San Diego CA

The San Diego Unified School District is backing down on a plan to build workforce housing on school land, reports Scott Lewis for KPBS. Earlier in 2025, district leaders asked developers for proposals for housing on school district property and considered more than a dozen. “But then a dispute arose. The committee...

San Diego County officials have released the medical examiner's findings in the death of 35-year-old Steven Curren, who died after spending roughly a day in jail. Curren was arrested Aug. 29 on vehicle-theft and possession-of-stolen-property charges and was found unresponsive the next afternoon. He was taken to a...

Thousands of San Diego County residents were without power Thursday morning due to multiple outages, some of which were linked to severe weather conditions, impacting Logan Heights, Mountain View, Lincoln Park, Clairemont, Bay Park, Morena, El Cajon, and La Mesa.

Residents in San Diego county were warned about flash floods after heavy rain and thunderstorms have pounded the area on New Year's Day

Due to its proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border, states such as California experience a wide range of crimes tied to trafficking. One of the most serious is human trafficking, which accounts for hundreds of cases each year. Some of the most recent cases involving human trafficking occurred earlier this month,...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's "Giant Strides Together" float won the Grand Marshal Award at the 137th Rose Parade, paying homage to the upcoming Elephant Valley exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

A San Diego Lifeguard Swift Water Rescue team rescued an adult and a child trapped in a vehicle by rapidly rising flood waters Thursday at the Fashion Valley mall. San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokes woman Candace Hadley was at the scene and described the flooding following Thursday morning rains as “a river,”...

The City of San Diego has hauled two neighborhood smoke shops into court, accusing them of quietly running unlicensed THC operations out of hidden back rooms and sidestepping the rules that come with legal cannabis sales. The civil complaint targets Mira Mesa Smoke and Vape Inc. and Prime Smoke and Vape, and names...

Emergency crews raced to rescue the driver and his daughter as his car began to submerge beneath fast-moving water

The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which was once large enough to hold whole oceans of print. These stories will feature all the original illustrations and...