The Latest Breaking News from San Diego

SAN DIEGO — On a foggy night in mid-March, several family members from the Mexican state of Michoacán followed smugglers' instructions to climb the first of two border barriers to reach U.S. soil near San Diego.

SAN DIEGO — When San Diego Musical Theatre announced plans to produce Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning, salsa-infused musical "In the Heights" this spring, it turned to some seasoned Latin musical pros to bring the story to life.

SAN DIEGO — Mexican rock 'n' roll pioneer Javier Bátiz believes divine intervention led him to start playing guitar in 1956 at the age of 12, shortly before he launched his groundbreaking Tijuana band, Los TJ's. Now, at 77-going-on-17, Bátiz cites the same greater force for his longevity.

SAN DIEGO — Just weeks after her shocking win at the Augusta National Women's Amateur on the same, fabled course that hosts the Masters, Anna Davis made her debut Thursday in an LPGA tournament with six of the world's top eight players at the Palos Verdes Championship.

SAN DIEGO — Defense attorneys indicated Thursday they plan to request a mistrial in the “Fat Leonard” Navy bribery scandal, capping a highly unusual three-day special evidentiary hearing held to determine if prosecutors improperly failed to disclose exculpatory evidence or knowingly advanced a false narrative during the first several weeks…

SAN DIEGO — With Comic-Con’s return to downtown San Diego just three months away, the always anxiety-inducing hotel sale for the July convention is returning as well — on Thursday morning.

City attorney in San Diego calls actions ‘reprehensible’ ahead of trial for alleged hate crimes

SAN DIEGO -- Around this time every year, Bruce Ireland's phone starts ringing like mad, especially in the late afternoon on sunny days.

LOS ANGELES — Four bear cubs found orphaned last year in central and northern California were released back into the wild this month, the San Diego Humane Society said.

Jack in the Box will test Miso Robotics' Flippy 2 fry cook robot in one of its San Diego, CA locations.

Kandu V became the second killer whale to die at the San Diego theme park within a year, after male whale Orky died just three days after Kandu gave birth to her calf.