Affordable housing coming to Hillcrest

Construction began Tuesday on a 97-unit development on the corner of University Avenue and Herbert Street. Known as Hillcrest Hall, it will remain affordable for 55 years for qualifying low-income San Diegans, which right now includes households earning between $47,250 and $110,200 for a family of three. The development is...

Protesters in San Diego demand release of 8-year-old detained by ICE

San Diego's Forecast for Friday, Nov. 13: Another round of rain to kick off the weekend!

Rain picks up again Friday evening through Saturday morning. Periods of rain will continue at least through the end of next week. We had overnight thunderstorms here in San Diego county, and if they didn’t wake you up, you must be a heavy sleeper. The second storm will bring...

Hospital Staff Plans Wedding in Under 36 Hours for Groom Who Had to Undergo Emergency Surgery

“It took a village, and that village delivered,” the hospital told PEOPLE

Temperatures reached over 90 degrees amid lockdowns at Donovan state prison, records confirm

In September, officials at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility locked down parts of the prison during a brutal heat wave. Several incarcerated people said staff restricted their access to ice water and cooler areas as a result, even as their cells became dangerously hot. Now, state prison officials have...

Team rescues new mother cow in San Diego

Late Thursday evening (11/13), San Diego Humane Society’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) rescued an eight-year-old Jersey cow who collapsed at the bottom of a steep pasture after giving birth in Fallbrook, CA. Veterinarians suspected that the new mother cow, named Amalthea, developed milk fever—a severe calcium deficiency that can strike after calving, leaving cows dangerously weak and unable to stand. The ERT moved Amalthea to the barn where the veterinarians began rehabilitation and reunited her with her newborn calf.

After Flock came to Hillcrest, hate crimes dropped. The community is now divided on whether ALPRs should stay.

In the past decade, the historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood Hillcrest has recorded the highest number of total hate crimes of any neighborhood in the city. However, hate crimes in Hillcrest have dropped since 2025, with other neighborhoods recording more hate crimes than Hillcrest for the first time since 2016. Some Hillcrest residents, business owners and San Diego Police attribute the decline to the introduction of Automated License Plate Readers in July 2024.

November events, activitiesin Downtown Chula Vista

The Star-News offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. There is a slight chill in the air and that can mean only one thing – fall has officially arrived in Downtown Chula Vista! With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the neighborhood has everything needed to spend quality time with family and friends before the big day. Shop locally and get ready for the holidays!

Slurp Targets November Opening at SDSU, Eyes Further San Diego Expansion

Slurp is preparing to open a new takeout-focused kitchen near San Diego State University, with a target opening date of November 20, pending permits. The location will extend the brand’s reach into the university area and nearby communities while its owners consider additional expansion opportunities across San Diego. Slurp...

New San Diego Airport Trip Fee Draws Concern From Premium Rideshare Drivers

San Diego International Airport — Reported Airport Trip Fee Location. A new $5 fee per airport pick-up or drop-off from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority is squeezing drivers who ferry passengers in Uber Black and Lyft Black vehicles, with one driver saying he took home less than $200 for all of October after accounting for the charge. Operators are invoiced monthly based on their airport activity. The fee change, which began in October 2026, has shifted charter operators from an annual vehicle fee to a trip-based structure, and some drivers say the math no longer works in their favor.

Soul & Saffron Targets January Opening in San Diego

Soul & Saffron, a new dining concept, is preparing to open in San Diego in January 2027. According to public filings, the restaurant is planned for 2820 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 009, in San Diego. What Now San Diego reached out to Andrés Villasuso, listed in the LLC, to learn...

San Diego Council Certifies Environmental Review for Midway Rising, Clearing Path for 4,254 Homes and New Arena

San Diego City Council certified the Midway Rising EIR, clearing the way for 4,254 homes (2,000+ affordable), a 16,000-seat arena, retail

Can a jetty prevent sewage from Tijuana?

In the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a massive jetty from the shore of North Island almost 1.5 miles into the mouth of San Diego Bay. The Zuniga Shoals Jetty Project was designed to create a deepwater port for vessels to enter and exit. But, it took over a decade to complete, cost far more than anticipated and, according to the San Diego History Center, was an epic failure: “…the rock structure did not solve the harbor’s problems.”

Bird Rock’s Wayfarer Bread & Pastry is Coming to North County

Wayfarer Bread & Pastry, the Bird Rock bakery with lines around the block, is expanding for the first time. The plan is a first North County location by the end of 2027, with Encinitas and Oceanside on the list of possible spots. It’s the start of a bigger idea, too:...

California's warm waters are drawing rare sea creatures north

El Niño and a marine heat wave are bringing warmer ocean water temperatures off the coast of California and with them, in recent weeks, an oddity of sea creatures. From endangered turtles nesting on beaches to a whale shark swimming off San Diego, the coast of Southern California is seeing a wave of marine species not typically found in the region. And while they may be fascinating sights to behold, the warmer waters do more than just pave the way for unusual sea creature sightings; such conditions can also pose risks to the local ecosystem. "It's important to remember that a lot of our local species that we normally find in San Diego aren't quite adapted for these higher temperatures, so we're very closely monitoring those species and trying to figure out how the warm water will affect them and how the ecosystem may change over time as our oceans continue to warm," Zach Merson, a PhD student at the Simmons Lab at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography , said in a Facebook video. What is El Niño? El Niño , a naturally occurring phenomenon that warms ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean,

UC San Diego Students Protest After Enrollment System Crash Threatens Their Graduation Dates

UC San Diego's winter-quarter registration outages have put its new Triton Student System under scrutiny. Students said they could not secure some courses needed to graduate on time, raising concerns that delays could mean paying for an extra quarter. Associated Students organized a campus protest over the disruption. Student Affaan...

Opinion: Dia de Los Muertos altar at Balboa Park’s Centro Cultural de la Raza promoted hate

As part of their celebration of the Day of the Dead, Balboa Park’s Centro Cultural de la Raza put up an ofrenda (altar) honoring, among others, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 massacre that killed over 1,200 Israelis, and Qasem Soleimani, the deceased leader of the Iranian Quds Force responsible for hundreds of American and coalition deaths in Iraq.

From league finals to CIF, Metro runners are ready for the chase … and beyond

The Star-News offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. While participation numbers have taken a bit of a hit this season, especially in the girls ranks, cross country continues to draw runners to the starting line. The Metro Conference held its annual league championship meet...

Body Worlds Brings Plastinated Cadavers to Del Mar Fairgrounds Next Month

A touring exhibition of preserved human cadavers, posed mid-stride, mid-swing and mid-stretch, is set to open at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Dec. 22, marking the show's first appearance in San Diego. Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness will fill the fairgrounds' Activity Center at 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. through April 21, 2027, with tickets already on sale.

Court ends San Diego, other schools’ social media ‘addiction’ ‘nuisance’ suits

(Legal Newsline) — Neither San Diego's public schools nor three other public school districts from elsewhere in the U.S. should be able to continue with their lawsuits demanding social media companies pay for allegedly causing "public nuisances" by allegedly harming the mental health of children and teens, and, in turn, allegedly placing a heavier burden on public educators, a California state appeals panel has ruled.