tightest such contest in county

The race for Encinitas mayor remained the closest mayoral contest in San Diego County on Thursday, Nov. 5, with challenger Rimga Viskanta regaining the lead over incumbent Bruce Ehlers by just 73 votes, according to unofficial results from the county Registrar of Voters. Two City Council races continued to show...

Poway Unified provides update on Del Sur Elementary mold issue

School administrators shared findings from its investigation into mold that shut the elementary down and shared what the next steps are as well as the price tag.

San Diego already killed the mileage tax once—Sacramento wants it back

San Diegans already beat the mileage tax once. We may have to do it again. A few years ago, SANDAG wrote a charge on every mile you drive into the region’s long-range transportation plan. I fought it, and so did thousands of you. People packed meetings, filled in boxes and said plainly that they would not pay a new […] The post San Diego already killed the mileage tax once—Sacramento wants it back first appeared on Valley Roadrunner .

News from the City of Carlsbad -City Council meeting and More

As the sun rose Tuesday morning, a group of early morning swimmers gathered outside Monroe Street Pool, ready to be among the first through the doors of the newly renovated and expanded facility. In this video, you can watch the moment the doors opened and hear from community members about why this is more than just a pool to them.

Election results: San Diego County Supervisor, Districts 4 and 5

Voters in San Diego County will choose between candidates for the district 4 and district 5 supervisor seats on the upcoming November ballot.

The latest results for South County races

A day after Election Day, San Diego County officials have tallied about 700,000 votes. Thousands more are left. Here’s a breakdown of how results are shaping up in the county’s South Bay region. In Chula Vista, incumbents take the lead. Mayor: John McCann handily won against opponent Francisco...

South Bay elections: Mayoral races in Chula Vista and National City

Blue Wave in South County? More Like a Ripple

Across the nation and much of San Diego County, voters this week delivered a sharp rebuke to Republicans and yanked America leftward. Everywhere, that is, except in San Diego’s South Bay. Even as Republicans and conservative-leaning independents lost federal, state and local races around the county, South County moderates...

Lopez leads by just 13 votes in National City council race

Cindy Lopez widened her lead over Luz Molina for National City’s District 1 City Council race in the latest election results released Friday evening — by 10 more votes. She’s now up 13 with 1,765 counted. Lopez is a National School District board member. Molina is an...

Final segment installed on San Diego's 8-mile Pure Water pipeline

Crews installed the final segment of San Diego's 8-mile North City Pure Water Pipeline, which will carry up to 30 million gallons per day of purified water to Miramar Reservoir. Crews have installed the final segment of the North City Pure Water Pipeline beneath Hoyt Park Drive in San Diego’s...

SoCal Concert Lineup: November 6–12

Deftones turn Petco Park into a festival, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean celebrate 30 years of The Score under the Hollywood Bowl shell, Don Omar opens and Smashing Pumpkins close a huge Kia Forum week, Ricky Martin plays Temecula and Miranda Lambert closes Highland — and Palm Springs Pride fills the desert streets all weekend.

Things to do this weekend include horse races, Food + Wine festival and more

There’s always something fun to do in America’s Finest City. Our Weekend Events Guide is here to help. Get up. Get out. Play!. Our Weekend Events guide is published every Thursday in our In Your Neighborhood section of NBC7.com. Like our mission always, our guide will do its...

Oceanside sales tax inches closer to 'no' in new results

A new sales tax in Oceanside is still too close to call, but opponents may be breathing slightly easier than supporters after election results released Thursday evening. The new results show “no” on Measure S ahead by 440 votes after it had a 382-vote edge in the final tally on election night. More than 45,000 ballots have been tallied so far.

NC has a new mayor

The Star-News offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Regardless of the election results Tuesday night National City was going to have a new mayor in December since incumbent Ron Morrison decided not to run for yet another term. Turns out National City Councilman Jose...

California Landlord Faces $19.25 Million Settlement Over Tenants' Security Deposits

A $19.25 million settlement has just been announced (October 20th) and awaits court approval in a class action lawsuit between Essex Property Trust and former tenants who claimed that the company withheld security deposits in violation of state laws. According to the Times of San Diego, the former tenants also claimed that they were charged...

San Diego faces $2.5M special election to fill District 5 city council seat

San Diego will hold a special election for its fifth district council seat following Marni von Wilpert's victory in the race for California's 48th congressional district.

GOP Troubles Spread to Statehouse Races

California Democrats funneled tens of millions of dollars into legislative races to protect their supermajority and recapture their 2024 losses. They accomplished that, and then some. The GOP’s troubles spread like wildfire down the California ballot as statehouse Republicans were set ablaze in the political catastrophe. So much so that...

Mira Mesa's Maddox Park to open Nov. 11 after years of delays

Mira Mesa's Maddox Park opens Nov. 11 with a dog park, playground and bathrooms after nearly 3 years of delays.

San Diego Weekend Guide Nov. 6-8: Raise a toast

School’s been back in session. The election is (mercifully) over. And we’re done with Dia De Los Muertos and Halloween. It’s fair to ask, “Now what?”. As it turns out, there’s still events literally all over the county – Southwestern College marks a milestone in Chula Vista; Ren Faire enthusiasts get one more weekend of fun in Escondido; foodies and wine enthusiasts are having their own bash at the Embarcadero, and Balboa Park will host a truly fab celebration, just to name a few.