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San Diego Legion in Playoff Mix As Tickets Go on Sale for Rugby Title Game at Snapdragon
Tickets to this year’s Major League Rugby Championship Match are available now, with the contest set for Aug. 4 at Snapdragon Stadium. The championship will feature the top teams from the East and West conferences after completion of the 18-week regular season and a single elimination tournament that starts July 20.
California’s $25 Health Care Minimum Wage Remains a Moving Target Amid Budget Deficit
It’s no surprise that California health care workers have questions about a new state law that will give them a higher minimum wage. It has different pay scales based on where they work and who they work for. And, Gov. Gavin Newsom has turned its start date into a...
Opinion: Nostalgic ‘Trolley’ Name No Longer Fits San Diego’s 70-Mile Urban Transit System
I have a mea culpa to declare. As a journalist four decades ago, I was responsible more than anyone else for the name San Diego Trolley on the region’s urban rail network. I now confess my mistake in pushing “trolley” in article after article from the initial line’s proposal in 1978 to the name’s approval in 1980. Following dozens of high-speed rides on the system’s four corridors over the past several months, I believe that the time has come for a designation more appropriate to its reality today.
Firefighters Work Vehicle Rescue on San Diego Highway
Firefighters were working a vehicle rescue on a stretch of highway in San Diego Saturday. Units were dispatched at around 2:50 a.m. Saturday and arrived a few minutes later to northbound Interstate 15, near the intersection of Friars Road, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. A total of 29...
Water Contact Closures, Advisories Listed for SD County Beaches
San Diego County health officials released an updated water contact closure and advisory list Saturday for county beaches. Water contact closures have been issued for the following locations due to bacteria levels exceeding health standards:. — Silver Strand Shoreline, ocean shoreline from north Carnation to south Avenida Lunar;. — Imperial...
Excessive Heat Warning Issued for San Diego County Deserts
Dangerously hot temperatures are in the forecast Saturday for the San Diego County desert communities with highs above 110 expected over the weekend and into next week. An excessive heat warning has been issued by the National Weather Service from Saturday to Thursday in the San Diego County deserts. Highs are expected to reach 114 and can lead to heat-related illness.
Sci-Fi Fans Can Soak in ‘Science of Story’ at UCSD, See ‘Star Trek’ Stars, ‘Jaws’ Too
San Diego Comic-Con exerts a certain pull arouond town when July rolls around – a great thing for sci-fi fans and pop culture vultures alike. UC San Diego is not immune. The university’s ArtPower program will launch “The Science of Story,” billed as a “Pre-Con Masterclass” which kicks off July 23 and includes an iconic film and franchise.
San Diego-Based Carrier USS Roosevelt Arrives in South Korea for Naval Exercises
A San Diego-based, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, arrived in the South Korean port city of Busan on Saturday to take part in joint military exercises later this month with the host nation and Japan, naval officials said. The leaders of the three countries agreed at a summit...
SDSU Jumper Xiamara Young Keeps Paris Olympic Hopes Alive, Makes Finals
The U.S. Olympic Trials track meet is a landscape of heartbreak and hope — with the Paris Games as the Holy Grail. Fortunately for Xiamara Young of San Diego State University, she’s still on the hopeful side. Friday night, on Day 1 of the meet at the University...
Padres’ 9-5 Victory Comes at a Cost as Tatis, Profar Forced to Leave Game with Injuries
The Padres beat the Brewers Friday but it was a costly win, with both Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jurickson Profar forced from the game by injury. They won 9-5, their third straight victory, behind the bat of Jake Cronenworth, who having hit a game-winning home run Thursday, followed that accomplishment by going 5-for-5 Friday with another homer, a double and two RBIs.
New ‘Visit Encinitas’ Website Shows Community’s ‘Unique Charm, Vibrant Culture’
The Encinitas Visitors Center has a new name, “Visit Encinitas,” with a new website to match. The site went live Friday, the first day of summer and features what officials call “the ultimate guide to everything this vibrant community has to offer.”. The site notes “sun-soaked beaches...
Officers Find Pickup Truck at Border with 102 Packages of Meth Stuffed into Doors, Gas Tank
Officers working at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry discovered 124 pounds of methamphetamine stashed within various doors and compartments in a truck. At approximately 12:31 a.m. Monday, Customs and Border Protection officers encountered a male, 63, driving a 2007 pickup truck and applying for entry into the U.S. from Mexico.
Longtime San Diego Business Journalist and Author Don Bauder Dead at 88
Donald Charles Bauder, a longtime San Diego business journalist, died Friday at his home in Salida, Colorado. Bauder was born on May 28, 1936, in Chicago to Donald Charles and Eleanor Goble Bauder. He grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he graduated from Glenbard High School. He graduated from...
For the Second Time Ever, Endangered Weedy Seadragons Give Birth at Birch Aquarium
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Birch Aquarium has welcomed dozens of bouncing babies who emerged from their paternal shelter over Father’s Day weekend. The more than 70 baby weedy seadragons, which hatched from their father’s tail, are the result of a second successful egg transfer in Birch Aquarium’s exhibit. The male and female pair concluded their courtship and transferred the egg to the male’s tail on April 20.
County Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office Reminds San Diegans That Property Tax Deadline Is July 1
The last day of the fiscal year is June 30, which means some bills are coming due. San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister Friday reminded property owners who are already delinquent in paying their property taxes that the next deadline to pay is Monday, July 1. Unpaid first or...
Opinion: Investing in Child Care Is Critical for the Economy in San Diego and Statewide
Child care is unaffordable and inaccessible in most cities with San Diego as no exception. Nearly half of San Diego families with two children and living on a median income are spending up to 40% of their monthly income on child care, according to the San Diego County Child Care Blueprint.
San Diego Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking
A San Diego man who pleaded guilty to trafficking women for sex across multiple states was sentenced Friday to 11 years and eight months in federal prison. Davon Dunn admitted in a plea agreement to taking one woman to and from “dates” with customers in San Diego County, as well as posting commercial sex advertisements online featuring the woman.
Canyon Crest Alum Begins Path to Hollywood with Prestigious Industry Internship
Canyon Crest Academy alum Selina Haroon has been selected for a prestigious Television Academy Foundation internship program. The 2024 graduate of Loyola Marymount University is one of just 40 students chosen by academy members from across the country for the Summer Internship Program. The foundation offers paid internships at top Hollywood studios and production companies annually to college students.
California Regulators Stop AT&T from Pulling the Plug on Landline Service
The California Public Utilities Commission rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option. Its 4-0 vote Thursday came after a judge determined the application by AT&T California was “fatally flawed.”. AT&T is the “carrier of last resort” for...
San Diego Well Represented in Olympic Water Polo with UCSD Coach on Staff, Santee Native on Squad
UC San Diego men’s water polo head coach Matt Ustaszewski is heading to the Olympic Games in Paris as an assistant coach with Team USA. The appointment was made official this week as USA Water Polo announced its Olympic player and staff rosters at a press conference in Los Angeles. Ustaszewski is one of three assistants on head coach Dejan Udovicic’s staff.
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