The San Diego County unemployment rate was 4.9% in June, up from 4% in May, and above last year's 4.4%, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
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Scientists at UC San Diego are leading what they call the biggest community science project ever done on animal communication.
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Local conservation organization Urban Corps of San Diego County has been awarded two grants from Cal Fire totaling $1.5 million to fund a program to plant more than 1,500 trees across the county, it was announced Wednesday.
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California lawmakers have finally sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would bar police from making arrests on a charge of loitering for prostitution, nine months after it passed the Legislature.
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Updated information on the source of diesel emissions from Port of San Diego operations has launched a debate.
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California lawmakers say they'll investigate why the state's gas prices are the highest in the U.S.
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The long-eared, hairless cub does not have a name yet and will remain out of view of zoo visitors for about two months as she bonds with her mother.
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Federal authorities have indicted 26 people and seized nearly 500,000 counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl during a two-year investigation into an international drug smuggling operation.
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The neurological impact of "long-haul" COVID-19 is significant, even six months after infection, according to the first round of research published Wednesday by UC San Diego scientists.
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The program was meant as a stop-gap measure for comprehensive immigration reform that never came.
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Surfing culture and social media clash in latest article from San Diego-based journalist.
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