News & Politics
By the end of August, certain crime rates dropped while others peaked in parts of the county compared to March. “I figured burglaries would be the crime that would be most affected because everybody’s home,” …
If there's one thing communities around San Diego Bay agree on, it's hotels. They are view-killers, pedestrian blockers, tourist malls. Yet the Port wants more. When the San Diego Unified Port District, which oversees the …
“They want us to feel we are in a lower class because we can’t pay for housing in dollars”, said Julia Carrizoza a 64-year-old woman who has rented in downtown Tijuana for four decades. When …
In the rough-and-tumble battle to decide Los Angeles County's top prosecutor, San Diego's District Attorney and her minions are backing the campaign of incumbent Jackie Lacey. Meanwhile, ex-L.A. cop and best-selling crime writer Joseph Wambaugh …
Could the new center of Jewish hate speech in San Diego be the Democratic Party? “In 2018 we tried to charter a new club called Democrats for Israel,” says Andrea Beth Damsky of La Mesa. …
San Diego border Patrol agents improperly deployed high-powered "acoustic devices" during confrontations with migrants at the San Ysidro border two years ago, says a newly released audit by the federal Department of Homeland Security's Inspector …
A casual dip at a city pool now takes planning, a reservation, and willingness to arrive in a bathing suit. When it comes to re-opening pools, San Diego has its toes in the water, but …
That boy thinks he's fighting an octopus," said a spectator watching the fight in the stands seconds after 16-year-old Ashton Sylve punched Juan Magallanes in his gut dropping him to the mat. The ref counts: …
Waiting times like last Monday at the Tijuana-San Ysidro border had never been seen before, up to 12 hours to get through the line to cross into the U.S. This is the consequence of new …
Humble Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel and Spa is one of the few places booming during Covid-19. It makes a big impact for the tiny, high desert town, population 561, where the hotel, pools, and restaurant …
On August 16, the power shut off in the Clairemont neighborhood west of the 805 freeway. “Our kids were doing online music tutorials,” said Steven S., “then ‘poof,’ the electricity went dead. The internet (modem) …
Surfer Brian Thompson had not yet heard the news: Linden Surfboards was getting squeezed out of the Cleveland Street headquarters in Oceanside it has used for 43 years. “It’s ruining years of culture,” says Thompson, …
If developers want to build small urban infill projects to patch housing gaps, great. But there's no guarantee it will fly. And it may take longer than the "expedite" program for such housing suggests. On …
AUG. 22 UPDATE A court trial that was thought to last for weeks was terminated after only about one hour Friday August 21 when a Vista Superior Court judge issued a ruling that immediately snuffed …
John Moores’ hidden hand How much would a brand-new Midway sports arena cost San Diego taxpayers? The answer hasn’t yet been made public, but leaks and news releases emerging from city hall indicate a closed-door …
More than 800 San Diegans have petitioned San Diego City Councilmember Chris Ward to step into a tug of war that pits Hillcrest and El Cajon Boulevard business districts against what they see as a …