National Politics | Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on foreign policy By Tribune News Service October 14, 2024 at 3:50 a.m. Their views of the world, and how to handle its troubles and challenges, paint a...
National Politics | Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on tax policy By Tribune News Service October 14, 2024 at 3:41 a.m. Their broad outlines are clear — and they are very different.
National Politics | Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on housing By Tribune News Service October 14, 2024 at 3:31 a.m. Harris and Trump share one idea for affordability: making more federally owned land available for...
National Politics | Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on health care By Tribune News Service October 14, 2024 at 3:21 a.m. Polls show that Americans have ranked health care costs high on the agenda for national leaders.
National Politics | Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on immigration By Tribune News Service October 14, 2024 at 3:10 a.m. Immigration is a top presidential election issue again in 2024.
National Politics | Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on abortion By Tribune News Service October 14, 2024 at 3:00 a.m. Abortion rights became an electoral tinderbox after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump’s weekend rally in Southern California By Associated Press October 13, 2024 at 7:07 p.m. A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his...
News | San Diego County probation officials withhold evidence from civilian oversight board By Jeff McDonald October 13, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Twice officials have challenged the board’s request for documents, and without the evidence, the cases...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Crime and Public Safety | Sheriff’s office pushes to install license plate readers throughout backcountry By Teri Figueroa October 13, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. The proposal calls to have readers posted in unincorporated sites such as 4S Ranch, Campo...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Politics | The lawyer and the lawmaker: Candidates for San Diego city attorney lay out competing visions By David Garrick October 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Assemblymember Brian Maienschein and Deputy City Attorney Heather Ferbert are promising very different approaches to...
Politics | Michael Smolens: Transportation funding is popular, but trouble hovers over Measure G transit tax By Michael Smolens October 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The half-cent countywide sales tax proposal has broad institutional support and a campaign with a...
National Politics | If the polls just closed, how can AP already declare a winner? By Associated Press October 13, 2024 at 4:21 a.m. Don’t expect election night to be all nail-biters.
National Politics | How AP uses expected vote instead of ‘precincts reporting’ when determining a winner By Associated Press October 13, 2024 at 4:16 a.m. It’s usually possible to determine who won an election before the vote counting is 100%...
National Politics | The AP has called winners in elections for more than 170 years. Here’s how it’s done By Associated Press October 13, 2024 at 4:11 a.m. The ultimate goal is to determine whether there's any circumstance in which the trailing candidate...
National Politics | Why and how AP counts the vote for thousands of US elections By Associated Press October 13, 2024 at 4:06 a.m. The U.S. doesn't have a nationwide body that collects and releases election results.
National Politics | News media don’t run elections. Why do they call the winners? By Associated Press October 13, 2024 at 4:01 a.m. The official process can take the states anywhere from several days to more than a...
Crime and Public Safety | Man dies in solo bicycle crash in Del Mar By Rob Nikolewski October 14, 2024 at 3:44 a.m. Sheriff's deputies say cyclist apparently lost control on Jimmy Durante Boulevard Saturday
Crime and Public Safety | Homes evacuated after RV fire spreads in Poway area By Kristina Davis October 13, 2024 at 11:24 a.m. About 10 homes along Old Stone Road and Oakview Way were evacuated in Sabre Springs...
Local News | San Diego color guards display love of country and flag. ‘Americans must never forget.’ By Emily Alvarenga October 12, 2024 at 3:17 p.m. The 68th annual Massing of the Colors ceremony honored veterans at Balboa Park Saturday
Daring Trump, Harris’ Campaign Releases Medical Information By The New York Times News Service Syndicate October 12, 2024 at 3:41 p.m. Her White House doctor said she is in “excellent health” and is successfully managing some...
Crime and Public Safety | Arson fires cause $700,000 damage at North County construction sites By Rob Nikolewski October 13, 2024 at 2:15 p.m. A man was arrested in connection with the series of blazes in Encinitas and Carlsbad...
Renting vs. owning: What’s fair for Californians? By Jon Lansner October 12, 2024 at 8:09 a.m. What's seemingly lost within the rent control debate is the exteme gap between how government...
Obama’s callout to Black men touches a nerve among Democrats. Is election-year misogyny at play? By Associated Press October 12, 2024 at 3:23 p.m. The nation’s first Black American president touched a nerve among Democrats worried about Vice President...
Heavy Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza as UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again By Associated Press October 12, 2024 at 11:15 a.m. Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Crime and Public Safety | Reporter’s Notebook: Writing the Narcan narrative required a special camera designed to improve rockets By Blake Nelson October 12, 2024 at 9:57 a.m. Experts could answer all my questions save one. Then an SDSU professor and two students...
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
Donald Trump holds a rally in California, a state he’s almost certain to lose By Associated Press October 12, 2024 at 7:55 p.m. Trump is almost certain to lose California, and that won’t change after his scheduled Saturday...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY What are all those other races on the ballot? What to know about water districts, planning groups and more By Maura Fox October 12, 2024 at 5:02 a.m. Many San Diego County residents will elect the leaders of fairly obscure bodies whose decisions...
Courts | Newsom appoints 4 new judges to San Diego Superior Court bench By Caleb Lunetta October 12, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Jami L. Ferrara, Rachel L. Jensen, Devon L. Lomayesva and Catherine...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Environment | Dad duty: Same-sex flamingo couple hatches egg, cares for chick at Safari Park By Karen Kucher October 12, 2024 at 5:02 a.m. The foster dads at first were given a fake egg to care for after wildlife...
Politics | Former county official says supervisors illegally tried to block him from top job By Emily Alvarenga October 12, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Michael Vu says he was passed over for chief administrative officer as a result of...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY News | SANDAG writes off $67M in uncollectible fees, pushes toll fixes back months By Jeff McDonald October 12, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. The announcements came as the agency's board publicly vented that they had been misled, again,...
Politics | After mixed results for reparations in the legislature, local Black leaders say they’ll keep pushing By Emily Alvarenga October 12, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. A slew of bills in the nation’s first statewide reparations package were signed last month,...
National Politics | How voting before Election Day became so widespread and so political By Associated Press October 12, 2024 at 3:16 a.m. Voting before Election Day includes both voting by mail and in-person voting.
National Politics | Where are the voters who could decide the presidential election? By Associated Press October 12, 2024 at 3:11 a.m. Here’s a look at the bellwether counties in key battle ground states that might matter...
National Politics | How a poll can represent your opinion even if you weren’t contacted for it By Associated Press October 12, 2024 at 12:06 a.m. Pollsters assemble a groups with the same range of ages, genders, educational backgrounds and more.
National Politics | Will the polls be right in 2024? What polling on the presidential race can and can’t tell you By Associated Press October 12, 2024 at 12:01 a.m. Polls are useful tools, but it’s important not to overstate their accuracy.
Courts | Man sentenced to 15 years to life in Navy sailor’s carjacking death in Coronado By City News Service October 11, 2024 at 6:24 p.m. Eddie Foster clung to the hood of his car for 2 miles after an 18-year-old...
Crime and Public Safety | Investigators identify off-duty officer, assailant involved in fatal Fiesta Island shooting By Caleb Lunetta October 12, 2024 at 5:35 p.m. The shooting occurred after Brian Maloney III, 41, allegedly stabbed San Diego Community College District...
Local News | Coastal Commission OKs revetment at San Elijo State Beach By Phil Diehl October 12, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Recreational campsites being lost coastal erosion; site will be monitored for 5 years
Health | Kaiser mental health workers in Southern California plan strike for Oct. 21 By Paul Sisson October 11, 2024 at 4:50 p.m. Union says workers are underpaid, lack pension benefits. Company says salaries are above market.
Courts | Leader of smuggling ring involved in fatal pursuit sentenced to maximum. ‘You don’t have remorse.’ By Alex Riggins October 11, 2024 at 3:15 p.m. Prosecutors said Felipe De Jesus Rosales-Herrera was the "ringleader of a long-running and extensive" migrant...
National News | Boeing will lay off 10% of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production By Associated Press October 13, 2024 at 5:13 p.m. The company has about 170,000 employees worldwide, many of them working in manufacturing facilities in...
National News | FACT FOCUS: A look at the false information around Hurricanes Helene and Milton By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 3:20 p.m. Federal, state and local officials, including several Republicans, have condemned the false information, noting that...
National Politics | Are male voters reluctant to vote for a woman? Harris’ backers are confronting the question head on By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 5:01 p.m. Polling suggests that electing a woman president isn’t a top priority for men or women,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Energy | California Senate passes bill requiring refiners to keep minimum levels of gasoline reserves By Rob Nikolewski October 11, 2024 at 3:32 p.m. Pushed bv Gov. Newsom, the bill is the first of its kind in the nation;...
National News | Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 2:29 p.m. In a decision filed Friday, Circuit Judge William J. Nardini denied the hip-hop mogul’s immediate...
National News | What’s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 2:35 p.m. A geomagnetic storm increases the chance of auroras — also known as northern lights —...
National Politics | Trump drives his anti-immigration message in Aurora, Colorado By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 5:04 p.m. Trump has claimed extensively that Venezuelan gangs are taking over buildings, even though authorities say...
Obituaries | Larry Beveridge, retired SDPD officer and supporter of ‘Hug a Tree,’ dies at 86 By Karen Kucher October 11, 2024 at 12:09 p.m. After a 26-year career with the San Diego Police Department, Beveridge opened a business that...
Local News | Encinitas mayor, two council seats up for election in November By Barbara Henry October 12, 2024 at 9:58 a.m. Six candidates split over sales tax ballot measure, development issues, endorsements
Courts | Guilty plea in arson fires set outside Fox 5 San Diego TV studio By City News Service October 11, 2024 at 11:05 a.m. The flames set on the night of Feb. 26 damaged three cars, a security gate...
News | AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it? By Associated Press October 13, 2024 at 5:12 p.m. AI’s moment as a commercial blockbuster has also reached the pinnacles of scientific recognition.
National Politics | Feeling stressed about the election? Here’s what some are doing and what they say you can do too By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with...
National Politics | US House control teeters on the unlikely battleground of heavily Democratic California By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 10:38 a.m. California's reputation as a politically liberal state is being tested in a string of U.S....
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Kerry Vinci, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 9:55 a.m. Business owner Kerry Vinci is running for the Rancho Santa Fe School District board of...
National Politics | Back-to-back hurricanes reshape 2024 campaign’s final stretch By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 5:09 p.m. The two hurricanes are forcing basic questions about who as president would best respond to...
World News | Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in new, separate strikes By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 5:13 p.m. As Israel escalates its campaign against Hezbollah with waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon and...
National Politics | Harris viewed more positively by Hispanic women than by Hispanic men: poll By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 10:37 a.m. Around 8 in 10 Hispanic voters say the economy is “one of the most important...
World News | Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 5:17 p.m. The award was made as the “taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under...
National News | Residents slog through flooded streets, clear debris after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 5:19 p.m. At least nine people are dead, but many are relieved Milton wasn't worse.
Politics | Michael Smolens: DeMaio flips on abortion again, trades bizarre MAGA accusations with Hayes By Michael Smolens October 11, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. After seeking the conservative vote in the primary, candidates insist their opponent is a right-wing...
National Politics | Voting systems have been under attack since 2020, but are tested regularly for accuracy and security By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 3:21 a.m. In November’s presidential election, nearly every ballot cast will have a paper record that can...
National Politics | What is the Electoral College and how does the US use it to elect presidents? By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 3:16 a.m. It is different from the popular vote, and it has an outsize impact on how...
National Politics | Election certification is a traditionally routine duty that has become politicized in the Trump era By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 3:11 a.m. Legal experts say there is no actual legal risk of Trump’s allies being able to...
National Politics | How elections forecasters became political ‘prophets’ By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 3:06 a.m. Often the forecasters are the first to push back on the characterization that they can...
National Politics | Courts could see wave of election lawsuits, but experts say bar to change outcome is high By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 3:01 a.m. This year could be especially contentious.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Crime and Public Safety | ‘Pacific Beach Rapist’ loses bid for early parole. ‘He has not changed.’ By Teri Figueroa October 11, 2024 at 9:43 a.m. Kenneth Bogard, now 67, slipped into homes and sexually assaulted seven women during a 14-month...
National News | 1 person dies and 12 are rescued after elevator malfunctions at Colorado gold mine tourist site By Associated Press October 11, 2024 at 8:02 a.m. The elevator descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek...
Crime and Public Safety | Arrest made in suspected fentanyl death of 25-year-old Escondido woman By Karen Kucher October 10, 2024 at 5:12 p.m. Police said they found drugs and paraphernalia inside the suspect's home that they searched following...
Local News | Oceanside to tighten enforcement of homeless camps on public property By Phil Diehl October 11, 2024 at 3:10 p.m. Two recent killings of unhoused people highlight need for community's safety, council members say
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.
Local News | Railroad services suspended this weekend for track work By Phil Diehl October 10, 2024 at 3:53 p.m. Full closure is one of several scheduled each year
Local News | Vista council candidates share their top issues By Paul Sisson October 11, 2024 at 12:48 p.m. Two seats are open on the City Council and there are two candidates for each...
Local News | Encinitas firefighters move out of downtown’s Fire Station 1 due to safety concerns By Barbara Henry October 10, 2024 at 4:26 p.m. Recent inspection found unreinforced, concrete masonry building could have structural issues in an earthquake
Business | Are digital-only grocery coupons fair to seniors? By David Garrick October 11, 2024 at 10:40 a.m. San Diego may soon require grocery stores to extend digital-only discounts to all customers to...
Crime and Public Safety | Video footage shows sheriff’s detective shoot, kill armed man at National City car dealership By Caleb Lunetta October 10, 2024 at 3:49 p.m. The video released Tuesday shows Gene Stewart, of Lakeside, fire at least one bullet at...
National News | Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of a migrant crime threat, even as crime dips By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 5:33 p.m. Aurora’s crime rate has followed a downward trend seen across the country. That’s despite the...
National News | TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement with the Justice Department By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 2:19 p.m. The bank is the 10th largest in the United States, and its CEO said the...
Energy | Chevron and California’s petroleum boss exchange barbs on gasoline inventory bill By Rob Nikolewski October 10, 2024 at 1:11 p.m. The bill's supporters say it will help prevent price spikes at the pump while opponents...
Southern California inflation rate dips to 2.4%, lowest since February 2021 By Jon Lansner October 13, 2024 at 5:21 p.m. US cost-of-living grew at the same pace, its slowest increase since December 2020.
National Politics | Podcasts, ‘The View’ and Howard Stern: How Harris and Trump are ‘microtargeting’ voters By Tribune News Service October 10, 2024 at 10:45 a.m. The heightened focus on nontraditional media is the latest iteration of microtargeting, efforts by campaigns...
World News | At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 5:29 p.m. Witnesses said the strike hit a meeting of aid workers.
National Politics | Trump vows to eliminate income taxes on Americans living abroad By Tribune News Service October 10, 2024 at 11:26 a.m. Americans, regardless of where they live in the world, have to file tax information with...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | See how your school did on state standardized tests this year By Kristen Taketa October 10, 2024 at 8:29 p.m. Once again, percentages of students passing state tests overall didn't change much from last year,...
See how your school did on state standardized tests this year By gqlshare October 10, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. A 4th grade class at T.H.E Leadership Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Vista,...
National News | Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial set for May By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 2:54 p.m. Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking stemming from...
National Politics | Harris faces new urgency to explain how her potential presidency would be different from Biden’s By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 11:26 a.m. According to aides, Harris is deeply loyal to Biden and resistant to publicly doing anything...
National Politics | Trump’s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 11:26 a.m. The dip has forced Trump to rely more on wealthy donors and groups backed by...
National Politics | Presidential race tied and essentially unchanged as it heads into final stretch By Matthew Medsger October 10, 2024 at 10:50 a.m. According to several national polls released in recent days, Vice President Kamala Harris holds the...
National News | Ethel Kennedy, social activist and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, has died By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. Kennedy was by her husband's side when he was killed while running for president in...
World News | Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She’s the first South Korean to do so By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 8:35 a.m. Han is the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel literature prize. She also...
National News | US inflation reaches lowest point in 3 years, though some price pressures remain By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 11:18 a.m. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year earlier, down from 2.5% in...
National News | Although Milton has moved on, at least 6 are dead and millions remain in the dark By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 5:11 p.m. The storm tore homes into pieces, filled streets with mud and spawned a barrage of...
National News | Hurricane Milton photos: Scenes of destruction across Florida By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 11:20 a.m. Hurricane Milton punched a path of destruction facross Florida.
56% of California renters slammed by housing costs vs. 35% of homeowners By Jon Lansner October 10, 2024 at 4:13 p.m. But the rest of the nation is catching up to the Golden State's housing-cost challenges.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Forget EpiPens. This San Diego biotech is offering the same medicine without needles By Natallie Rocha October 13, 2024 at 10:09 a.m. A San Diego company received FDA-approval to sell its epinephrine nasal spray called Neffy.
National News | A rare comet brightens the night skies in October By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 11:22 a.m. The space rock will make its closest pass on Saturday.
National Politics | Election conspiracy theories fueled a push to hand-count votes, but doing so is risky and slow By Associated Press October 10, 2024 at 4:31 a.m. Hand-counting is actually more prone to error, delays results and requires an intensive and costly...