The Justice Department sued S & K Towing, alleging the San Clemente company auctioned nearly 150 servicemembers' vehicles, many linked to Camp Pendleton.

San Diego has opened an RFP to lease and rehab Tecolote Canyon Golf Course; bidders must fund repairs, meet environmental rules and submit proposals by April 14.

Andreane, a Kyoto-inspired matcha café, is taking over the former Cabo Cantina in Pacific Beach with a spring soft opening planned.

Supervisors previewed options for spending discretionary funds and opened a short public comment window; tough trade‑offs loom.

CAL FIRE warns the goldspotted oak borer has killed more than 200,000 oaks in Southern California and is spreading north; residents are urged not to move firewood and to report suspicious trees.

Caltrans will present collision data and a slate of fixes — including roundabouts — for the SR‑67/Mussey Grade intersection at an April 9 public meeting in Ramona. Community input will be taken at the session.

A San Diego man was sentenced to three months after federal agents say he smuggled 17 protected parrots and parakeets hidden under his car seat at the San Ysidro crossing.

San Diego County added the San Luis Rey River outlet in Oceanside to its beach-advisory list, warning against water contact near the river mouth.

Major Market has been the beating heart of Fallbrook's grocery scene since 1988 — and until last week, its inspection record was squeaky clean on pests. A vermin closure on March 16, in a town already classified as a food desert, is the kind of news that does more than just raise a health concern.

A Lemon Grove backyard has become a reservation-only MEHKO, where a mother-and-daughter team stages a seven-course Egyptian tasting with garden-grown garnishes.

San Diego's Get It Done app is carrying a backlog of nearly 85,000 open reports, leaving residents waiting weeks for parking, sidewalks and lights to be fixed.

Seven severely malnourished dogs were rescued from a Bonsall property and are receiving emergency treatment at the Bonita Animal Shelter while investigators process evidence.

An FBI San Diego probe led to a guilty plea in an international elder‑fraud case that targeted more than 40 seniors and moved over $1.2M.