Oceanside

Esther Sanchez secured a second term as the mayor of Oceanside. She won by a slim margin, of only 232 votes, but hopes the backing of the new city council will make her second term more productive.

Oceanside’s city attorney said an outside law firm has been retained to conduct an independent investigation of the allegations.

A man in North County is being called a hero by his neighbors after pulling a man from a burning home. NBC 7’s Todd Strain has more on the split-second actions that saved lives.

A bedridden man was saved by passersby after an explosive fire broke out from an unattended cigarette in his garage Sunday evening, the Oceanside Fire Department said.

Vicente Huerta, 27, was found guilty in two separate trials for the June 4, 2022, shooting that killed 22-year-old Chelsea Pacheco.

The mural of the Oceanside icon and former San Diego Charger is part of a community art project at Balderama Park, reports NBC 7’s Todd Strain.

A mural of the late Chargers star and NFL Hall of Famer Junior Seau was unveiled in Oceanside.

A sinkhole in Oceanside has closed both northbound and southbound lanes on Melrose Drive at Cannon Road for the following 24 hours. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more. 

A sinkhole in Oceanside has closed both northbound and southbound lanes on Melrose Drive at Cannon Road for the following 24 hours, Oceanside police said on Sunday around 2:30 p.m.

Oceanside’s case joins scores of others, including those brought by several states, that allege ballooning insulin prices have caused them to overpay by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Oceanside’s case joins scores of others, including those brought by several states, that allege ballooning insulin prices have caused them to overpay by hundreds of millions of dollars, reports NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada

If you’re planning a ride on the San Diego rail corridor this weekend, you’ll need to reschedule. The rail will close between the Oceanside Transit Station and the Santa Fe Depot Station in Downtown San Diego at 12 a.m. on Nov. 16 through 5 a.m. on Nov. 18.

When we say a “razor-thin margin” when talking politics, we often mean a couple thousand votes, but in Oceanside, the competitive mayor’s race is down to a few dozen, reports NBC 7’s Joey Safchik.

Incumbent Mayor Esther Sanchez campaigned against Deputy Mayor Ryan Keim in an effort to secure a second term. NBC 7’s Joey Safchik has more on the race that is separated by less than a thousand votes.

The race to be Oceanside’s next leader is between an incumbent and a deputy mayor. It is down to less than 1,000 votes as of mid-Thursday.

The passenger of a small plane that made an emergency landing on State Route 76 in Oceanside last month pleaded not guilty to federal drug charges Thursday after authorities say responding officers found him carrying cocaine on that flight.

NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer speaks with the owner of the plane where police found a kilo of suspected cocaine.

A possible lithium-ion battery fire was extinguished in a home’s garage by the Oceanside Fire Department, authorities said Thursday.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers tracked down video of a man Oceanside police are calling a “person of interest” in at least one of two murders of homeless men.

There’s new video and information about a man Oceanside police are calling a suspect in at least one of two murders of homeless men. Investigators have not connected the crimes, but they say they’re very similar and might have happened on the same day.