El Cajon’s council voted 4–1 to forgo roughly $5.3 million in state encampment funding, citing housing‑first restrictions and a preference for locally controlled shelter and outreach. The choice leaves local contracts as the immediate path to expanded services.

San Diego law enforcement will accept unwanted guns in Encinitas Saturday; anonymous turn‑ins earn gift cards and free trigger locks.

A Chula Vista pickleball player says a miswired fence shocked her unconscious and has sued the city and the club over injuries and alleged negligence.