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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – On Thursday, Jan. 26, Santa Ana winds berated San Diego county, knocking over semi trucks and uprooting 35 trees at Balboa Park alone, affectively shutting the park down. On Friday, Jan. 27 the park reopened after extensive cleanup. KUSI’s Ed Lenderman went live at the...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – San Diegans of all ages will be able to take a trip through time through the hands-on experience “King Tut: The Immersive Experience San Diego”. The exhibit opened on Jan. 27 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. History’s most famous king and his story will be explored through interactive images and exhibits.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The San Diego coastline could be in jeopardy due to state pressures to increase housing availability in major cities. San Diego could face financial penalties if the city doesn’t transition more units from single-family homes into high-rises, according to city officials. Sacramento politicians have...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The Asian Pacific Islander Initiative will host a townhall meeting on Saturday, Jan. 29 in response to recent violence in California. Three shootings occurred in under a week during Lunar New Year celebrations, including a shooting in Monterey Park that left 11 dead and multiple injured.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Housing prices in San Diego have fallen consistently since record highs slowed the market in the second half of 2022. Jim Bottrell, founder of the Real Estate Team of EXP, believes low supply and high demand will keep San Diego prices sky-high despite many theories that the county’s market will drop exponentially in 2023.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – On Jan. 25, the 2023 Point In Time Count kicked off across the county from 4-8 a.m. The Point in Time Count is required by the federal government to qualify for certain funds. KUSI’s Ed Lenderman went live in Downtown where volunteers were waking hundreds...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The popular Prince St. Pizza has arrived in San Diego. Their new location in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, located at 415 Market St, is opening their doors by giving out FREE pizza in partnership with the businesses that they are now neighbors with. Prince...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose one-tenth of a cent Friday to $4.584, its highest amount since Dec. 12. The average price has risen for seven consecutive days, increasing 4.7 cents, including 1.2 cents Thursday and...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The State of California Reparations Task Force was to held public hearings at San Diego State University the week of Jan. 23 to examine the potential appropriate remedies of compensation, rehabilitation, and restitution for African Americans. The controversy lies in California’s history. The Golden State...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Homelessness in San Diego was front and center the week of Jan. 23 after the county completed the annual Point In Time Count. While results won’t be available for some time, many expect the numbers to once again be higher than the year prior.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Girl Scout cookie season will kick off on Jan. 29 across the nation. Girl Scouts sell cookies to raise funds for their troop camping trips, etc. KUSI’s Logan Byrnes was joined by Chief Mission Delivery Officer Michelle Mullen of the United States Girl Scouts to discus new cookies.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Fierce Santa Ana winds battered much of the region today, prompting a weather warning at San Diego International Airport, making driving treacherous for big rigs and even toppling a tree that fell on a woman in Balboa Park. Forecasters called for peak gusts of 30...

CHULA VISTA (KUSI) – A boxing promoter in Chula Vista was fighting for the survival of his business in the first month of 2023 after the homeless set up shop in his business’ backyard. Lorenzo Morales said he’d been evicted from his boxing gym and was asked to...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – On Friday, Jan. 27, the SANDAG board voted on a change to the TransNet ordinance. TransNet is the half-cent sales tax used by SANDAG to fund local transportation projects. Because of the legislation’s 2/3 majority vote requirement, even the weighted voting system did not provide...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – In 2022, San Diego saw its highest crime rates in ten years. Dan Shea of the Lucky Duck Foundation says San Diego put roughly 1,500 low-level criminals onto the street during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, police are powerless to remove them, even when they cause issues, says Shea.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – When it was released, critics called the Netflix film “All Quiet on the Western Front” one of the best war movies ever made. The film follows the life of a German soldier after enlisting in the army with his friends during World War I.

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Friday, January 27th, we remember the 78th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. Friday is recognized as the United Nations Holocaust Remembrance Day. Ben Schindler joined KUSI’s Lauren Phinney on Good Morning San Diego to discuss the importance of this day, and share the story...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A 17-year-old girl made national headlines after speaking out about an incident involving herself, a naked man using the Santee YMCA women’s locker room. Rebecca Phillips shared her scary experience while speaking in front of the Santee City Council, as she noted that staff...