SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | ‘I wouldn’t count on that.’ Airport people mover from port site unlikely By Jennifer Van Grove August 27, 2024 at 9:12 p.m. Port executive throws cold water on a 2-year-old people mover concept envisioned to travel between...
Transportation | MTS ridership is up 10 percent this year, and nearing pre-pandemic levels By City News Service August 23, 2024 at 12:24 p.m. Higher numbers this past fiscal year mean the system is regularly reaching 85 to 90...
News | Get free or reduced-fare transit? A crackdown is coming — and could be especially tough on kids By Maura Fox August 11, 2024 at 5:02 a.m. The new requirement is meant to ensure that reduced fares are available only to those...
Energy | CA sales of zero-emission vehicles hit 25.7% but are numbers increasing fast enough? By Rob Nikolewski August 8, 2024 at 1:04 p.m. Gavin Newsom says California wants to "dominate" the clean car market but some analysts wonder...
Transportation | Showtime! Trolley cars and stations will host art and performances this weekend By Jerry Wu August 2, 2024 at 12:54 p.m. Event organizers say it's a specialized effort they hope can harness art to educate San...
Business | With a sweeping blueprint for its future, San Diego acknowledges the lasting imprint of segregation — and seeks to reverse it By David Garrick July 22, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. The changes, scheduled for a City Council vote on Tuesday, would be the first major...
Transportation | Just in time for Pride and Comic-Con, an easier way to pay public transit fares By Maura Fox July 19, 2024 at 9:29 p.m. Now you can pay your trolley or bus fare with your credit card or phone...
Transportation | New Copper Line OK’d for East County to help ease trolley delays By Sam Schulz July 19, 2024 at 1:57 p.m. MTS officials say the changes would significantly benefit the overall transit system by sharply improving...
Crime and Public Safety | Flight delays, border gridlock and more as Microsoft outage hits San Diego County By Teri Figueroa July 19, 2024 at 5:43 p.m. Airport, courts, hospitals and law enforcement agencies in San Diego experienced effects of outage, and...
Business | Why the presidential race could be affecting car sales in San Diego and rest of US By Rob Nikolewski July 19, 2024 at 9:18 a.m. Car sales in San Diego and across CA are stuck in neutral — and the...
News | Internet outage latest | Airlines, businesses, border crossings hit by global tech disruption By Associated Press July 19, 2024 at 3:18 p.m. By The Associated Press A major internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media...
Politics | Nuisance or charm? San Diego moves to crack down on pedicab noise and fares By David Garrick July 18, 2024 at 11:10 a.m. 'I'm all for loud disco music, but not at 3 o'clock in the morning in...
Transportation | Delays continue to plague completion of Otay Mesa East border crossing By Alexandra Mendoza July 17, 2024 at 10:08 a.m. San Diego County officials now predict the Otay II crossing won't be open to traffic...
News | Tijuana now has the San Diego border region’s only nonstop flight to this major Asian capital By Alexandra Mendoza July 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Hainan Airlines on Friday resumed its Beijing-Tijuana-Mexico City route after a four-year hiatus due to...
Transportation | A favorite San Diego shortcut won’t reopen for at least a year. When it does, it will look very different. By David Garrick July 10, 2024 at 6:18 a.m. The closure of two-lane Bachman Place between Mission Valley and Hillcrest since spring 2022 has...
Transportation | Free rides no more: Downtown San Diego’s FRED shuttle begins charging for first time By Jerry Wu July 8, 2024 at 2:42 p.m. Its operator hopes the fare will reduce long waits and no-shows, after years of the...
Transportation | Weekend-long closure of SR-125 in East County By Noah Lyons June 28, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. From 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, all southbound SR-125 lanes from westbound state...
Transportation | How San Diego’s controversial vendor law nearly scuttled a trolley crime crackdown By David Garrick June 27, 2024 at 10:31 a.m. A proposal to include street-vendor enforcement in transit officers' expanded powers prompted a backlash
Transportation | Coronado ferry rides will cost $9 Friday — nearly twice what they did 3 years ago By David Garrick June 25, 2024 at 6:08 p.m. The service's private operator says the fare hikes are needed to cover the rising costs...
Crime and Public Safety | Hard landing temporarily halts all flights at San Diego International By Paul Sisson June 24, 2024 at 9:53 a.m. A United flight inbound from Denver suffered a popped tire on landing Sunday night, prompting...
Transportation | New Copper Line trolley would bring major changes to East County transit By David Garrick June 24, 2024 at 7:27 a.m. Riders in Santee would have to transfer, but officials say overall trolley system would benefit
Transportation | MTS approves $448 million budget that funds current service but halts expansion By City News Service June 22, 2024 at 4:49 p.m. The budget approved does not include planned trolley and bus service increases which depend on...
Transportation | MTS rejects proposed crackdown on fare jumpers costing trolley system $1M a month By David Garrick June 21, 2024 at 2:10 p.m. More and more San Diego Trolley riders are taking advantage of a loophole that discourages...
News | A new nonstop flight from Tijuana to this U.S. nightlife destination is coming By Alexandra Mendoza June 20, 2024 at 5:58 a.m. Mexico's Volaris airline will be offering direct service from the Tijuana International Airport to Las...
Business | San Diego airport is getting a new parking operator — and it’s not Ace By Lori Weisberg June 17, 2024 at 2:49 p.m. Ace Parking, which for decades has managed parking at the airport, has been replaced by...
News | San Diego breaks ground on $100 million revamp of Brown Field airport in Otay Mesa By David Garrick June 11, 2024 at 1:28 a.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego officials broke ground Monday on $100 million in upgrades to Otay Mesa’s...
Local News | New on-demand passenger van service debuts in San Marcos By Phil Diehl June 12, 2024 at 11:13 p.m. A new on-demand passenger van service began this week in San Marcos, a product of...
News | ‘Off track’: San Diego County cities aren’t making enough progress on climate goals, report finds By Maura Fox June 7, 2024 at 3:07 a.m. San Diego County's nine biggest cities have made progress to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions...
News | SANDAG narrows possible routes for Del Mar train tunnel to three choices By Phil Diehl June 4, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. San Diego County's regional planning agency released three possible routes this week for the proposed...
News | The trouble with nurdles, the plastic pollution you may not know about By Phil Diehl June 3, 2024 at 4:15 p.m. Nurdles are everywhere. Never heard of them? They are the raw form of plastic resin...
Transportation | San Diego airport’s mega Terminal 1 project gets some financial help from federal government By Lori Weisberg July 1, 2024 at 6:24 p.m. San Diego International Airport learned Friday it was awarded a $23.5 million federal grant to...
News | The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon returns this weekend. Avoid traffic headaches and plan your route. By Kristina Davis May 31, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Leaving the house Sunday morning? You're going to want to plan ahead.The Rock 'n'...
Things to do | Navigating security lines at San Diego airport just got a little easier By Lori Weisberg May 30, 2024 at 1:07 a.m. Travelers hoping to ease the pain of navigating long security lines at San Diego International...
Things to do | Low-cost carrier bringing a new nonstop to San Diego this summer By Lori Weisberg May 28, 2024 at 10:51 p.m. Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines has announced it will soon be flying nonstop between San Diego...
News | Cost of Carlsbad railroad bridge project increased by $42.5 million By Phil Diehl May 28, 2024 at 8:37 p.m. CARLSBAD — Inflation, environmental concerns and spiraling costs have added $42.5 million to the expense of replacing...
News | Is ferry service from Ensenada to San Diego on the horizon? ‘This project is very feasible.’ By Alexandra Mendoza May 29, 2024 at 1:27 p.m. The idea to operate a ferry between San Diego and Ensenada has been floating around...
News | Interim SANDAG chief executive to resign rather than return to position as deputy CEO By Jeff McDonald May 25, 2024 at 2:42 a.m. Coleen Clementson, the longtime deputy at the San Diego Association of Governments who stepped in...
News | No more tolls on SR-125? SANDAG is considering it – but making the road free would take years and cost millions By Jeff McDonald May 24, 2024 at 10:47 p.m. The San Diego Association of Governments could spend millions of dollars to do away with...
Things to do | Will San Diego get its first nonstop flight to Washington, DC? It’s top contender for coveted airport slot By Lori Weisberg May 17, 2024 at 9:53 p.m. San Diego has a shot at securing a long-awaited nonstop flight to Ronald Reagan Washington...
Local News | Transit board approves negotiations for affordable housing at Oceanside rail stations By Phil Diehl May 16, 2024 at 11:18 p.m. OCEANSIDE — North County Transit District's board approved exclusive negotiating agreements Thursday with developers proposing to build...
News | San Diego will create a sprawling citywide network of electric vehicle chargers By David Garrick May 14, 2024 at 2:49 a.m. SAN DIEGO — Advice from San Diego's independent budget analyst prompted the City Council on Monday to...
Local News | For the imperiled coastal rail line, Del Mar seawalls are ‘imperative.’ For locals, they’re ‘the construction zone from hell.’ By Phil Diehl May 13, 2024 at 3:25 p.m. Residents of the wealthy coastal city whose crumbling bluffs are endangering the only rail line...
News | SANDAG, facing federal investigation, OKs $500,000 for outside lawyers to respond By Jeff McDonald May 10, 2024 at 5:44 p.m. Officials at the San Diego Association of Governments, the regional planning agency that controls a...
News | Twice as many trains? A new border express bus? Big San Diego transit plans in doubt due to state budget woes By David Garrick May 8, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. SAN DIEGO — State budget problems are jeopardizing a potentially game-changing $40 million plan to boost San...
News | Sen. Blakespear says coastal railroad is at a climate crossroads. ‘The data is clear and the message more urgent.’ By Phil Diehl May 5, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. NORTH COUNTY — A coordinated, multi-agency effort is essential to save Southern California's coastal rail corridor from...
News | A new law makes it easier to crack down on bike-lane scofflaws. To the man behind it, it’s a no-brainer for San Diego. By David Garrick May 3, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. SAN DIEGO — State Assemblymember Chris Ward of San Diego has come up with an innovative way...
Local News | E-bike rental company to pull out of Encinitas By Barbara Henry May 2, 2024 at 11:17 p.m. ENCINITAS — An e-bike company that has had racks of rentable bikes in Encinitas since early 2022...
Business | Big rigs in California are getting cleaner – but can long-range targets for trucks be met? By Rob Nikolewski April 30, 2024 at 11:48 p.m. California policymakers want to clean up the emissions spewed by the trucking industry — and...
News | How San Diego could fix its potholes faster By David Garrick April 30, 2024 at 12:54 a.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego could fix more potholes more quickly if crews used mapping software to...
Things to do | With an airport transit connection still years away, the popularity of a little-known free shuttle is surging through word of mouth By David Garrick April 28, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Ridership is surging on a free airport shuttle from the Old Town Transit Center,...
News | Caltrans official Mario Orso named to lead SANDAG as new CEO By David Garrick April 26, 2024 at 11:33 p.m. SAN DIEGO — The county's regional planning agency has hired a top local transportation official as its...
Things to do | San Diego will soon be getting a lot more nonstop flights to Vegas By Lori Weisberg April 26, 2024 at 8:52 p.m. In a first for Alaska Airlines, the carrier will be offering daily nonstop flights between...
News | A Balboa Park ‘game changer’: This new project is about to transform walking, biking and driving along a key route By David Garrick April 20, 2024 at 12:41 a.m. SAN DIEGO — Construction is nearly complete on the Pershing Bikeway, which officials say will transform a...
News | Speeding cameras, lower speed limits, new technology: How advocates want to make San Diego streets safer By David Garrick April 19, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Cycling advocates and government officials touted some big new ideas to make streets safer...
News | Honoring road workers By Alejandro Tamayo April 17, 2024 at 3:00 a.m. Caltrans District 11 held a ceremony Tuesday at the district's courtyard on Taylor Street in...
News | SANDAG executives take responsibility for SR-125 toll failures but don’t explain why they waited to act By Jeff McDonald April 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m. Senior managers at the San Diego Association of Governments accepted full responsibility for a series...
News | Freeway closures expected in East County and Carlsbad over coming days for maintenance work By Kristina Davis April 12, 2024 at 7:31 p.m. Motorists in the East County and Carlsbad areas can expect freeway closures at different points...
News | Meetings ahead to discuss railway’s protection plans along San Clemente By Laylan Connelly April 10, 2024 at 8:53 p.m. ORANGE COUNTY — The first of two public meetings will be held this week to discuss how...
News | What’s the deal with the long vehicle lines to cross into Tijuana? The fix could take a while. By Alexandra Mendoza April 9, 2024 at 8:17 p.m. Long southbound lines at the San Ysidro-Tijuana vehicle border crossing used to be expected on...
News | San Diego wants to build a sprawling electric vehicle charging network – but council members have questions By David Garrick April 2, 2024 at 1:25 a.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego is taking key steps toward creating a regional network of reliable electric...
News | Bike Anywhere Day gets a new May companion event – Bike Local Day By David Garrick April 1, 2024 at 7:14 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Local planning officials are adding a new event this spring to go along with...
News | Federal agents are looking into SANDAG, after internal review finds staggering lack of oversight, disclosure By Jeff McDonald March 30, 2024 at 5:16 p.m. Financial reports detailing toll-road charges and collections cannot be trusted, and the department in charge...
News | Planning for planes, trains and automobiles: SANDAG outlines its top transportation priorities in $1.3B draft budget By Emily Alvarenga March 30, 2024 at 2:19 a.m. Planning for a new trolley line, and express service on an existing one. Building a...
Things to do | Another airline announces five more nonstop flights coming soon to San Diego By Lori Weisberg March 29, 2024 at 6:39 p.m. Spirit Airlines, which currently flies nonstop to only three cities from San Diego International Airport,...
Local News | Transit district hires lobbying firm to help secure federal grants By Phil Diehl March 26, 2024 at 12:08 a.m. North County Transit District has approved a multiyear contract for up to $600,000 with a...
News | Controversy over Encinitas bike lanes renews after father of four dies in crash By Karen Kucher March 24, 2024 at 10:06 p.m. ENCINITAS — Ryan Currie, a 48-year-old Encinitas father of four — who lost his wife to cancer...
Things to do | A new airline for San Diego is bringing five nonstop flights in time for summer travel By Lori Weisberg March 21, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. Just in time for late spring and summer travel, low-cost carrier Breeze Airways is making...
News | Full passenger train service returns Monday between San Diego and Orange counties By Phil Diehl March 19, 2024 at 9:57 p.m. Full passenger train service between San Diego and Orange counties is expected to resume Monday...
News | Dozens of new buses, trolley cars and amenities: Here’s what’s in MTS’ new $243M capital improvement budget By David Garrick March 16, 2024 at 12:41 a.m. SAN DIEGO — The Metropolitan Transit System will spend more money than ever before on new trains,...
Local News | Speed limits may be lowered on many Encinitas roadways starting this summer By Barbara Henry March 14, 2024 at 10:53 p.m. ENCINITAS — Plans are on track to reduce speed limits on many Encinitas roadways, ranging from major...
News | Freeways split San Diego’s communities of color. This new Caltrans project aims to reconnect them. By David Garrick March 14, 2024 at 4:19 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Neighborhoods in southeastern San Diego and National City that were disconnected by Interstate 805...
Business | San Diego EV charging company completes $1 million deal with the U.K.’s defense ministry By Rob Nikolewski March 13, 2024 at 11:01 p.m. Beam Global, a San Diego-based company that specializes in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, just completed...
Local News | Del Mar drops idea of task force to monitor railroad tunnel plans By Phil Diehl March 6, 2024 at 10:42 p.m. DEL MAR — The Del Mar City Council has dropped a proposal by two of its members...
News | Amtrak to resume limited service through San Clemente on Wednesday as repairs continue to protect tracks By Phil Diehl March 7, 2024 at 12:41 a.m. Amtrak will resume limited passenger service Wednesday through the area below a San Clemente landslide...
News | Six more places along rail line in San Clemente could be at risk; emergency repairs could top $200 million By Phil Diehl March 6, 2024 at 12:52 a.m. Emergency repairs could cost $200 million over the next year along a 7-mile stretch of...
Local News | Del Mar may create task force to monitor plans for railroad tunnel By Phil Diehl March 5, 2024 at 1:48 a.m. DEL MAR — Del Mar is proposing to create a seven-member task force to monitor plans to...
News | How high-speed rail came to California but left San Diego behind By David Garrick March 2, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. SAN DIEGO — New momentum behind California's long-delayed high-speed rail system, including a $3.1 billion federal grant,...
Things to do | Frontier Airlines is bringing a new nonstop to San Diego By Lori Weisberg February 29, 2024 at 2:56 a.m. Come May, Frontier Airlines will begin offering a new nonstop flight between San Diego and...
Local News | Carlsbad nixes street improvement proposal for Tamarack Avenue By Phil Diehl February 28, 2024 at 11:08 p.m. Carlsbad — Carlsbad's City Council voted 3-2 this week against more studies of possible safety improvements for...
Local News | Construction begins on barrier wall along railroad beneath San Clemente landslide By Phil Diehl February 27, 2024 at 11:49 p.m. Construction began Monday on a barrier wall below a San Clemente landslide that has stopped...
Things to do | Long-studied transit connection to San Diego airport still more than three years off By Lori Weisberg February 24, 2024 at 2:42 a.m. Five years after launching a widely supported effort to bring high-speed transit to San Diego's...
Business | Does San Diego need to increase its road repair funding? By Phillip Molnar February 23, 2024 at 7:48 p.m. Poor road conditions in the city of San Diego are said to cost businesses delivering...
Local News | Wall construction may start next week at landslide stopping trains to San Diego By Phil Diehl February 23, 2024 at 12:24 a.m. Construction could start next week, weather permitting, on a barrier wall below the San Clemente...
News | Trolley service disrupted after tow truck ends up on Chula Vista tracks By Karen Kucher February 21, 2024 at 1:21 a.m. CHULA VISTA — Trolley service was halted for a spell Tuesday after a tow truck driver...
Local News | MTS’ Orange Line Trolley resumes service after January storm damage By Tammy Murga February 17, 2024 at 12:54 a.m. SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System announced Friday that the Orange Line in its...
News | Workers remove soil, debris from railroad right-of-way allowing San Diego freight trains to resume runs through San Clemente By Phil Diehl February 16, 2024 at 11:45 p.m. Freight trains to and from San Diego resumed traffic Thursday night below a slow-moving landslide...
News | Sen. Blakespear introduces legislation to improve troubled railroad corridor By Phil Diehl February 13, 2024 at 11:23 p.m. NORTH COUNTY — State Sen. Catherine Blakespear announced Tuesday she is introducing bipartisan legislation to improve passenger...
News | New pavement audit details where San Diego’s plan to overhaul crumbling streets succeeds, and fails By David Garrick February 13, 2024 at 3:06 a.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego's new plan to boost the city's crumbling streets lacks key details like...
Local News | Carlsbad declares emergency to clear creek in area that flooded Route 78 By Phil Diehl February 12, 2024 at 10:47 p.m. Carlsbad declared a storm-related emergency last week to expedite cleaning sediment and debris from the...
Local News | ‘This project will happen.’ Del Mar residents remain unhappy with plan for train tunnel By Phil Diehl February 10, 2024 at 1:18 p.m. Del Mar residents continue to stress their strong opposition to any plan that takes trains...
News | San Diego freight trains resume again as fixes explored for active San Clemente landslide By Phil Diehl February 17, 2024 at 1:20 a.m. San Diego freight trains resumed traffic through San Clemente this week after another brief suspension...
News | SANDAG hit with class-action lawsuit over flawed toll-collection system on South Bay Expressway By Jeff McDonald February 8, 2024 at 2:59 a.m. The regional planning agency that operates a flawed toll-collection system along state Route 125 has...
News | San Diego freight trains stopped again by San Clemente landslide By Phil Diehl February 8, 2024 at 2:28 a.m. Freight trains to and from the Port of San Diego will be suspended again Tuesday...
News | Heavy rain accelerates landslide above San Clemente railroad By Phil Diehl February 7, 2024 at 1:33 a.m. Sensors and a camera installed over the weekend detected additional, accelerated movement Monday in a...
News | San Diego freight trains continue running despite threat of San Clemente landslides By Phil Diehl February 5, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. Freight trains, unlike passenger trains, have resumed running across the tracks beneath a San Clemente...
News | Caltrans declares emergency for landslide that suspended San Diego-to-Orange County trains By Phil Diehl February 2, 2024 at 3:26 a.m. Caltrans declared an emergency Thursday for the San Clemente landslide that continues to halt passenger...
News | No more ‘choo-choo’: Train horns will go silent again as downtown San Diego ‘quiet zone’ is reinstated By Emily Alvarenga January 31, 2024 at 1:55 a.m. Trains traveling through downtown San Diego will again stop sounding their horns when approaching railroad...
News | San Diego backs off of plan to make cable companies pay for digging into city streets By David Garrick January 30, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Fear of litigation from cable companies Cox, Spectrum and AT&T has prompted San Diego...
News | Passenger train service remains offline as land continues to slide at San Clemente trouble spot By Phil Diehl January 30, 2024 at 2:06 a.m. Soil continues to move at the site of the San Clemente landslide that has halted...
News | Family, supporters of killed bicyclist install new ‘ghost bike’ memorial after alleged arson By Alex Riggins January 29, 2024 at 3:00 a.m. Laura Keenan initially wanted nothing to do with the spot on Camino del Rio South...