The Latest Breaking News from San Diego

Deputy who shared racist meme of George Floyd terminated, newly released sheriff’s records show

SAN DIEGO — A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who circulated an offensive meme in the days following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police has been fired.

Tribune News Service · Nov 3, 2022

All candidates for Palomar Health District Board of Directors Division 1 in San Diego, California, complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Palomar Health District Board of Directors Division 1 in San Diego, California — incumbent Micheal Pacheco and Robin Joy Maxson — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about…

Ballotpedia · Nov 3, 2022

San Diego sax great Anthony Ortega, dead at 94, played with them all, from Julie Andrews to Frank Zappa

SAN DIEGO — Anthony Ortega did almost everything imaginable in a music career that stretched over 70 years that included leading a weekly Sunday jam session — into his mid-90s — until his health began to fail in August.

Tribune News Service · Nov 3, 2022

New street medicine teams bring comprehensive health care to homeless people

SAN DIEGO — "Anybody home?" physician assistant Teagan Flint asks outside a tent on F Street in downtown San Diego.

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022

Cardinals' Nolan Arenado, rookie Brendan Donovan win Gold Gloves

ST. LOUIS — In his first year as a big-leaguer, rookie Brendan Donovan on Tuesday was awarded the utility Gold Glove in the first year that the award has been handed out.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Nov 2, 2022

In San Diego, a dead great white shark and a plea to anglers

A great white shark was found dead Sunday near San Diego with wounds caused by fishing gear, and experts suspect that anglers are illegally targeting the species.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 1, 2022

Will 2020's dramatic surge in student voting carry over to midterms?

SAN DIEGO — The voting rate of young people in their late teens and early 20s has long been the lowest of any age group, and the 2020 presidential election was no exception.

Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022

Study finds COVID-19 symptoms recur more often in those who took Paxlovid to ease illness

SAN DIEGO — You've been free of COVID-19 symptoms for two days. Then the coughing, fatigue and headaches return. Join the growing number of people experiencing what's being called COVID rebound.

Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022

Venezuelans struggle with new reality in Tijuana after expulsions from United States

TIJUANA, Mexico — When a plane full of Venezuelan migrants landed in San Diego from Texas on a recent afternoon, Luis Gonzalez and many of those around him began to applaud, rattling the chains that bound their wrists to their ankles and waists.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

After years of delays, San Diego's polystyrene foam ban could take effect in April

SAN DIEGO — Big changes may be coming this spring for many San Diego restaurants and retail stores, because city officials say they plan to follow through on a long-delayed ban on polystyrene foam food containers, coolers, pool toys and similar products.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022