Southern California aging expert uses own knowledge to fight off cancer

Danielle Glorioso’s success story is one centered around a single word.   As the executive director of the University of California, San Diego’s Stein Institute for Research on Aging, she knows a thing or two about healthy aging and teaching older people resilience.  However, while spreading her knowledge, she was going through years of “unexplained” […]

A sea turtle full of plastic trash!

A large sea turtle at the Living Coast Discovery Center in Chula Vista is full of plastic trash! Discarded plastic bottles, that is!. The old sea turtle sculpture, I was informed, is what remains of an exhibition from years ago. Several sculptures had been displayed at the Living Coast Discovery Center to demonstrate how trash hurts wildlife and the natural environment.

San Diego needs more third spaces

Two years ago, I stood in the City Council Chamber amongst San Diego council members as they unanimously approved Phase 2 of the Mira Mesa Community Park improvements; a $55 million project in the neighborhood of Mira Mesa. The same project has since been completed and reopened on October 1,...

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...

Lawsuit filed against California stores alleges receipt paper had toxic chemical

Hundreds of California businesses are being sued by a group that alleges the retailers and restaurants put consumers in harm’s way by having a toxic chemical in their receipt paper.

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...

8-year-old Haitian boy reunites with family after ICE detention in San Diego

Chula Vista Elementary warns teachers of ‘potential changes’ to arts education program

Chula Vista Elementary School officials reviewing its visual and performing arts program have told the teachers union about potential arts education changes, but Giovanna Castro, the district’s director of communications, told inewsource that at this time “there is no final proposal to redesign the program.”. That’s a departure...

East Village Residents Reveal Possibility Of A Nuisance Case After Losing Noise Complaint Against Padres, City

The residents group that sued the San Diego Padres and the City of San Diego officially lost a lawsuit on November 11 that claimed noise code violations regularly occurred at concerts at Petco Park-adjacent Gallagher Square. In an unexpected twist, the Residents Concerned About Gallagher Square Noise revealed that due...

Golden Hill Cafe Loses Customers as Construction Crews Hog Street Parking

At Golden Hill Cafe, the lunch and breakfast crowd has been thinning out, and staff say they know exactly why: construction crews building a new apartment complex down the block have been parking their trucks and vans in the street spaces customers used to count on. Trudi Erickson, who has worked at the cafe for 36 years, put it bluntly: “My customers can’t find a place to park.”

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.

Kobey's Swap Meet, other businesses express concern over Midway Rising approval

Former Chula Vista Schools Director Alleges Favoritism in Union Leader’s New Job

The Chula Vista Elementary School District is poised to award a senior administrative job to the leader of the district’s teachers union following an election in which the union backed the candidacies of some school board members who now will have final say over whether she gets the new job.

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.”

Holiday Pop-Up Bars in San Diego 2026

Tinsel is up, the cocoa is spiked, and the best holiday pop-up bars in San Diego are officially unwrapping. The post Holiday Pop-Up Bars in San Diego 2026 appeared first on Fabulous California .

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

Hillcrest Hall Breaks Ground, Bringing 98 Affordable Homes to University Avenue

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced that Hillcrest Hall has broken ground, calling it a project that will bring affordable homes to a neighborhood close to jobs, transit, schools and opportunity. The announcement, posted Tuesday, marks a milestone for a development that has been winding through city and housing commission approvals for roughly three years.

Neighbors push back on City Heights housing project

The City Heights Community Planning Group voiced its disapproval of a proposed housing project on 44th Street due to a lack of onsite parking. Documenter Jennifer Hua was at the group’s latest meeting and took notes on the conversation. The owner plans to build a 23-unit apartment complex in...

San Diego Man Bakes 15 Pizzas a Week in His Apartment, and More Than 3,500 People Chase the Slots

AJ Miller bakes 15 New Haven-style pizzas a week in his Ocean Beach apartment, and more than 3,500 people chase slots that sell out in under 30 seconds. The post San Diego Man Bakes 15 Pizzas a Week in His Apartment, and More Than 3,500 People Chase the Slots appeared first on Timeless Dishes .