A San Diego man pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to twice landing a small airplane without permission on a Navy airstrip on San Clemente Island, then stealing a Navy truck and using it to damage gates on the island, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
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MCAS Miramar said Saturday the loud boom heard across San Diego County Tuesday evening may have been caused by aircraft training off the coast.
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Military bases across California, including San Diego, have tested positive for a toxic chemical. A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla attempts to find the money to finally clean up the legacy of PFAS.
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KPBS Midday EditionAdvocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite schools.
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Eighty years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor and just months after his remains were finally identified, a San Diego Marine has been laid to rest with full military honors.
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KPBS Midday EditionMore than 12,000 American Legion posts closed for at least part of the pandemic. Those closures left some posts in financial trouble.
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The Marine Corps says it's relieving a general of his duties for failing to properly train Marines and sailors and evaluate the platoon before an exercise last summer when their seafaring tank sank off the San Diego coast.
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San Diego's national cemeteries held a virtual Memorial Day ceremony. But crowds also filed into Fort Rosecrans and Miramar to pay tribute to those who died in war.
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The USS Midway Museum honored all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country with a commemorative wreath-laying ceremony and a special tribute for Korean War veterans.
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KPBS Midday EditionMemorial Day ceremonies at Fort Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemeteries were again paired down this year. The state is beginning to reopen due to a decrease in COVID-19 cases and an increase in the number of people vaccinated statewide.
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A Southern California family files a wrongful death claim after an inmate at San Diego County's Donovan State Prison died from COVID-19, conflict of interest investigations shake up operations for Volunteers of America and the San Diego Housing Commission, and a conversation on the role of statues and public building names in the ongoing social justice movement.
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