Greg Moran

The state had awarded $9 million to transform the motel into an adult residential care facility. Here's what happened.

When a group of National City officials descended on the Stardust Inn on East Plaza Boulevard the morning of June 4, what they found was eye-opening.

The city of San Diego has turned to Veterans Village of San Diego to provide needed shelter beds for the homeless. VVSD recently had its substance abuse treatment license revoked by the state, but officials say that will not be an issue with the new deal.

After nearly 18 months without a permanent chief executive, the commissioners at the Port District of San Diego picked a new leader during a closed session on Nov. 13.

After nearly 18 months without a permanent chief executive, the commissioners at the Port District of San Diego picked a new leader during a closed session on Nov. 13.

The results of the narrowly rejected sales tax hike show a demonstrable split along San Diego’s Interstate 8.

Workers from the city of San Diego and San Diego Metropolitan Transit System survey damage in a storm drain that parallels Imperial Avenue in San Diego's Encanto neighborhood, Jan. 23, 2024.

In the end it was close, but the failure of the Measure E one-cent sales tax increase in San Diego means the city is staring down a gaping quarter billion-dollar deficit next year — and possibly ongoing shortfalls beyond.

The San Ysidro Transit Center is shown on June 17, 2021. Transportation projects, including the county’s trolley system, are funded in part by the San Diego Association of Governments. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource)

San Diego County's major local law enforcement agencies said they did not have any reports or complaints about threats to Vargas, and were not actively investigating any cases involving her.