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A U.S. Coast Guard seaman accused of killing a friend during a night of drinking in Alaska has been released from the brig in San Diego.

The city of San Diego has paid $2.5 million since January 2018 to settle claims and lawsuits for damage from neglected and failing storm drains. NBC 7 Investigates obtained the data through public records requests. The payouts range from $1,252 paid to a property owner in May of this year to a November 20, 2018, payout of $1.4 million to...

The superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District wants to join a Los Angeles Unified School District lawsuit against the e-cigarette company Juul. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports Wednesday that Superintendent Cindy Marten says she will take the request to the school board. The Los Angeles district filed its lawsuit last month, blaming the e-cigarette manufacturer for creating an…

A year after the San Diego District Attorney’s Office cleared officers and deputies involved in the arrest of Earl McNeil, a citizen’s review board found that one deputy broke department policy.

Another San Diego County inmate has died in custody, the 13th this year.

The founder of one of San Diego’s most prevalent immigration activist groups, Border Angels, has been on paid leave from the organization and no longer serves as its executive director, a spokesperson told NBC 7.

The death of a seriously-ill inmate could put San Diego taxpayers on the hook for a big legal judgement.

A Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder by a military jury in July has filed a lawsuit against two defense lawyers and a nonprofit legal defense group — who he had parted ways with on the high-profile case before the trial.

A San Diego couple who adopted a boy who was molested by his foster parent said the county failed to inform them of the past abuse, and that the boy had shown signs of sexually inappropriate behavior prior to the adoption.

In this episode of Politically Speaking, NBC 7’s Alex Presha welcomed special rapporteur of the United Nations Leilani Farha; who visited San Diego and concluded that the homeless crisis is a violation of human rights. Gary Warth from the San Diego Union-Tribune explained possible ways to help with this problem.

Mission Bay High School’s football coach died this week just before the start of his second year as head coach, the school confirmed to NBC 7.

The warrants reveal investigators found a “gun receipt and paperwork” that indicate shooter John Earnest purchased the gun at “San Diego Guns.”

A former Coronado-based Navy SEAL convicted of repeatedly molesting a child will serve 60 years in prison after his current 27-year term for manufacturing child pornography runs out.

A century-old tree with a long trunk and bushy branches that some believe was the inspiration for fictional Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” has fallen in a coastal San Diego park.

After an 11-second video of an SDPD arrest surfaced online, controversy sparked over alleged police brutality, which the San Diego Police chief said was not the case. NBC 7’s Alex Presha spoke with San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Lyndsay Winkley to learn more.

A Lakeside father is mourning the loss of his 11-year-old son, one of hundreds of people killed in a series of near-simultaneous attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

Colleagues, LGBTQ elected officials and fellow Democratic party leaders urge San Diego Unified School Board trustee Kevin Beiser to resign amid allegations from several individuals accusing the longtime teacher and Democratic party leader of sexual misconduct.

A San Diego Unified School Board trustee has been accused of sexual assault and sexual harassment according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

Footage posted by the San Diego Union-Tribune showed private security officers in Chula Vista detain men near the Jacobs Center. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more on why the newspaper called it a “rough up.”

NBC 7’s Alex Presha talks about the controversial cartoon featuring famous African-American literary icons and actor Jussie Smollett.