A San Diego man was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to assault in a Mission Valley motel case that left his girlfriend dead.

High Surf Advisory runs 10 a.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Sunday with 5–8 foot waves and high rip current risk. Morning clouds give way to warm, sunny afternoons.

A multi‑agency sweep along the Sprinter right‑of‑way led to 15 arrests and the clearing of illegal encampments between Escondido and Oceanside.

Hillcrest’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar reclaimed its Brass Rail name with a restored neon sign and a free community unveiling. Owners Urbano Pelicon and Isaac Vargas led the celebration.

San Diego shelved a plan to charge drivers to enter Mission Bay Park after council support evaporated. Officials are shifting to audits, lease reviews and targeted savings.

San Diego engineering firm RICK is collecting statewide honors as it advances major local projects from Civita to Navy Pier’s Freedom Park.

A San Diego‑led team mapped nine CD8 T‑cell states and identified two transcription factors that revive exhausted T cells without erasing immune memory. The finding points to new cell‑therapy strategies.

San Diego police served a warrant at a City Heights home and arrested four people after seizing nine gambling machines, $625 and a loaded handgun.

Denny Sanford Elephant Valley opens March 5, 2026, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, letting visitors walk above a roaming herd and spot eyelashes up close.

Mayor Todd Gloria thanked San Diego’s delegation after new federal awards for stormwater repairs, crisis-response services and other community projects.

Greeting cards soaked with meth were intercepted at a sheriff's mail center, triggering a Chula Vista search that led to multiple arrests and charges.

A standoff over a 22‑story tower in Pacific Beach has developers claiming "deemed approval" while the city says the plans remain noncompliant. The dispute could end up in court and has already prompted state fixes to the density‑bonus law.

A pre-dawn carjacking at a Via De La Valle gas station ended when officers tracked the victim's Lexus to Yuma and arrested a suspect, police say.