City News Service

Benjamin Evans was among 45 spellers from the original field of 245, the largest since 2019, to advance to the semifinals when he correctly answered his fifth-round multiple-choice vocabulary question earlier Wednesday.

The San Diego Unified School District kicked off major campus work Tuesday at 62-year-old Holmes Elementary School, part of a district-wide push for site modernizations.

They will converge on California State University, Long Beach, on June 8 to light the cauldron at the Special Olympics Southern California's Summer Games.

San Diego County health officials have released an updated water contact closure and advisory list Tuesday for county beaches

The families of four of five Camp Pendleton-based Marines killed in a 2022 Osprey crash filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has identified a leading candidate in the national search for a new chief administrative officer, and are planning to announce that person's name on Thursday once negotiations are concluded.

Cunningham served more than eight years in prison for accepting bribes before being released in 2013. President Donald Trump pardoned him in 2021.

All evacuation orders tied to the Springs Fire in eastern San Diego County have been lifted as containment improved Friday, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced.

The forward rate of spread for the Steele Fire in Rancho San Diego has been stopped and completely contained, according to Cal Fire. Evacuation orders and road closures have been lifted.