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A mother is struggling with her anger and pain after her son was killed in a drive-by shooting. NBC 7’s Dana Griffin reports.

Two shootings this week were carried out by gang members, SDPD said. Now, a community-based organization is working with the city to encourage gang members to stop the violence

The San Diego City Attorney’s Office alleged Monday that Scripps Health illegally discharged a schizophrenic patient from one of its hospitals in 2019, leaving the man to his own devices despite a court order requiring that he be placed in a skilled nursing facility.

For the first time, the San Diego’s City Attorney’s office has taken action to close down a defiant business. NBC 7 has learned Boulevard Fitness, a gym which has ignored public health orders for weeks was threatened with thousands in fines.

For the first time, the San Diego’s City Attorney’s office has taken action to close down a business defiant in the face of the state and county’s health orders

NBC 7’s Steven Luke has more.

San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott took bold legal action Friday morning in an effort to shut down a Banker’s Hill home used frequently as a short-term vacation rental.

The fallout from a newly released forensic investigation into the city of San Diego’s purchase of a downtown high-rise continues with the Director of the Real Estate Assets Department announcing that she was resigning.

An independent living facility in San Diego’s College Area has been ordered to close due, in part, to its history of health code violations including infestations of vermin, bedbugs and cockroaches. San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott said Monday the “squalid” and “notorious” facility at 5128 Ewing St. was ordered to shut down by the Superior Court. Over its…

The San Diego City Attorney’s press conference on Tuesday afternoon became heated when a group who opposes the program spoke out against the attorney.

NBC 7’s Danica McAdam reports on the city’s response to recent data privacy concerns.

A dilapidated independent living facility in the College Area has been shut down after nearly a dozen elderly and disabled residents were found to be living among piles of trash and with rat feces in their beds. NBC 7’s Danny Freeman has more.

NBC 7’s Alex Presha spoke with San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott about so-called “red flag laws” to combat gun violence.

A California State Supreme Court ruling in a case against the City of San Diego and how it passed the zoning ordinance for marijuana dispensaries could have an impact across the state, according to environmental law experts.

San Diego Junior Theater defenders deny covering-up alleged wrongdoing after a parent demanded that councilmembers withhold $90,000 in public funds for the well-known arts training organization.

A restaurant along the water at a San Diego resort was slapped with a $34,500 fine to settle a lawsuit filed by the city attorney’s office after the eatery – despite a warning – continued to charge customers a hidden surcharge.

A new law could make viewing public records more difficult. NBC 7’s Mari Payton has more on this proposal from Senator Ben Hueso.

The men behind a luxury art and jewelry store in La Jolla have been convicted of illegal ivory trafficking and will now pay the largest fines ever imposed for it in state history.

Criminal charges have been filed against a luxury art and jewelry business in La Jolla that was discovered to be in possession of more than $1 million dollars worth of illegal elephant and rhinoceros ivory, the San Diego City Attorney’s office said Wednesday.

The San Diego City Attorney said she is cracking down on illegal elder care facilities. NBC 7’s Rory Devine is at one facility that could face misdemeanor charges.