Military

Vice President JD Vance is coming to Camp Pendleton on Saturday for the event. That’s led to planned freeway closures near the base.

Plans for a live missile demonstration prompted criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The governor had considered closing Interstate 5, but has since decided to keep the freeway open.

San Diego's bid, led by the San Diego British American Business Council and the city, is one of six finalists to host the bi-annual games in four years.

Bómbita was terminated from the state’s top cybersecurity post in a phone call from the governor’s office Sept. 23; his last day is Friday. He had been on the job less than a year but repeatedly found himself at odds, he said, with officials at the Office of Emergency Services. That agency oversees the one Bómbita ran, the Cybersecurity Integration Center, through its Homeland Security division.

California has the most service members of any state, with about 213,000 active duty military and reserve, according to federal data. More than half of those – 117,000 service members – are based in San Diego County, along with 34,000 civilian military employees, who “would be forced to work without pay during a shutdown,” three local Congress members stated.

Sayed Naser fled Afghanistan and came to the U.S. legally last year. He was detained after a routine San Diego immigration hearing in June.

In a two-hour address, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out their vision of the United States military to an audience of almost every flag officer, general and senior enlisted leader in the military.

Federal District Judge Gonzalo Curiel says government violated Sayed Naser Noori's due process rights.

Cmdr. Janelle Marra, a 21-year Navy physician, was the medical director of Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Bravo.

The decision reverses a Biden administration denial of a military funeral for Babbitt, 35, and comes months after the federal government settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Babbitt's family for nearly $5 million.