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Lake Hodges in San Diego’s North County reopened for fishing and boating this week for the first time in a year. The reservoir had been closed to allow the city of San Diego to repair the 105-year-old Hodges Dam. Now the city is looking ahead to a long-term plan to replace the dam entirely.

Ethan Salas impressed in his Minor League debut – so we’ll catch up with a guy who spent time with the sensational 17-year-old, MadFriars’ own John Conniff. He lets us know what the word is on the farm about prospects like Merrill, Zavala, Snelling, Groome and more.

A Poway man was convicted of first-degree murder and rape charges this week stemming from the death of a young woman in Carlsbad more than 35 years ago.

A man arrested for the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old last year in the College Area pleaded guilty this week to a voluntary manslaughter count.

Matschie’s tree kangaroos are considered endangered, with fewer than 2,500 adults of their species in the wild.

Teachers union voting to ratify new contract with SDUSD. And MTS says about 10% of buses are running in South Bay. Plus, SeaWorld launches its new “Arctic Rescue ride Friday. Here is your San Diego News Daily for June 1, 2023.

Congratulations are in order for a new mother at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, where they celebrated the birth of an endangered kangaroo.

A San Diego man hit a roadblock with an auto insurance claim and got nearly $8,000 back after NBC 7 Responds stepped in.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing will be $262 million.

SeaWorld is debuting a new coaster Friday that boasts speeds of up to 40 mph as a family-friendly ride.

A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, in Wednesday evening’s SuperLotto Plus drawing was sold at a San Diego supermarket and is worth $45,846, the California Lottery announced.

Amazon will pay more than $30 million to settle alleged privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring.

California lawmakers have advanced more than a dozen bills aiming to address the fentanyl crisis, including some that would impose harsher prison sentences for dealers, ahead of a critical deadline this week.