Escondido is mailing reminder notices after a programming error left thousands of wastewater accounts misbilled. The city plans refunds and a $10 monthly surcharge to recover underbilling.

A Sofonisba Anguissola portrait from the Prado anchors the Timken's Poetic Portraits show in Balboa Park. The compact exhibition runs through March 29, 2026.

Deputies evacuated a Santee clinic on Saturday after reports of a possibly armed man. Officials later found an unarmed person in crisis and placed him on a 72‑hour hold.

A narrow window between a June council vote and an August effective date allowed several large ADU plans to be approved under the old bonus rules. Neighbors and city records are now sorting which builds are grandfathered.

NOAA's 10‑foot sea‑level visualization shows neighborhoods from the Bay Area to Florida in potential inundation zones, and new research warns thousands of hazardous sites could flood by 2100.

A Fairbanks Ranch estate on Calle Camposeco sold for $28M, the highest residential sale in Rancho Santa Fe history. The buyer was represented by Tim Van Damm.

The San Diego Housing Commission voted to change Section 8 rules, raising tenant rent shares as officials try to avert a funding shortfall that could cut thousands of vouchers.

Seventeen San Diego and Baja institutions formed the CaliBaja Higher Education Consortium to simplify credit transfer, expand research and build binational workforce pipelines.

SDUSD's equity hub includes slide decks and lesson packages that list nine genders and dozens of orientations, prompting sharp criticism from parent-rights groups. The materials and the pushback have drawn state and national attention.

Amanda Marsh sued the pilot’s estate and company after her husband Dominic Damian died in the May 22 Murphy Canyon crash, alleging negligence in poor weather.

San Diego County’s jobless rate fell to 4.9% in September, but sector gains in education and government masked losses in hospitality and professional services. The numbers are preliminary and could change.

Fire crews knocked down a morning blaze at a vacant East Village building; one person was hospitalized and Orange Line trolley service was delayed. Investigators remain on scene.

Four men were arrested this week in the October beating death of 59-year-old Ruben Rimorin on a Linda Vista sidewalk. Police say the probe was aided by ALPR.