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Feds Slip Veolia A $27 Million Lifeline At Troubled South Bay Sewage Plant

Federal officials have quietly signed off on another extension for Veolia Water West Operating Services Inc. at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, approving a short-term, sole-source deal worth about $27.3 million. The bridge award is meant to keep staffing and controls in place through a transitio
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Tijuana wastewater line repairs complete after collapse

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The Mexican Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission says repairs to a collapsed wastewater pipe are now complete. The Tijuana Parallel Gravity Line, which transports wastewater in Tijuana, collapsed Friday night. The collapse led to heavy wastewater flow through the South Bay Inter
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Man sentenced 25 years to life for City Heights shooting death

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A man who fatally shot his cousin's friend in the courtyard of a City Heights apartment complex was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison. Edgar Sanchez, 34, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, as well as an allegation of using a gun in the April 23, 2024, killing of Marco Gonzalez,
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The Seuss House Sold, We’re Told, for $9 Million Gold!

The former home of children’s author Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, has sold in La Jolla.
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Woman sentenced after drunk crash that hits five-year-old girl

Savannah Taylor was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months in prison for drunkenly crashing into a 5-year-old girl at Liberty Station, leaving her with severe and life-changing injuries.
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Coronado Cays Heiress Snatched In Tijuana Bursts Back From The Archives

An old-school true crime saga out of Coronado Cays is getting a second life, and it still hits like a cross-border thriller. An archival San Diego Reader feature on the 1999 kidnapping of Georgina Romero de Crespo, taken from her Tijuana office and freed about a month later under opaque circumstances, has been republis
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Student stabbed in class sues Sweetwater Union High School District

This article first appeared in EdSource. A student who was repeatedly stabbed inside a classroom at San Ysidro High School has filed a lawsuit against the Sweetwater Union High School District, alleging that the attack was preventable and resulted from security failures on campus, reported The Mercury News. The suit...
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Free Pet Adoption Day Hits 150+ Southern California Shelters This Saturday

Southern California animal shelters are participating in a large-scale adoption event this Saturday, offering waived adoption fees at more than 150 shelters across the region in an effort to find homes for thousands of pets. The initiative is part of a statewide campaign designed to reduce overcrowding in shelters and
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Publisher’s Note: Restaurants Are People, June 2026

I spent time in a hot dog stand on the edge of San Diego Bay, looking out a window that mattered. Mattered to a kid whose mom taught him to fish on this pier. They’d turn on a little transistor radio, find a signal through the static, stare at the water, and talk life and his dad. Dennis Borlek’s dad was out there, som
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Protest leads to temporary closure of San Ysidro Port of Entry

A protest caused the closure of the San Ysidro Port of Entry into Mexico for several hours on Thursday afternoon, leading to traffic heading south being rerouted to the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. All lanes were reopened by 12:50 p.m. The demonstration activity was on the Mexican side of the border.

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