San Diego Lifeguards

While most children spend the summer having fun, there’s a small group of young people who dedicated upwards of eight weeks of their summer learning how to save lives with the city of San Diego’s Junior Lifeguard Program.

A scuba diver, in his 70s, drowned Sunday morning in Mission Bay, San Diego lifeguard Lt. Rick Romero said.

A San Diego Lifeguard chief told NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda when cases surge in the public, they expect cases to rise in within the department.

NBC 7 has learned 15 San Diego lifeguards have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks. The city confirms there were multiple cases at two separate locations, but those locations are not accessible to the public.

It’s the third suspected smuggling incident in San Diego waters in the month of May, and immigration experts the refugee crisis in Central America, the pandemic and the United States’ asylum policy all play a role in the growing trend.

One person is dead and eight others were hospitalized after a failed human smuggling attempt resulted in several people jumping off the panga they were in and into waters off La Jolla shores. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan has more.

San Diego lifeguards and police are beefing up patrols ahead of an expected spring break rush despite pandemic rules that urge people not to gather in large groups.

The city of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s (SDFD) Lifeguard Division is hosting a practice tryout Thursday for individuals interested in joining the team as ocean and bay seasonal lifeguards. Applicants interested must complete a 500-meter swim in less than 10 minutes to be considered for admittance into the lifeguard training program. Tryouts will be held at 1000 West Mission Bay…

The relentless heat wave attracted big crowds to the shores of La Jolla over the weekend, where San Diego Lifeguards said an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 people filled the beach.

Lifeguards estimated up to 40,000 people flocked to La Jolla shores this past weekend to beat the heat.

Authorities are searching for the hit-and-run driver of a boat that struck a man jet skiing in Mission Bay.

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado spoke with a witness who details what happened.

Police are looking for a driver of a boat who hit a Jet Ski in Ski Beach and injured a man who is now at the hospital, San Diego Police said. The incident was reported at around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. The victim is in his early 20s was transferred to a local hospital, SDPD said. “I was kind of…

Two siblings who were kayaking in Tecolote Creek during Friday afternoon’s rainstorm needed to be rescued by San Diego Fire-Rescue Department firefighters and lifeguards from the San Diego Swift Water Rescue Team. Responders arrived to the Tecolote Creek bridge near Sea World Drive and Tecolote Road in Bay Park just before 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon after it was reported...

On Friday, Steve Neely met up with the lifeguards to thank them for rescuing him and his dog.

NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda reports on a Santee man and his dog saved from drowning.

NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has a heartwarming story of the lifeguards who saved a Santee man and his dog.

Lifeguards, firefighters and police teamed up Sunday to rescue a naked man clinging to the side of Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach.