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The San Diego City Council is supposed to review contracts given to nonprofit agencies or government departments above $500,000 and that threshold may be too easily breached by issuing multiple smaller … More »Contracts can grow without council nod

For the past year, Freedom Station has been a place where San Diego sailors and Marines with broken bodies start their journey to a new life. More »Next stop for wounded vets: Freedom Station

Sheriff Bill Gore said state officials have “taken the monkey off their back" with prison realignment, pushing more lower-level criminals to the county jails. More »Prison crowding eases as local jails house more inmates

The race for the 39th Senate District may develop into a high-stakes showdown, commanding attention and infusing the contest with contributions from across California. More »Local Senate race has statewide implications

The National Museum of the Marine Corps juts across the sky like the flag raised at Iwo Jima, with its steel spire buttressed like the upraised arms of Marines atop Mount Suribachi. More »Marine Corps museum tells the whole story

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would streamline the difficult process of mixing treated, safe wastewater into the general drinking supply. More »Improving the flow to use recycled water

A New York bond-rating agency on Friday warned that it may lower its A and A-plus grades for $132 million worth of bond offerings from the San Ysidro School District, saying analysts were not told about … More »San Ysidro school bonds placed on watch

The political battle over Proposition E, which would phase out mobile home park rent control by putting in place vacancy decontrol, pitted landowners and mobile home park managers More »Committee raises $400k to support Prop E

An appeals court ruled San Diego is not required to pay attorney fees for an animal right’s group that sued the city to close the La Jolla Children’s Pool beach during harbor seal pupping season. More »Pro-seal group loses appeal for lawyer fees

U.S. Rep. Brian Bilbray says his home is a Pacific Beach condominium previously occupied by a former girlfriend of Bilbray’s son, Brian P. Bilbray. More »Bilbray has had many addresses, now in P.B.

Scientists at San Diego's major research institutes awarded large grants to explore how stem cells might be used to treat everything from Alzheimer's disease to spinal cord injuries. More »SD scientists get $18 million in stem cell funds

A high wind advisory is in effect along eastern Interstate 8, where strong winds are kicking up dust, reducing visibility for drivers. More »Wind-blown dust affecting Interstate 8

A teenager who injured two people in an Emerald Hills shooting last year, including a 7-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet, was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison. More »Teen in Emerald Hills shooting gets prison

Things are getting heated in the San Diego District 7 City Council race after mailers sent out from a pro-business group saying candidate Mat Kostrinsky would take a pension if elected, even though the … More »Council candidate not taking pension despite mailers saying he will

A 19-year-old car passenger arrested at the end of a high-speed pursuit in Poway Tuesday gave sheriff’s deputies a false name because she was wanted on a warrant, authorities said Friday. More »Fake name given to hide warrant

One of 10 defendants charged in a bribery scheme involving the University of San Diego’s men’s basketball team pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court Thursday. More »Third guilty plea in USD basketball bribery scheme

Police are investigating after a man who said he was shot in North Park showed up at a hospital Wednesday night with a gunshot wound to the leg. More »Man wounded by gunshot in North Park

Car washes will be held Friday through Sunday starting at 10 a.m. at Writerz Blok at 5012 Market St., near Euclid Avenue. More »Fundraisers for slain college student's family

The San Diego County Grand Jury is calling for the city to suspend The Rock church’s permit, until review it and determine if the church actually fits the plan that governs development in the area. More »Grand jury suggests suspending Rock Church's permit

Three men and a woman are dead from a collision involving three vehicles on state Route 67 south of Rockhouse Road. Names of two of the victims were released Friday night. More »Four dead in Route 67 collision near Poway

Drivers can count on lower tolls when travelling on SR 125 thanks to a unanimous vote Friday that will significantly drop the prices after June 30. More »South Bay toll road prices lowered

U.S. Marines deployed to what has been the most violent province of Afghanistan for coalition forces are deep into a fighting withdrawal, handing over control of their battle space to Afghan forces at … More »Steep drawdown for Marine war force

A gunman opened fire Friday morning on a pedestrian in Chollas View but missed him, San Diego police said. More »Gunman misses targeted victim