguishing the...
Courts | Ex-administrator alleges LGBTQ+ discrimination in lawsuit against Grossmont Union High district By Alex Riggins September 24, 2024 at 3:32 p.m. Rose Tagnesi, who alleges she was effectively fired, claims she was targeted by GUHSD's board...
Crime and Public Safety | El Cajon police chief announces retirement after 29 years of service By Caleb Lunetta September 22, 2024 at 5:14 a.m. Police Chief Michael Moulton headed the department for the last five years, overseeing his department's...
Palomar Health hospitals no longer accepting involuntary mental health holds By Paul Sisson September 20, 2024 at 4:38 p.m. CEO cites 'limited resources' and focus on new 120-bed facility as reasons for change
Crime and Public Safety | Police investigating after woman attacked, killed at La Mesa encampment By Caleb Lunetta September 20, 2024 at 4:37 p.m. The woman died after suffering a "serious head injury" on High Street Street just north...
Crime and Public Safety | Eastbound I-8 to close temporarily Saturday morning for officer funeral procession By Caleb Lunetta September 21, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. Commuters can expect delays from 7:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 8 between...
Courts | Ex-CIA employee from La Mesa sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugged sex assaults By City News Service September 19, 2024 at 2:26 p.m. Brian Jeffrey Raymond pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually abusing multiple women, as well as...
Crime and Public Safety | 23-year-old man fatally shot in Lemon Grove By City News Service September 19, 2024 at 10:17 a.m. Several people called 911 around 10:55 p.m. Wednesday after hearing gunfire on Dain Street near...
Courts | Camp Pendleton Marine who made and sold ‘ghost’ rifles sentenced to prison By Alex Riggins September 19, 2024 at 6:26 a.m. Lakeside resident Christian Ferrari, a Marine lance corporal at the time of his arrest, admitted...
Courts | L.A. man sentenced in San Diego County police badge bribery scheme By City News Service September 16, 2024 at 9:45 p.m. Akiva Grunewald pleaded guilty in February to one count of bribery for paying the then-police...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Things to do | Hike of the week: Wright’s Field in Alpine is a September sunset dream By Maura Fox September 16, 2024 at 6:21 a.m. The 245-acre preserve features an open grassland, oak groves and boulders, plus a variety of...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Local News | A cross, a bracelet and a body: Who was the woman found in Forester Creek? By Blake Nelson September 16, 2024 at 11:29 a.m. Investigators asked that question for weeks after January’s storm. The answer involved San Diego’s biggest...
Crime and Public Safety | Funeral procession, service announced for fallen SDPD officer By Caleb Lunetta September 13, 2024 at 10:50 a.m. The funeral procession and memorial service to honor Officer Austin Machitar is set for Sept....
Crime and Public Safety | Santana High shooter, deemed ‘risk to public safety,’ denied parole By Teri Figueroa September 10, 2024 at 8:19 p.m. Andy Williams was 15 when he opened fire, killing two students and injuring 13 people...
Courts | Former San Diego County tribal police chief sentenced in bribes-for-badges scheme By Alex Riggins September 9, 2024 at 6:04 p.m. Anthony Reyes Vazquez admitted to stealing more than $300,000 that should have gone to the...
Crime and Public Safety | Arrest made in Lemon Grove homicide By Karen Kucher September 9, 2024 at 12:08 p.m. The victim, 21-year-old Diego Omar Valera-Trujillo, was shot multiple times around 11:35 p.m. Saturday on...
Crime and Public Safety | Detectives investigating after man fatally shot in Lemon Grove By City News Service September 8, 2024 at 9:34 a.m. Deputies heard several gunshots around 11:35 p.m. and they found the 21-year-old victim suffering from...
Crime and Public Safety | Santana High shooter gets his first chance at parole. Victims are preparing for a fight. By Teri Figueroa September 9, 2024 at 8:48 a.m. In 2001, then-15-year-old Andy Williams opened fire at Santana High School in Santee. A new...
News | Republicans focus on U.S.-Mexico border during congressional hearing and Vance San Diego visit By Alexandra Mendoza September 6, 2024 at 8:15 p.m. The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing Friday to get local perspectives on the...
Weather | Here’s how hot it got Friday in 27 places around San Diego County By Gary Robbins September 7, 2024 at 6:47 p.m. Ramona reached a record 114 degrees, while Escondido topped out at 112.
Community events in San Diego County: From Rancho Bernardo Street Fair to Clairemont Family Day By Linda Mcintosh September 6, 2024 at 4:49 p.m. A sneak peek at upcoming community concerts, street fairs, festivals, performances, art shows, library events,...
‘There won’t be much relief at night’: San Diego County continues to cook under a nonstop heat wave By Blake Nelson September 6, 2024 at 8:19 a.m. On the plus side, the power grid appears to be holding up fine
Courts | DUI driver pleads guilty in La Mesa fatal crash By City News Service September 4, 2024 at 11:55 a.m. Iqbal Noory Ibrahim, 32, admitted Tuesday to causing the Oct. 27, 2022, crash that killed...
Crime and Public Safety | Pedestrian struck, killed in suspected Rancho San Diego hit-and-run By Caleb Lunetta September 9, 2024 at 9:43 a.m. The 81-year-old man was killed after he was struck by a car making a right...
Crime and Public Safety | Body of man wearing motorcycle helmet found on SR-94 in East County By Karen Kucher September 3, 2024 at 5:47 p.m. CHP officers responding to calls found the man lying in the road east of Sweetwater...
Community events in San Diego County: From Stargazing party to Greek Festival By Linda Mcintosh August 30, 2024 at 8:52 p.m. A sneak peek at upcoming community concerts, street fairs, festivals, performances, art shows, blood drives,...
News | Investigation finds no crime committed when migrant groups approached school buses near Dulzura By Alexandra Mendoza August 30, 2024 at 8:01 a.m. Two groups of migrants approached school buses on their routes twice this week near the...
County supervisors pause safe parking lot, keep pushing for camping ban By Blake Nelson August 28, 2024 at 9:17 a.m. Leaders say they first want to see results from an audit reviewing local homelessness programs.
Environment | Nine rescued coyote pups released into wild near Julian By City News Service August 29, 2024 at 11:04 a.m. The San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center bottle-fed the orphaned pups and taught them...
Crime and Public Safety | Two killed and teen passenger injured in solo van crash in Spring Valley By Karen Kucher August 26, 2024 at 1:49 p.m. The driver lost control of his silver Nissan Quest, veered off the roadway and ran...
Courts | California courts must now warn defendants of SVP plea consequences By City News Service August 26, 2024 at 1:17 p.m. The California Supreme Court ruling stems from the case of a man accused of accosting...
Crime and Public Safety | Borrego Springs woman killed in solo-vehicle crash By Kristina Davis August 26, 2024 at 4:33 p.m. Cynthia Soller, 89, crashed into a palm tree and a rock on Country Club Road...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Things to do | Hike of the week: A tough climb up East County’s historic Dictionary Hill By Maura Fox August 26, 2024 at 6:25 a.m. Hikers can see from El Cajon Mountain to the San Diego Bay on this roughly...
Community events in San Diego County: From Ukrainian Festival to Family Day at the races By Linda Mcintosh August 28, 2024 at 11:01 a.m. CARDIFF Trail cleanup The Cardiff Farmers Market, in collaboration with We Clean Trails, will hold...
Courts | El Cajon man’s first-degree murder conviction reduced by appeals court By City News Service August 23, 2024 at 12:20 p.m. Gustavo Rojas Salgado, 29, was convicted by an El Cajon Superior Court jury for the...
Courts | Man gets 75 years to life in prison for El Cajon killing By City News Service August 22, 2024 at 5:48 p.m. Chantell Tompkins, 39, was sentenced Tuesday for the Aug. 25, 2021, shooting death of 30-year-old...
Crime and Public Safety | 75-year-old man found dead inside Boulevard home ID’d By Caleb Lunetta August 21, 2024 at 3:53 p.m. Arthur Stephen Andreatta was found inside his home Saturday suffering from a head injury
Energy | A solar and battery project will grow next to a garden in National City By Rob Nikolewski August 20, 2024 at 2:10 p.m. $1.2 million in grants will be distributed to projects across the San Diego region
Crime and Public Safety | Detectives investigating shooting in Lakeside By Karen Kucher August 19, 2024 at 6:47 p.m. The shooting was reported shortly after 12:15 a.m. on Woodside Avenue near Winter Gardens Boulevard,...
Public memorial for artist James Hubbell on Saturday By Pam Kragen August 19, 2024 at 5:49 p.m. The celebration of life for the iconic Santa Ysabel sculptor-designer will take place at his...
Judge again halts 3,000-home project in Santee after city leaders sidestepped voters By Blake Nelson August 15, 2024 at 8:54 a.m. Developers have been eyeing Fanita Ranch for decades.
With two new artworks, this East County transit hub just got a lot more colorful By Maura Fox August 15, 2024 at 9:04 a.m. The murals, "Float On" and Succession," are the work of San Diego artist Maxx Moses...
Crime and Public Safety | Teen who opened fire at Santana High, killing 2 and wounding a dozen more, up for parole By Lyndsay Winkley August 15, 2024 at 12:35 p.m. The District Attorney's Office said victims of Charles "Andy" Williams' crime may participate in his...
Crime and Public Safety | ‘He’s a savior’: Officer reunited with child whose life he saved in Campo By Caleb Lunetta August 14, 2024 at 6:34 p.m. Officer Edward Ketchum had to use quick thinking to save an unresponsive baby that had...
3 East County cities will decide in November whether to create or extend sales taxes By Blake Nelson August 14, 2024 at 2:10 p.m. A number of council seats are also up for grabs
Courts | Former San Ysidro basketball star Mikey Williams sentenced to probation in gun case By Caleb Lunetta August 14, 2024 at 2:11 p.m. Mikey Williams, the former star basketball player from San Ysidro High, received one year of...
Crime and Public Safety | Evacuation orders lifted as crews get containment on Jamul area brush fire By Karen Kucher August 13, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. More than 100 firefighters, assisted by helicopters and firefighting planes, were sent to fight the...
Crime and Public Safety | Five teens arrested after youth stabbed to death in Logan Heights By Teri Figueroa August 10, 2024 at 3:12 p.m. San Diego police said the group of teenage suspects fled on the trolley and were...
Community events in San Diego County: From Lemon Festival to Taco Fest By Linda Mcintosh August 12, 2024 at 1:07 p.m. A sneak peek at upcoming community concerts, street fairs, festivals, performances, art shows, library events,...
Retail | Big Lots closing 75 stores in California. See the list By Samantha Gowen August 8, 2024 at 1:55 p.m. California is taking the biggest hit. By the time the latest 75 stores close, it...
Crime and Public Safety | Investigation under way after missing hiker found dead in Anza-Borrego desert By Caleb Lunetta August 6, 2024 at 5:24 p.m. A sheriff’s helicopter located the body near Mortero Wash, approximately a quarter mile from the...
Crime and Public Safety | 3 stabbed during incidents in Fallbrook, Spring Valley and Vista By Karen Kucher August 4, 2024 at 5:34 p.m. Sheriff's officials are investigating separate attacks reported over a six-hour period from late Saturday to...
Crime and Public Safety | Nixon fire determined to be caused by faulty electrical panel By City News Service August 2, 2024 at 8:36 p.m. A 5,200-acre brush fire burning on the southern tip of Riverside County was triggered by...
Community events in San Diego County: From Chula Vista ArtFest to Island Vibe Music Festival By Linda Mcintosh August 5, 2024 at 11:52 a.m. A sneak peek at upcoming community concerts, street fairs, festivals, performances, art shows, library events,...
Health | COVID spreading quickly in San Diego County By Paul Sisson August 1, 2024 at 10:42 p.m. San Diego County, it seems, is running a little hotter than the state and nation...
Crime and Public Safety | Driver dies after crashing into parked car in Lemon Grove By Karen Kucher August 1, 2024 at 3:51 p.m. The driver crashed into an unoccupied parked vehicle on Massachusetts Avenue near Mount Vernon Street...
Crime and Public Safety | Nixon fire prompts evacuation warnings for San Diego County residents on Riverside line By City News Service July 31, 2024 at 4:03 p.m. The proximity of the blaze prompted sheriff's officials to warn residents northeast of Oak Grove...
Crime and Public Safety | Couple dead in apparent murder-suicide at Santee senior living facility ID’d By Caleb Lunetta July 31, 2024 at 2:39 p.m. It's the second time such an incident has left a man and woman dead at...
Crime and Public Safety | Hundreds of acres burn at border near Tecate By City News Service July 30, 2024 at 3:56 p.m. The blaze erupted at the base of Tecate Peak about 11:15 a.m. and was burning...
Crime and Public Safety | Driver suspected of fatally running-down man in Lemon Grove arrested By Caleb Lunetta July 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Nicholas Hoskin, 45, was arrested in connection with the death of Brian Colvin, 44, who...
Crime and Public Safety | Motorcyclist killed, another rider seriously injured in SR-78 crash with truck, trailer By Karen Kucher July 29, 2024 at 2:15 p.m. A 66-year-old motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning when he sideswiped a truck pulling a trailer...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY News | Greyhounds up for adoption in San Diego after sudden closure of historic Tijuana racetrack By Alexandra Mendoza July 28, 2024 at 5:02 a.m. The Caliente greyhound racetrack, whose history dates back to 1927, recently and unexpectedly announced that...
Crime and Public Safety | Grove fire near Palomar Mountain continues to burn as crews make containment progress By Caleb Lunetta July 26, 2024 at 4:54 p.m. The firefighters made progress in holding the southeast flank of the fire, which had been...
Crime and Public Safety | Man who may have been intentionally run over and killed in Lemon Grove ID’d By Caleb Lunetta July 25, 2024 at 4:45 p.m. Brian Colvin, 44, was fatally injured after a vehicle he was standing in front of...
Crime and Public Safety | Some evacuations lift as firefighters battle 900-acre Grove fire for second day By Karen Kucher July 26, 2024 at 7:49 a.m. Firefighters in San Diego County are battling flames under hot, humid conditions, and a fire...
Theater | Updated ‘Peter Pan’ without Native American stereotypes playing in San Diego through Sunday By Tribune News Service July 31, 2024 at 12:59 p.m. Barona Band of Mission Indians tribe member Kenny Ramos is in the touring cast
Crime and Public Safety | Man killed in La Mesa was stabbed, not shot, police say By Karen Kucher July 24, 2024 at 3:38 p.m. Police said a 25-year-old man found mortally wounded on a La Mesa street July 13...
News | Thunderstorms spark 200-250 lightning bolts in eastern San Diego County By Gary Robbins July 24, 2024 at 2:04 p.m. The summer monsoon sparked wild, slow-moving thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon in East County, generating 200 to...
Crime and Public Safety | Police identify 25-year-old La Mesa man who was fatally shot By Karen Kucher July 23, 2024 at 4:34 p.m. La Mesa police said Essa Faraj was found mortally wounded after collapsing on High Street...