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It marked one of the largest police excessive force lawsuits in San Diego County history — $10 million — that’s how much the city of La Mesa will pay a grandmother after a police officer critically shot her with a bean bag round during a racial justice protest outside the police station in 2020.

Transient hospital patients in San Diego are sometimes discharged and put back on the streets after receiving treatment, even after the passing of SB-1152, which requires hospitals to have a homeless discharge policy in place.

Josefina “Josie” Romero of Oceanside celebrated her 103rd birthday on Monday and shares her secret to longevity.

Several neighboring residences were evacuated as a precaution as the situation unfolded in the 300 block of Apollo Drive, authorities said.

The child was freed in fewer than 30 minutes and taken to Children’s Hospital with unknown injuries, according to the department, where he died of his injuries.

El Cajon held a special session of its city council on Tuesday to discuss actions they’d like to consider after a registered sex offender — who was placed at a Motel 6 within 3/4 of a mile from Cajon Valley Middle School and Johnson Elementary School — was re-arrested on Friday.

San Diego is now home for Alex Morgan, and on Tuesday the Wave forward and U.S Soccer icon announced a new effort to support women and girls in her community.

A 24-year-old mother of two says her life has reached a turning point for the better now that her family has been placed in a tiny home after living in her car.

A man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in a Palm City home that was later discovered to have another woman’s body inside pleaded not guilty Tuesday to those crimes as well as a previous assault in Chula Vista.

The first full day of spring arrived in decidedly wintry fashion in the San Diego area, with a blustery, season-straddling storm continuing Wednesday with widespread rain, whipping winds and potential for more mountain snow.

Multiple mistakes froze an insurance payout, frustrating a family who needed the money to pay a contractor.

San Diego’s 12th atmospheric river this rainy season dropped more — a lot more — precipitation around the county.

Severe storms cause sinkholes, road closures, power outages and flooding across San Diego County. And mountain communities are expecting more snow to come.
Here’s your San Diego News Daily update for March 21, 2022.