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A new tenant protection ordinance is moving forward in San Diego County after the Board of Supervisors voted to advance the measure.

The San Diego Foundation Wednesday awarded $130,000 in grants to several local organizations to support free tax preparation services for low-income families in San Diego County. The grants are intended to help ensure eligible families can claim tax benefits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, among others. “By helpi...

A local elementary school is celebrating the completion of a major makeover. Franklin Elementary STEAM Magnet School opened in Kensington in 1903, but the playground, classrooms and many other facilities are brand new. The San Diego Unified School District recently completed a $37.5 million “Whole Site Modernization” project on the campus. The proj...

San Diego County was predicted to get the most rainfall of the season so far from this week’s atmospheric river weather system, and the storm did not disappoint.

The county Board of Supervisors is taking the first steps on updating its unsafe camping ordinance Wednesday in an attempt to prevent wildfires caused by homeless encampments in unincorporated areas. The board, after approving the motion in a 4-0 vote Tuesday, will review and vote on a draft ordinance in two months. If that is approved, it will req...

The board previously decided to eliminate about 60 positions, with the district citing budget deficits, a staffing imbalance and declining enrollment. Critics contend there are tens of millions of dollars in reserves that could be used to avoid layoffs.

The Chula Vista Police Department says 14 vehicles on East Palomar Street had shattered windows early Tuesday morning.

Police sought the public’s help Tuesday in locating the vehicle and driver involved in a hit-and-run collision that left a pedestrian fatally injured in the Mission Hills area of San Diego.

A judge ordered an undocumented woman being held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego released on bond Tuesday, with her case drawing national attention, as she is the primary caregiver for her daughter with cancer.

With the lives of 20 alpacas on the brink of disaster, a team of real-life superheroes stepped in recently. Robin’s Nest Rescue, a compassionate non-profit based in Ramona, received a call in late January that they just couldn’t ignore from a veterinarian in Central California who urgently needed help to rehome a herd of aging alpacas — South...

Some flood channels and creeks are on privately-owned property, and the city of San Diego says those owners have to keep them clean. NBC 7’s Joey Safchik has more on why it’s not always so simple.

Five years ago, the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 changed our lives forever, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little. 

The former popular country bar In Cahoots burned in an inferno the morning of Christmas Day 2024.

DOGE listed five San Diego County government office locations on its list of lease terminations. Critics say it will impact the services people rely on.