Casting Text Con Has San Diego Actors On High Alert
Actors in San Diego and across the U.S. are getting hit with text messages about supposedly open casting calls that quickly morph into paid sales pitches. Targets say that a brief exchange, sometimes just replying "yes," shuttles them into a so-called "virtual audition" that turns into hard-sell pressure to buy photo...
Tijuana River Trash Boom proving its worth after recent rain storms
SAN DIEGO — The recent rainstorms are putting the Tijuana River Trash Boom Project to the test, and so far, it's proving its worth. The trash boom was installed about a year and a half ago to stop waste from spreading through the Tijuana River Valley and into the Pacific Ocean.
San Diego Braces for Rainy Week Ahead with Possible Snow in San Bernardino Mountains
San Diegans are in for a wet start to the week, as the National Weather Service (NWS) San Diego predicts "an increasing chance of more moderate rainfall" later this afternoon and into the evening, with showers continuing through Wednesday, especially in the San Bernardino Mountains, where up to 2 inches of rain could...
Another bout of overnight rain adds to San Diego’s rainfall totals
Flooding was possible into Monday after another bout of rain brought around a half-inch of rain overnight, weather officials warned. Some light showers were expected to linger through Tuesday, but for the most part, San Diego was expected to dry out from days of rain that brought over an inch of precipitation to some...
Balboa Park ends free parking with new $2.50 hourly rates
Balboa Park implements paid parking on Monday, ending free access. Rates start at $2.50/hour with resident passes available from $30/month.
As shelter requests fail, San Diego leaders weigh changing who gets a bed
For years, asking for shelter in the city of San Diego has often been a first-come, first-serve process. Everyone deserves a safe place to sleep, the thinking goes, so anyone living outside should have a shot. But as the region's overwhelmed shelter system continues to reject staggering numbers of requests,...
Gorilla Almost Cracks Enclosure Glass in California Zoo as Visitors Look on Horrified
On October 11, 2025, visitors at the San Diego Zoo witnessed an astonishing—and unnerving—scene. A 10-year-old western lowland gorilla named Denny charged full speed into the viewing barrier, herculean in force, and left a massive crack sprawling across the enclosure’s tempered glass. The moment was captured on...
La Jolla’s Baby Octopus Boom: 3,000 Tiny Red Hatchlings Hidden Off Exhibit
Out of sight from visitors and school field trips, Birch Aquarium in La Jolla is quietly raising more than 3,000 tiny octopus hatchlings, a big milestone for the Scripps-run facility and an unusual achievement for a species whose young typically drift out in the plankton. The nearly transparent paralarvae, each about...
California providers brace for Medi-Cal cuts. ‘We may not be able to serve everybody.’
Federal changes to Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California, could add up to a nine-figure problem for San Diego medical providers. The most significant immediate change arrived Jan. 1 with the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, which help defray the cost of monthly premiums for Americans enrolled in plans...
What Leon Rice said about Boise State’s ferocious comeback, heartbreaking triple overtime loss to...
Broncos erase 24-point first-half deficit, fall 110-107 after three overtime periods
