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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.

Dozens of flight delays impacted San Diego International Airport (SAN) on Tuesday amid a powerful stormed that prompted the National Weather Service to issue a severe thunderstorm warning for much of the county.

An overnight storm dumped heavy showers to San Diego County early Tuesday, bringing with it a slippery morning commute, localized flooding and isolated downed trees to our rain-fatigued region.

A Riverside County man convicted of importing more than 80 pounds of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl into the United States was sentenced in San Diego federal court Monday to more than 16 years in prison.

U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the San Diego area have seen a nearly 30 percent increase in illegal border-crossing during the first half of the current fiscal year, as compared with the comparable period last year, the federal agency reported Monday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to make  $3.5 million available to make sure all middle and high schools have access to the medicine, including in San Diego where fentanyl deaths have been declared a public health crisis.

The region is again bracing for cold rain, gusty winds and potentially damaging floods as California is met this week by its 12th atmospheric river of the wet season

That project is intended to provide a long-term solution for the 56-year-old pier, which has been damaged by storms in the past several years — including the possibility of a full replacement.

The San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife team Monday assisted in the rescue of an osprey who was wrapped in fishing line, tethering her to her nest high on a light pole in Ocean Beach.