A countywide petition drive says it turned in more than 150,000 signatures to force a November vote on a half‑cent sales tax to fund Tijuana River cleanup and services. County officials will now verify whether the measure qualifies for the ballot.

A 28-year-old City Heights man was left with severe brain damage after an April 25 attack outside his apartment. His family says a 41-year-old suspect was arrested and a June competency hearing is set.

A donated play structure and a quick city installation should return a playground to Fanuel Street Park by Memorial Day as larger Mission Bay upgrades continue.

A Navy man says an unknown bail agent posted his bond at San Diego Central Jail and charged him $5,000. The Sheriff's Office probed the complaint as a state bill seeks to curb unauthorized solicitations.

A second-alarm kitchen fire at Market St. and 13th Ave. drew mutual-aid crews; one person was transported and downtown traffic was slowed.

Windblown dust prompted an air‑quality alert across the Imperial Valley and parts of western Imperial County. Officials warn sensitive residents to limit outdoor activity.

A 12-year-old e-bike rider suffered multiple brain bleeds and surgery after being struck by a Tesla in Del Mar Heights. San Diego police are investigating.

SDSU signed a 10-year lease to bring nursing and Global Campus classes to Chula Vista’s new Millenia Library, with the first nursing cohort targeted for fall 2026.

A federal judge handed more than a decade in prison to Samuel Melvin Cooper after prosecutors said he forced a 15‑year‑old into commercial sex across San Diego, Phoenix and Tucson.

CBP's San Diego field office announced it seized more than 158 pounds of meth at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in a social post, part of a recent run of major interdictions.

A judge sentenced Ziyah Jay Patterson to 26 years to life for the Dec. 26, 2023, killing of Angela Marie Lanway in San Marcos.

J. Craig Venter, the La Jolla genomics pioneer who helped map the human genome and later built synthetic cells, died April 29 at 79.

San Diego County is notifying families that Sunset Elementary may have had a TB exposure between July and October 2025; free testing is being offered.