City leaders eyed a tax tied to National City's $4.84 billion in business revenue, but owners said the process moved too fast.

Imperial Valley cities are pausing or banning data centers as officials weigh economic hopes against demands on power, water and land.

A Riverside County charter school is gone after officials flagged $16 million in founder-linked payments, religious-school ties and weak academics.

El Cajon wants a 20-year downtown assessment worth nearly $800,000 in year one. The spending questions are not going away.

San Diego members of Congress unveiled twin bills to ease IVF bills: one would require TRICARE to cover fertility care for military families, the other lets people use retirement funds penalty‑free for treatment.

Prop 5 would remove the replacement question from recall ballots and change how governor vacancies are filled in California.

Nearly 10,000 University of California attending physicians launched a union drive at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, saying they will press for better staffing, training and patient‑safety protections.

A state audit says UC and CSU have improved Title IX handling but found inconsistent discipline, weak outreach and problematic language in some reports.

SDPD presented six surveillance tools — from ALPR data sharing to drones and smart glasses — at a July 22 meeting in Oak Park and is taking public comment through July 29.

A GAO report finds the Zumwalt‑class hypersonic retrofit is about 24 months behind, delaying the San Diego‑based USS Michael Monsoor’s upgrade and pushing tests into 2027.

Sen. Catherine Blakespear's SB 936 would ban flavored nitrous-oxide canisters and restrict containers larger than 8 grams, a move prosecutors say targets a recent spike in injuries and DUIs.

The nomination window for Encinitas' Nov. 3 election is open through Aug. 7. Early movers include Rimga Viskanta and Brad Lefkowits as the city braces for competitive local races.

The Justice Department says UC San Diego’s medical school used race‑correlated proxies in admissions, steering interviews and offers toward more underrepresented applicants.