National City

A police chase came to a crashing end behind a busy shopping center in National City on Tuesday afternoon.

National City Police Department Officer Monique Hawk said that she started the event last year to create a positive interaction between kids and police. Dozens of Integrity Charter students participated in pumpkin carving, NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports. 

Authorities released video footage of a law enforcement shooting that fatally wounded a 46-year-old narcotics suspect during a confrontation at a car dealership near Naval Base San Diego.

Investigators said they located a gun, which appears to have jammed, near the body of the man, reports NBC 7’s Dave Summers.

Construction is underway for the Union Tower development, which is expected to bring more than 90 affordable housing units to National City in the coming years.

Local leaders broke ground on the Union Tower Project, which is expected to bring more than 90 affordable housing units to National City in the next couple of years. NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry reports.

Work is set to begin soon at National City’s Pepper Park, with plans for a splash pad, overlook, new lighting and landscaping, following a ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday.

Travelers were in for a wet morning after a work-truck accident in South Bay.

Although crews arrived fairly quickly, it was about an hour before water workers were able to locate the shut-off, not before the westbound lanes of 30th Street and Sweetwater Road were flooded.

To combat sex trafficking and prostitution in the area, National City police have installed a “Skywatch” tower along National City Boulevard and 4th Street.

Police in National City have installed a new surveillance tower along Roosevelt Avenue. It comes just months after 46 people were arrested in a sex-trafficking sting.  NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada has more.

The fire posed no threat to the nearby neighborhood and the mall was evacuated as a precaution, reports NBC 7’s Jackie Crea

A construction crew working at the Westfield Plaza Bonita Mall hit a gas line, which ignited a fire early Wednesday and prompted the evacuation of the mall.

A construction crew working at the Westfield Plaza Bonita Mall hit a gas line that ignited early Wednesday resulting in a large flame and the evacuation of the mall.

A construction crew working at the Westfield Plaza Bonita Mall hit a gas line that ignited early Wednesday resulting in a large flame and the evacuation of the mall.

A National City high school senior died after he was hit by a car while riding his bike to school last week. Edgar de Haro was remembered at Sweetwater High School’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday.

Edgar de Haro was hit by a car while riding his bike to Sweetwater High School in National City. Two days later, Edgar’s condition worsened and doctors told his family he was brain dead. His mother on Wednesday attended his graduation ceremony and accepted Edgar’s diploma on his behalf.

A National City family is honoring their son after a car hit him on his way to school, just ahead of his birthday and his high school graduation.

Edgar’s family is giving him the high school graduation ceremony he couldn’t make, NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada reports. 

National City’s City Council voted in favor of an ordinance update that will allow them to team up with other businesses and sell food outside their facilities.