Chubby Cattle appears to have leased 8330 Mira Mesa Blvd — the former Red Lobster — and is expected to open later in 2026 with tabletop wagyu yakiniku and a membership program.

After 32 years, San Diego police arrested a suspect in the 1994 Pacific Beach death of Clive Bland after fresh DNA leads and renewed detective work. Authorities say genetic genealogy helped point investigators to a Santa Cruz resident now in custody.

San Diego prosecutors filed 132 border‑related cases in one week after a 59‑lb cocaine seizure at Otay Mesa and a Coast Guard interception off Point Loma. The filings span drug importation, human smuggling and illegal reentry.

California is sending $60.4M to MTS for Orange Line upgrades and Kearny Mesa depot electrification, with construction set to begin this summer.

Truva, from owner Meliha Karahan, will open on The Sofia Hotel’s ground floor this spring with house‑made breads, a Turkish‑forward menu and a full bar. The renovated dining room seats about 145 and will offer breakfast and dinner.

A chain-reaction crash on southbound I‑5 in East Village killed a motorcyclist and prompted a hazardous-materials cleanup that shut multiple lanes.

Deputies are searching for a 25-year-old man after a Friday-night stabbing near 700 Center Drive in San Marcos. The victim's injuries are reported as non-life-threatening.

A Rancho Bernardo father received no jail time Friday in a weapons case tied to a threat at Rancho Bernardo High School. Police had seized a trove of un‑serialized firearms during a January raid.

UFCW Southern California locals say a newly ratified four‑year Kaiser contract delivers big, early raises, AI protections and more training funds for frontline pharmacy and lab staff.

Morning fog clears by mid-morning; highs near 80°F inland and gusty northwest winds later Saturday.

The Wesley Community Services Center feeds hungry and unhoused people in San Diego's Mid-City neighborhood three times a week. The county health department just shut its kitchen down for vermin — and while the violation is real, the closure raises uncomfortable questions about what it means to apply commercial kitchen standards to a safety-net operation running on donations and goodwill.

San Diego health inspectors shut down Break Point PB on March 26, 2026 — the bowling bar's second closure in under two years, and part of a vermin problem that has shown up in four of its last five routine inspections. They also found sewage disposal and plumbing issues this time, which is new.

A suspicious package at the Santee Sheriff's Station prompted an evacuation; the Bomb/Arson Unit later rendered the item safe and officials say there's no known threat.