Otay Mesa

More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine were found hidden in shipments of celery and watermelon during two separate incidents in Otay Mesa near the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced this week.

One man was killed and another man was seriously injured in a shooting in San Diego’s Ocean Crest area, and the suspects were still at large, authorities said Saturday.

San Diego police are investigating a deadly shooting in Otay Mesa on Friday.

By 6 p.m., Cal Fire crews had made good progress on the Border 58 Fire.

Firefighters are battling a fast-growing vegetation fire in Otay Mesa near the U.S.—Mexico border on Saturday afternoon.

City crews will begin work on slurry seal street repairs and resurfacing in Otay Mesa-Nestor, Navajo and Serra Mesa this week, officials announced Thursday.

Brown Field will expand with a 20 year redevelopment plan, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

Brown Field will expand with a 20 year redevelopment plan.

Federal officers staffing Otay Mesa Port of Entry this week uncovered a haul of more than five tons of methamphetamine concealed in a shipment of squash, authorities reported Wednesday.

A flare-up at a lithium-ion energy storage facility in Otay Mesa has prompted fire authorities to re-issue evacuation orders.

A fire at a lithium-ion batery storage facility has flared up again, prompting evacuations.

Authorities Friday lifted evacuation and shelter-in-place warnings issued this week due to a large-scale fire involving lithium-ion batteries at an Otay Mesa energy-storage facility.

The city says occupants can contact city airport staff to arrange for the removal of their property

NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry has more details of why it happened and what lies ahead.

The driver of a car is dead after they crashed into the back of a Cricket Wireless store early Monday in Otay Mesa.

The blaze started in the Otay Open Space Preserve and was heading toward the border, Cal Fire said. No structures were threatened.

A brush fire sparked and quickly grew to 10 to 15 acres near the U.S.-Mexico border east of Otay Mesa Friday afternoon, Cal Fire San Diego said.

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) cut the ribbon Friday on its new all-electric bus route through San Diego County’s South Bay communities. Twelve new electric buses will transport upwards of 5,000 people every day on the new Rapid Route 227 between the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and Imperial Beach.

MTS is premiering new all-electric bus routes across San Diego County. NBC 7’s Joe Little explains why this is good for people living and sleeping near the bus line.

A man is in custody for allegedly bringing a ghost gun onto the grounds of an Otay Mesa jail, authorities reported.