Visa has embedded its payments network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents buy for users while banks and merchants raise fraud and fee questions. The shift moves agentic shopping from experiments toward network rails.

Unibail‑Rodamco‑Westfield agreed to buy the remaining 50% of Westfield UTC for about $705 million, moving to full ownership of the La Jolla mall with closing expected by Dec. 31, 2026.

Five orphaned black bear cubs released in November 2025 hibernated successfully and returned healthy, state wildlife officials say. The fall release was an experimental test.

San Diego’s Autobahn secured FDA Fast Track for elunetirom and reported strong Phase 2 topline results in a small bipolar depression study. The findings are promising but preliminary.

A 15-year-old was left with a concussion and staples after an ambush at a Point Loma house party. His father says video shows teens stomping on his son and wants prosecutors to act.

Coffee Dose opens a diner‑style Brunch Club at The Ranch in Encinitas on June 12, bringing disco pancakes and the chain’s cult drinks to North County.

CBP says Otay Mesa cargo officers found more than 2,462 pounds of meth hidden in concrete flowerpots. The seizure adds to a string of large busts at the port this spring.

Federal lawmakers have filed legislation to rename the Logan Heights post office for Armando Rodriguez, a local educator, amid a broader reassessment of César Chávez’s legacy. The move follows recent local votes to rethink Chávez monuments and names.

San Diego supervisors approved the county’s first BHSA Integrated Plan, a three-year roadmap to steer funding toward mental health care, substance use treatment and housing.

The San Diego Zoo is retiring its Nighttime Zoo after this summer; the program runs through Aug. 9 and the zoo plans a new seasonal festival for 2027.

Morning clouds clear to sunshine and low‑70s highs, but a strong south swell brings dangerous rip currents through Thursday.

The FBI says a nationwide HSTF surge since April led to 1,343 arrests and major drug, gun and cash seizures.

A planned conversion of the vacant 101 Ash tower into 247 affordable apartments has been delayed after developers missed a financing deadline, putting the mid‑2026 timetable in doubt.