(Illustration by Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times; Photo via Getty Images) Two months before the U.S. Supreme Court shot down an attempt to ban abortion medication, a San Diego County doctor who was a plaintiff in the case stepped onto a stage in Texas and warned that another civil war is coming — this […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The United States Coast Guard, along with area agencies, saved five people from a sinking boat in San Diego Bay Tuesday morning. A Coast Guard boatcrew was deployed at 10:44 a.m. Tuesday to a 34-foot recreational boat after the Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center received a […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — History was made today in San Diego. The first of its kind, all-electric tugboat, the eWolf, was officially christened on San Diego Bay Tuesday. The eWolf will begin commercial service this week. Instead of burning diesel fuel like other tugboats, the eWolf is the first all-electric powered harbor tugboat in […]
June 25 (UPI) — The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a female Baird’s tapir, an endangered animal native to Mexico and Central America. The zoo said the calf, born June 3 to mother Luna, is now on display alongside the facility’s capybaras in an enclosure located in the Elephant Odyssey section of the […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Summertime calls for beach days and swimming, but San Diego County health officials have warned this could mean illness for those who submerge in certain areas along the coast. On Saturday, the Department of Environmental Health and Quality released an updated water contact closure and advisory list for the county. […]
Metro Phoenix residents won’t need to gas up their cars and drive six hours to hit the beach in San Diego this summer. There’s a new option. FlixBus announced new direct service between Phoenix and San Diego, which will run from now through September. The new route was made possible through a partnership with charter […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Water districts across San Diego County are grappling with a dramatic price hike from the San Diego County Water Authority, which is projected to increase water prices by nearly 40% over the next few years. Olivenhain Municipal Water District board members on Wednesday night voted to approve a budget that […]
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday for the second time, after a recent change to California law prompted 457 legal claims alleging decades-old sex abuse by the diocese’s priests. San Diego is the site of Catholicism’s first foothold in California, through […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego man has died after a rollover crash on Interstate 5 Monday afternoon. First responders arrived at the scene of the one-car accident around 1 p.m. Monday after California Highway Patrol (CHP) issued a Sig Alert for I-5 northbound near SeaWorld Drive. Driver killed, passenger seriously injured in […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego is known for its stunning beaches, drawing thousands out every year to bask in the sun and enjoy the cool waters of the Pacific Ocean. The region’s beaches often get recognition for this appeal, but one stretch of San Diego’s coast recently received a less than favorable acknowledgment […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — An earthquake was felt in Southern California and throughout San Diego County Saturday afternoon. Did you feel it? The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is reporting a 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck at 4:33 p.m. Saturday at a depth of 7.2 miles near Oasis, California between Borrego Springs and Salton City. Earthquake […]
Above: A Nexstar video on the history of Pride Month. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community has an incredibly rich and dynamic history — one that stretches back as far as the city has been around. Most San Diegans probably have a passing knowledge about some of the city’s LGBTQ+ hotspots, like […]