Balboa Park

Rock ‘n’ Roll races showed an increase in entries this year. The number of runners in the full marathon Sunday jumped by 11% to 8,000 runners.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon is happening the first weekend of June at Balboa Park and more than 30,000 runners are expected.

A homeless man has been ordered to stay away from Balboa Park for three years after he was arrested multiple times for attacking park workers and visitors.

A homeless man accused of terrorizing park rangers and visitors at Balboa Park has been banned for three years, reports NBC 7’s Allison Ash.

The San Diego International Fringe Festival is branding this year’s event as performances powered by DEI, amid the Trump Administration pushing back against those policies. NBC 7’s M.G. Perez explains.

The 2025 San Diego International Fringe Festival is now underway in Balboa Park and other venues around town. This year, It is focusing on DEI.

The Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park had more than $100,000 in federal grant money cut just as a major celebration was supposed to happen. NBC 7’s M.G. Perez explains.

National Science Foundation 75th anniversary event goes at the Fleet Science Center despite the recent termination of two federally funded NSF grants.

The owners of Panama 66 and Blind Lady Ale House were selected by the city as the restaurateurs to revitalize the former Village Grill in Balboa Park.

Thousands of people gathered at Balboa Park for San Diego’s Earth Fest. NBC 7’s MG Perez talked to some San Diegans who shared their fears for the planet amid cutbacks and layoffs at environmental agencies.

Earth Day 2025 is a few days away, but the celebration of the planet began Saturday in San Diego as Trump administration layoffs and funding cuts continue.

San Diegans can enjoy the show through May 4th, before it goes to Broadway. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford got a sneak peek behind the scenes at one of the rehearsals.

Many local museums rely on federal grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to fund projects, but that money is now up in the air. NBC 7’s Dana Williams reports.

A special event took place at the Balboa Park Club to help teenagers and young adults embark on career paths that they might not have thought were possible. NBC 7’s Joe Little has the story.

The third annual job fair targets high-schoolers and young adults in an area that has historically been under-invested in by companies, governments or programs.

Jeffrey Jones, 41, and Gisela Icys Bower, 42, are accused of killing James Garcia, 43, in the canyon hillside next to state Route 163 by Richmond Street, according to police.

The annual festival drew more than 6,000 people to the Japanese Friendship Garden. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright reports.

The 20th annual Cherry Blossom Festival wrapped up on Sunday in Balboa Park. The event drew thousands of people from all over San Diego.

“All of time and space, everything that ever happened or ever will — where do you start?” said the great Doctor Who.  Perhaps Balboa Park, where beginning March 15, you can find the Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction exhibit at the Comic-Con Museum. Tickets allow guests to explore the entire museum – and for Doctor Who…

A rummage sale took place at Balboa Park this weekend. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright shows how the group who organized the vent has been around for nearly a century, and has helped countless non-profits here in San Diego.