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Some San Diego neighborhoods are raising public safety concerns about the San Diego Police Department’s plan to shut down its Northwestern Division.

The auditor used terms like “inconsistent” and “ineffective” to describe San Diego’s wildfire abatement methods. NBC 7’s Brooke Martell has more on the audit’s recommendations and how some residents are taking matters into their own hands.

Less than 18% of all Californians earned enough income to support the purchase of an $865,440 median-priced home in 2024, down from 19% the previous year, the California Association of Realtors announced Thursday. Among ethnic groups in California, 21% of white households could afford a median-priced home in 2024. In comparison, only 10% of Black a...

Three Chula Vista Police Department officers opened fire on Carlos Enriquez, 56, in the 1400 block of Country Vistas Lane in Bonita early Saturday.

NBC 7’s Todd Strain gives an inside look at one community school and how they’re having a positive impact on students.

San Diego-based Jack in the Box announced that it will close between 150 and 200 “underperforming” restaurants and will explore selling the Del Taco brand.

Meet the Loggerhead Turtle, the Warty Frogfish, and the Moray Eel, among other amazing creatures.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday announced the offloading of 8,500 kilograms of cocaine, nearly 19,000 pounds, worth over $200 million, seized in a joint effort by the Kimball and Coast Guard Cutter Forward crews from February 2025 to April in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The drugs were seized during six separate drug-smug...

A man has been taken into custody Thursday on homicide charges after a fatal shooting a few blocks from El Cajon Valley High School, which was locked down after the incident, police said.

The 2017 Infiniti went airborne after going down an embankment, then hit the roof of a home before coming to rest in the RV.

This week on Politically Speaking, National City Mayor Ron Morrison takes NBC 7’s questions about the latest in a series of shake-ups in his city government. Plus, the incoming president of the San Diego County Young Democrats discusses how he expects the tides to turn for Democrats in the midterms next year.

Oceanside police will soon have another tool in their arsenal to keep locals safe. City councilmembers approved a pilot program, giving them access to use drones in a specific part of the city. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming reports.

A woman’s body was found at a home in Vista and a man was detained after an hourslong SWAT standoff ended Wednesday, authorities said.

The San Diego City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lower the speed limit on some of the city’s busiest streets.