San Diego-area hospital named one of Forbes’ top hospitals for 2026
A hospital in the South Bay has landed on Forbes' inaugural list of the top hospitals for 2026.
San Diego Pros Say ‘Told You So’ as Immigrants Hand U.S. a Multitrillion Tax...
A massive new fiscal deep dive finds that immigrants have poured far more into American tax coffers than they have drawn out in benefits over the last three decades, and that conclusion plays out very differently in a city built on immigrant labor like San Diego. The headline takeaway directly undercuts the familiar...
Rotten Egg Reek Blankets South San Diego, Triggers Health Advisory
That rotten egg smell hanging over parts of South San Diego today was not a mystery plumbing problem. County officials issued an air quality advisory after monitoring stations detected elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide across South San Diego County. The foul odor associated with hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is more than...
Hooked On History: The Imperial Beach Fishing Pier
*This is the first in a series of articles about the history of Imperial Beach by the I.B. Historical Society. The city will be celebrating its 70th birthday this July. The Chamber of Commerce and Sun & Sea Festival Group are planning a celebration. The Imperial Beach Fishing Pier at...
San Diego Labs Flip T Cell Kill Switches In High-Stakes Cancer Fight
Scientists at UC San Diego, the Salk Institute, and the University of North Carolina have drawn up a detailed genetic atlas that shows how CD8 “killer” T cells decide whether the keep fighting tumors or slide into exhaustion. Using that map, the team flagged two transcription factors that, when switched off, allow...
New County Psychiatric Facility Opens in Oceanside
The new County-funded Psychiatric Health Facility in Oceanside has completed its first month of operation, providing short-term inpatient psychiatric care to a total of 31 people to date with 10 in care earlier this week. Staff moved into the 16-bed facility in November for training, and the first patient was...
Maura Fox: San Diego County’s Lindo Lake is a bird-filled wonderland
SAN DIEGO - I was met with what felt like thousands of birds when I arrived at Lindo Lake this week. There were dozens of great-tailed grackles in nearly every tree, a range of ducks waddling on the shore and paddling in the water and Canada geese parading along the sidewalk. Two hummingbirds tussled in low branches....
San Diego shop turns burglary into social media gold
Nothing hits better than a late night sweet treat, but one man took his search for the perfect bite further than most when he broke into Mr Frostie early Sunday morning. A man dressed in a turquoise shirt and khaki pants broke into the store at about 1:20 a.m., according to surveillance footage shared by Mr Frostie...
Opinion: Our treasured Balboa Park can’t be city hall’s cash register
I live near Balboa Park, and I want to be clear about something from the start: my opposition to paid parking has nothing to do with convenience — mine or anyone else’s. This isn’t about saving a few dollars at a meter for me. It’s about who...
Ocean Beach icon ‘The Black’ announces closure after nearly 60 years
SAN DIEGO — The Black, a cornerstone of Ocean Beach retail since opening in the 1960s, will close its doors after nearly six decades of serving the community. The store opened 57 years ago on Newport Avenue in the heart of Ocean Beach as a smoke shop. Over the decades, it evolved into a comprehensive retailer...

















