CBP officers at San Ysidro and Calexico East seized more than 130 pounds of fentanyl, cocaine and meth with an estimated street value of about $383,091. Two drivers were arrested and vehicles seized.

Police say a witness’s partial plate led officers to a Mira Mesa vehicle; the woman was able to get to an officer’s car and the suspect was arrested. The suspect faces multiple felony counts.

San Diego Crime Stoppers is offering $1,000 after more than 200 locks at Patrick Henry High were sabotaged, with repairs estimated at about $70,000.

A brush fire near Oceanside Municipal Airport prompted evacuation orders north of SR‑76 today and sent residents to a temporary shelter at El Corazon Senior Center.

A fast-growing brush fire in Sorrento Valley prompted mandatory evacuations and road closures Monday morning.

A 62-year-old woman died after being struck on El Cajon Boulevard near Hamilton Street Friday night. San Diego police say their Traffic Division is investigating.

A brief Pacific Beach pursuit ended when a Mercedes struck another car on Garnet Avenue, leaving a passenger with multiple fractured vertebrae. Police arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of felony DUI causing injury and evading.

Three people were hospitalized after a stabbing at San Clemente Pier Saturday night; deputies say one person was detained and the incident appeared gang-related.

The San Diego medical examiner lists acute fentanyl toxicity and records Nadine Jett’s death as a homicide, according to a death certificate obtained by local reporters.

A San Diego man says a wrong turn into Mexico led to a guilty plea, a fine and six days in jail; he now wants California to clarify whether the foreign conviction strips his gun rights.

An archival San Diego Reader reprint recalls the 1999 abduction of Coronado Cays resident Georgina Romero de Crespo — a case that resonates as Baja officials step up anti‑kidnapping operations.

An Escondido officer pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge after prosecutors linked a patrol car collision to the death of a 39‑year‑old e‑bike rider in August.

The State Department reissued its Mexico advisory on May 29, 2026, keeping the country at Level 2 while placing six states under 'do not travel' warnings.