A 10–12 acre brush fire burned along Highway 79 near Santa Ysabel, threatening a structure and closing the road while crews worked to contain it. Officials urged people to avoid the area.

A Sept. 8, 2026 trial is set for the driver accused of killing 6-year-old Hudson O'Laughlin in Pacific Beach. Family and neighbors held memorials and pressed for safer streets.

Lance Cpl. Armando Ortiz Canseco, 21, was identified after disappearing from the USS Anchorage during a Southern California training exercise. Crews searched thousands of square miles before the mission shifted to recovery.

Border Patrol agents removed 34 people hidden inside a mini bottom‑dump trailer and a Chevy Tahoe in Westmorland. Authorities say the group was found during two separate highway interdictions on June 29, 2026.

A pedestrian was struck and later died after an MTS trolley collision near Old Town Transit Center. SDPD says the identity is pending and the incident is under investigation.

Imperial Beach’s fire department is about 25% understaffed as annual calls near 3,000; crews are working long stretches and city leaders are weighing mutual aid and pay fixes.

A rubbing-alcohol-fueled tabletop fireplace erupted during a marshmallow roast on The Strand in Oceanside, sending two children to a specialized burn center.

An early-morning traffic stop in Coronado ended with a crash, a foot chase and an arrest; police say air support helped officers secure the scene. The department says drugs and alcohol are being investigated.

A Poway man says an AI-generated voice convinced him to hand over $18,000 — money he calls the family's life savings. Experts and federal data show the tactic is rising fast.

A San Diego Reader feature revisits the July 5, 2000 attack on five migrant nursery workers in McGonigle Canyon and the Prop 21 filing that sent teens to adult court.

Juan Carlos Félix Gastélum admitted to running meth labs and pleaded guilty in San Diego; sentencing is set for March 2027.

A Fallbrook father admitted dosing his young sons with psilocybin and using them to help grow and sell magic mushrooms. Federal prosecutors say hundreds of pounds of product and firearms were seized.

A San Marcos man was arrested after a hotel sting; authorities say he arranged to meet a 15-year-old and was found with controlled substances and paraphernalia.