ALPR Technology Leads Chula Vista Police to Stolen Vehicle and Arrest of Two Suspects
CHULA VISTA, CA – “ALPR + Great Police Work = Another Win! 👊🏼. A @flocksafety ALPR alert recently helped our officers track down a stolen vehicle out of San Diego. 🚙 Using Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, officers quickly pinpointed the car’s last known location — a local motel.
Texas-based bar and restaurant set to open on waterfront in downtown San Diego
The Rustic, a Texas-based restaurant and bar, is set to open its first California location in downtown San Diego's waterfront, in the former Joe's Crab Shack location along the Embarcadero. The 9,000 square-foot building will offer indoor and outdoor seating, live indoor music, American food dishes, craft beers, wine...
Decades-Old El Cajon Cold Case Solved as DNA Identifies Victim Alicia Ledezma Sanchez
After nearly three decades, a cold case victim has been identified through advanced DNA technology as Alicia Ledezma Sanchez, the El Cajon Police confirmed. The mystery of the unidentified female's body, found on August 13, 1998, had been a long-standing, bleak chapter in the community's history. According to a...
Navy police officer charged in death of La Mesa police officer
Antonio Alcantar, 38, was arraigned Thursday in the murder of La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven.
Window washers dress as superheroes to surprise young Rady patients
Young patients at Rady Children's Hospital got a special Halloween treat today when window washers showed up dressed as superheroes to clean the building's exterior windows.
Beloved Clairemont gym forced to close after 36 years as new landlords finalize a...
SAN DIEGO — A family-owned gym that has served the Clairemont community for more than three decades is being forced to close after new landlords terminated its lease. Being Fit, located in Clairemont Town Square, received a 90-day notice in September from the former landlord terminating its month-to-month lease. The...
San Diego County Probation Officers Conduct Halloween Compliance Checks at Local Homes
In the days before Halloween 2025, San Diego County Probation teams made unannounced visits to the homes of 25 to 30 registered sex offenders in the east and central parts of the county. Officers checked that these individuals followed rules, such as not having Halloween decorations, candy, or contact with children....
Man allegedly dies from being ‘essentially boiled alive’ in San Diego hotel shower
It’s not surprising to get out of a particularly hot shower with steaming skin, but most people likely aren’t concerned about boiling alive under a faucet. Yet, that’s how man recently died in a California hotel, according reports.
El Cajon Police Identify 1998 Homicide Victim Found on Avocado Avenue as Alicia Ledezma...
In August 1998, authorities found the body of a partially decomposed woman in a ravine on Avocado Avenue in El Cajon, California. Despite efforts such as forensic sculpture and DNA profiling, they could not identify her for many years. The case was reviewed several times, but no new information was found, and the...
A Day of the Dead altar at Otay Mesa Detention Center
Pedro Rios, San Diego Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee, speaking at the Day of the Dead memorial outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center As the sun set on October 29, immigrant activists set up a Day of the Dead altar outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. Usually, these altars...
