After Measure W fell short, trustees are exploring school facility improvement districts — smaller, neighborhood bonds and 10‑year financing to pay for urgent repairs.

After 32 years, San Diego police arrested a suspect in the 1994 Pacific Beach death of Clive Bland after fresh DNA leads and renewed detective work. Authorities say genetic genealogy helped point investigators to a Santa Cruz resident now in custody.

San Diego prosecutors filed 132 border‑related cases in one week after a 59‑lb cocaine seizure at Otay Mesa and a Coast Guard interception off Point Loma. The filings span drug importation, human smuggling and illegal reentry.

Morning fog clears by mid-morning; highs near 80°F inland and gusty northwest winds later Saturday.

The Wesley Community Services Center feeds hungry and unhoused people in San Diego's Mid-City neighborhood three times a week. The county health department just shut its kitchen down for vermin — and while the violation is real, the closure raises uncomfortable questions about what it means to apply commercial kitchen standards to a safety-net operation running on donations and goodwill.

Multiple outages left thousands across North County without power Thursday evening; SDG&E and local stations report crews working to restore service.

Patchy fog this morning will clear to mostly sunny with highs near 75°F. Saturday warms with gusty inland winds and a slight rain chance early next week.

La Mesa’s 8181 Allison opened this month with 147 income‑restricted units on the old police‑station site. Rents for eligible households start under $1,000.

Sabre Springs contractor ECON Construction says it will scale from roughly $200M to $1B in annual revenue while expanding staff and building major multifamily projects. The firm is already listed on several San Diego‑area apartment builds.

The City Attorney sued the owners of 3651–3655 Ocean View Blvd, claiming the fire‑damaged building is abandoned, unsafe and a neighborhood nuisance.

Jack Harlow will play Gallagher Square at Petco Park on Sept. 17 as part of his Monica tour. Artist and Citi presales start March 26; general sale March 27.

Supervisors previewed options for spending discretionary funds and opened a short public comment window; tough trade‑offs loom.

A San Diego man was sentenced to three months after federal agents say he smuggled 17 protected parrots and parakeets hidden under his car seat at the San Ysidro crossing.