Christopher Columbus has stood inside Discovery Park in Chula Vista since 1991. During that time, vandals have attacked the tall bronze statue several times. Someone dumped red paint on the statue on Columbus Day last year. Now, there is a movement within the South Bay city to remove the statue permanently. The city’s Parks and Recreation Commission was scheduled to…

San Jose police, with the help of a security guard, arrested a 70-year-old man this week on suspicion of kidnapping and molesting a 13-year-old girl, according to the police department.

The new initiative will create permanent housing solutions for the homeless while also providing services to help people transition out of homelessness.

There has not been a new hospital in the South Bay in more than 40 years, but that changed Tuesday when Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center officially opens its new seven-story tower. We’ve got the best building and a world-class staff inside of it. Matthew Teichner, Senior Project Manager The $244 million tower adds more than 197,000 square feet to…

For more than a year, Dr. Leon Fajerman denied that he groped, forcefully kissed, fondled and sexually assaulted vulnerable female patients.

The victim claims the center failed to protect patients against the convicted psychiatrist. NBC 7 Investigates Mari Payton has more.

A San Jose shooting suspect was struck and killed by a woman early Christmas morning in what investigators say was a vehicular homicide, according to San Jose police.

Starlight Circle in Santee knows how to party this holiday season.

The turnout was large Saturday when Gilroy Police hosted the first gun buyback in South Santa Clara County in 25 years, just months after the mass shooting at the town’s Garlic Festival and another in nearby Morgan Hill.

A San Jose youth soccer coach was arrested Monday on suspicion of child molestation after engaging in inappropriate behavior with multiple teen girls, according to the San Jose Police Department.

Hawthorne police arrested a man suspected of setting a police car on fire in front of the station in an act caught on camera, the department announced Thursday. Officers realized an unoccupied patrol vehicle parked in front of the police department had been engulfed in flames at about 12:15 a.m. Surveillance footage taken of the incident depicts a man dousing…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year to settle into a spot along your favorite holiday parade route in San Diego. Marching bands will join Santa Claus in parades from Chula Vista to Oceanside and everywhere in between.

One week after the Donut Bar in Chula Vista abruptly closed its doors for good, its owner, joined by two other franchise owners, filed a claim against the Donut Bar brand, saying they were misled about operating costs.

The family of a woman found buried in the backyard of her Tijuana home is pleading to Mexican authorities to continue their investigation.

A gunshot fired inside a popular College Area chicken wing restaurant sent dozens of people scrambling for cover Thursday night.

When gunfire rang out at a Church’s Chicken restaurant in Otay Mesa Wednesday night, bystanders rushed to help three employees struck by bullets, one that was deadly.

The San Diego region prepared for a potential terrorist attack with a massive cross-county emergency response drill Wednesday morning.

Five “good news” stories from this week include an innocent man freed from a San Diego prison after 33 years and a Vista postal worker honored with a hero pin after finding missing teen and toddler within a span of two weeks.

The efforts to improve the community came from a partnership with the City of Chula Vista. NBC 7’s Steven Luke has more.

The young men and women gathered on Saturday through the South Bay chapter of non profit organization Youth 4 Change. The program pushes young men and women to invest in their own futures by cleaning up their community.