San Diego CA

U.S. Customs and Border Protection San Diego Field Office officers arrested a driver suspected of trying to smuggle a Mexican national who was concealed in a compartment built into the vehicle's gas tank at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

A British consulting group has ranked San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose as the three happiest cities in the United States in an annual international study. The sixth annual Happy City Index by the metropolitan London-based Gold Group was announced in Britain’s Parliament this week. European and Japanese...

“You’re knocking at midnight, you’re waking somebody up from dead sleep. They don’t know what’s going on and you have a duty to protect your house, your home and your family."

Officials on Tuesday identified a man who went missing while hiking and was later found dead on an El Capitan County Preserve trail. The county medical examiner's office said on Tuesday that the hiker was Johnathan Gorbea, 40, who was reported missing Sunday around 10:50 a.m. by his family after he failed to return...

If anyone has ever watched a cooking show and thought, “I need that in my mouth right now,” California’s Mexican food scene feels made for them. From the smoky, chile-laced kitchens of Los Angeles to the coastal flavors drifting through Newport Beach, the state is home to some of the most electric Mexican restaurants...

A contractor is preparing to install wildlife-friendly shoreline structures in San Diego Bay after receiving approval earlier this month from the Port of San Diego’s Board of Port Commissioners, officials announced Monday. On March 10, the board awarded a $2.9 million construction contract to Power Engineering...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education will consider taking action Tuesday to initiate the formal process to change the name of César Chávez Elementary School following recent allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of the late labor leader. "The name...

An independent auditor is digging into the county’s contracting processes amid the criminal misappropriation debacle involving a former county contractor. Chief Administrative Officer Ebony Shelton announced Monday that the county has retained an outside auditor to “conduct a targeted review of contracting...

The City of San Diego will begin delivering new light blue recycling bins to households eligible for city-provided trash and recycling collection services.

A man convicted of killing one woman and raping another at his Palm City home was sentenced Tuesday to two terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 25 years to life. Rafael Reyes Banda, 47, was found guilty by a San Diego jury last fall of...