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A woman was behind bars Thursday for allegedly committing a pair of non-fatal predawn stabbings in Ocean Beach last month.

The blaze was located near intersection of San Felipe Road and state Route 78 in the rural Ranchita area, east of Julian, according to Cal Fire.

Lawrason Springwell’s El Cajon home was recently tagged by the fire department for not having defensible space. Lawrason Springwell, 81, and his wife have lived at their El Cajon home for more than 30 years. At that time, maintaining an acre of land was manageable, but in recent years, it’s become a struggle for the couple. Lawrason, an Air Force&#...

The San Diego City Council president discusses the city’s $258 million deficit and shares his reaction to the mayor’s draft budget. Plus, the chair of the San Diego GOP reacts to President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, including policies ranging from immigration to tariffs.

San Diego’s hotel tax will increase Thursday, years after it was approved by voters and as the city faces an ongoing budget crunch.

Members of the Association for the City of La Jolla are exhaling a bit after getting more than the 6,750 signatures needed to start the process of becoming its own city.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday delivered her first major speech since the election, in which she referenced a recent viral video of the elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

The Lemon Grove School District and the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District received letters from the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday saying that millions of dollars in federal money for mental health services will be cut early.

The Port of San Diego on Wednesday hosted a community meeting in Barrio Logan to receive public feedback on major improvements planned for the southeastern waterfront area of César Chávez Park.

A federal judge has prohibited the Border Patrol from detaining people without reasonable suspicion in parts of California as part of a lawsuit filed in the wake of a large-scale enforcement operation in Bakersfield in January. The judge’s order, which was issued Tuesday, includes a preliminary injunction that bars the agency from making stops with...

A man who allegedly tried to smuggle a dozen parakeets stuffed inside his boots and inside the seat of his car through the Otay Mesa Port of Entry is facing federal charges Wednesday. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, among the 12 protected Orange Fronted Parakeets found during Tuesday afternoon’s alleged smuggling attempt, at le...

For decades, the Neal Petties Mountain View Community Park has been a gathering place for the community, despite a long period of neglect, reports NBC 7’s Brooke Martell. 

Authors of Vietnamese descent around the world, including those with ties to San Diego, are centering their family histories in novels, cartoons and comic books — changing or enriching the narrative 50 years after the fall of Saigon.

On Tuesday, investigators determined the victim had been involved in an “altercation,” but officials didn’t elaborate on the nature of the dispute.