The San Diego Union-Tribune

Santa Fe Christian teacher killed in Joshua Tree climbing accident

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:03:00 +0200

San Diego resident Michael Spitz was injured Sunday and found dead Monday at the base of the Sentinel Wall at Joshua Tree National Park

Driver strikes, kills 2 pedestrians along San Diego Bay near Liberty Station

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:01:40 +0200

A man and woman, both between 55 and 65 years old, were struck and killed Wednesday evening on North Harbor Drive west of Nimitz Boulevard

ERs strain under crushing patient loads, but staffing shortages appear to be easing

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:55:18 +0200

New cases of COVID-19 remain high, with 9,382 reported Wednesday

Police conclude mother killed herself, 2-year-old son in Petco Park fall last year

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 02:34:12 +0200

Attorney for Raquel Wilkins' parents says police, city refuse to provide information backing up murder-suicide conclusion

UCSD will resume putting up to 3 students in dorm rooms to deal with housing shortage

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:49:32 +0200

The change in the fall semester will help the school accommodate about 700 undergraduate students

Agents arrest man after search in connection to homicide of Tijuana photojournalist

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:10:46 +0200

A spokesman for the Baja California state Attorney General's office said Ángel Peña is being held on possession of marijuana, but his home was searched in connection to the homicide

Sweetwater schools' HR chief named new superintendent in Chula Vista

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:08:21 +0200

Eduardo Reyes is a senior official at district that employs two Chula Vista school board members who voted for him

Sheriff Bill Gore announces early retirement, starting next month

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:45:00 +0200

Gore said last summer that he did not plan on seeking re-election; his retirement is effective Feb. 3

Police seek help to find gunman in Sunset Cliffs fatal shooting

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 23:12:38 +0200

Akili Cobbs, 34, was fatally shot around 11:25 p.m. in the parking lot of the park on Ladera Street

Former prosecutor in 'Fat Leonard' case named to San Diego federal bench

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:36:04 +0200

Robert Huie is Biden's fourth judicial nominee to the Southern District of California

Mexican Consulate wants investigation into death of man apprehended near Otay Mesa border crossing

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:16:07 +0200

Mexican man, 38, went into "medical distress" as he waited to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol on Jan. 12

San Diego's Blue Line trolley extension cost twice U.S. average for light rail, study finds

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:01:09 +0200

Researchers see the transit project as a success despite hefty price tag. Partnership with UC San Diego led to speedy completion.

Leaders of San Diego's most diverse areas say lingering police choppers create war zone atmosphere

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:00:27 +0200

Elo-Rivera, Montgomery Steppe want more transparency, specific criteria for police helicopter use

South Bay hospitals declare internal disasters as patient crush continues

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:39:42 +0200

County says it is working to spread the load with transfers reaching as far as Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside

Man dressed in camouflage robs teller at Kearny Mesa bank

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:29:25 +0200

Tuesday afternoon robbery at Chase on Ruffin Road and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard was fourth bank robbery in past five business days in San Diego County

Poway man charged in Dec. 30 attack on workers at Tustin COVID vaccine clinic

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 04:50:56 +0200

OC prosecutors say he called medical assistants "murderers," repeatedly punching two of them

Baja California governor gives birth to boy

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:51:08 +0200

Baby is born at hospital in Brawley; Marina del Pilar Ávila is first give birth while in office

Deputies allegedly find 6 Molotov cocktails while arresting man in Vista

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:42:04 +0200

Sheriff's bomb/arson unit responded, along with FBI and ATF, after deputies found bags labeled with chemical compounds used in homemade explosives

U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in case involving Nazi-looted painting

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:38:18 +0200

The hearing centered on whether state or federal law applies to the painting, taken by the Nazis during World War II from a Jewish woman whose heirs settled in La Mesa

Woman driving stolen car arrested after evading La Mesa police

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:08:21 +0200

The 31-year-old woman was arrested around 1 a.m. after leading La Mesa police on a chase