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The burn permit suspension in San Diego County is being lifted effective at 8 a.m. Monday. San Diego County Fire Chief Tony Mecham formally canceled the suspension, advising residents and property owners who hold current, valid agricultural and residential burn permits that they may resume burning on permissible burn days. Permissible burning hours will run 8 a.m. to sunset, according to Cal Fire.
A suspicious briefcase was found at the San Diego County Registrar of Voters office on Monday afternoon, prompting an evacuation that lasted a few hours as voters headed to the polls just one day before Election Day. San Diego County Sheriff's deputies found the suspicious suitcase in the lobby of...
Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to draft an ordinance that would allow low-impact camping on private land to bolster agricultural tourism and recreation opportunities in rural communities.
NORTH COUNTY — On Tuesday, voters who have not yet mailed their ballots will head to the polls to cast their votes. In addition to local elections and two countywide measures — one to extend term limits and give the San Diego County Board of Supervisors more power, and another half-cent sales tax proposal — voters will also see 14 statewide propositions.
More than 1,600 San Diego Gas & Electric customers in the backcountry lost power early Saturday morning, with service expected to be restored by noon.
Candidates for Governor and various local offices across California and San Diego County are making final campaign pushes ahead of the general election scheduled for Tuesday, November 3.
Have you ever been curious as to why bluegrass music and culture is so prominent in San Diego? There’s more bluegrass going on in San Diego than in many other parts of the U.S., including more than in the much larger Los Angeles area. There are many reasons for this phenomenon, but one of them is undoubtedly the prominence of key bluegrass and folk stars with ties to our area. Here is a rundown on a few:
A staff report on San Diego County's homelessness governance is set for review Monday. It concerns the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, a private nonprofit, and is scheduled for presentation to the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that a staff report on the region's...
Three full casts will share performances of “Oliver!” this November at Adams Avenue Theater in Normal Heights. Solana Beach Community Theater and HeyJoJo Productions are presenting the Nov. 12 through Nov. 15 run with parents, grandparents, teachers and longtime performers among the cast, including adults returning to the stage.
Health officials issued an advisory Sunday for all San Diego County beaches and bays due to recent rainfall. “Beachgoers are advised that rain brings urban runoff, which can cause bacteria levels to rise significantly in ocean and bay waters, especially near storm drains, creeks, rivers and lagoon outlets, and may cause illness,” the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality said.
Despite rainy weather, residents in Santee continued their Halloween festivities, including a neighborhood block party on Pebble Beach Drive.
"I looked into a couple of those and they refused to put it in writing."
San Diego’s Lake Hodges already has an “extremely high” flood risk. Regulators fear a dam breach would cause “considerable loss of human life” where more than 1,000 people live. But as El Niño threatens torrential rain this winter, the downstream danger could be even greater.
The published unit counts for 16th & Island differ, and the sources do not explain why. BuildSD’s project page, dated February 20, 2026, describes a 102-unit development: 101 affordable homes and a manager’s residence, then listed as under review. In a later account, the San Diego Reader reported that Father Joe’s Villages had broken ground on the $47 million project and described it as containing 124 affordable apartments.
Rail travel was once an important part of getting around San Diego and connecting the region’s communities. However, a photograph of a Rose Canyon train wreck around 1915 shows one of the risks that came with traveling by rail. The California Southern Railroad completed its track through Rose Canyon...
Health officials issued an advisory Sunday for all San Diego County beaches and bays due to recent rainfall.
Lurch, the gigantic hand-less skeleton, was observed conducting an organ concert today in San Diego’s Balboa Park!. Lurch stood on the stage of the Spreckels Organ Pavilion as San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez played Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor and other musical selections!
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to advance an "anti-corruption" measure that would feature a ban on post-employment lobbying and restrictions on using betting platforms.
