Santee

It was announced on Facebook Wednesday that the Santee Drive-in Movie Theatre will be closing its doors after 65 years citing loss of customers, higher costs of business and competition with streaming services.

A woman tried to take a couple’s baby from their shopping cart in a Santee parking lot on Monday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

An 80-year-old woman died in a house fire over the weekend in a neighborhood near Santana High School in Santee, authorities reported Monday.

A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who stole more than 1,500 pieces of mail from hundreds of customers along her delivery route in Santee was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

A man armed with a hatchet began making threats inside a Santee Walmart on Sunday, causing the store to close for roughly seven hours.

A man accused of groping a 12-year-old girl in Santee last week made his first court appearance Wednesday.

NBC 7 ‘s Jeanette Quezada spoke to parents at the park where the alleged groping happened.

The Santee YMCA that was recently at the center of controversy reopened its redesigned locker rooms Tuesday after a month-long remodel.

The project, which included the installation of privacy stalls, came after a teen girl claimed she felt unsafe when near a transgender woman in the locker room.

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke to business owners who say the intersection of Prospect and Magnolia avenues is a hot spot for crashes.

A man was hospitalized via medical helicopter Wednesday following a destructive car crash that shut down a busy intersection in Santee.

One person was airlifted to a hospital following a car crash in Santee.

Chrystinne Wood got a rousing applause from supporters during the  Santee City Council meeting on Wednesday after the 66-year–old transgender mother shared the agony she says she’s suffered from what she calls a manufactured incident by a teenage girl.

NBC 7’s Omari Fleming was at the city council meeting and heard the peak of the drama.

The YMCA in Santee will close again Saturday as another protest is set to take place over its transgender policy after a 17-year-old complained to the city council she saw a transgender woman in the locker room. NBC 7 spoke with the woman who said she was surprised at the controversy but also encouraged by some of the reactions.

The woman told NBC 7 that she was surprised at all the controversy but is also encouraged by some of the reaction, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

NBC 7’s Omari Fleming spoke to an attorney about the legality of the interaction.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s released a sketch of the man wanted in connection with an attempted robbery in Santee on Black Friday.

San Diego Sheriff’s deputies reviewing surveillance video of man believed to be driving dark green 2004-08 Toyota Tacoma, reports NBC 7’s Mari Payton.

San Diego sheriff’s deputies are reviewing surveillance video of a man believed to have been driving a dark green 2004-08 Toyota Tacoma.