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A sign warns about lower water levels near the entrance to Castaic Lake. The San Diego County Water Authority and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California just settled a long-running lawsuit over water rates. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

San Diego County water officials just settled a 15-year-long rate dispute. Here’s what it could mean for you.

June 3, 2025 at 10:26 a.m.

A prolonged lawsuit between the San Diego County Water Authority and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California left both with uncertain budgets, as legal costs and water rates both...

Chula Vista Mayor John McCann and Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre. (Xavier Hernandez, Alejandro Tamayo / UT)

South County prepares to vote as 370K ballots go out in District 1 supervisor race

May 30, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

Voters can mail or drop off their ballots or can vote in person ahead of the July 1 election.

City bike lanes are shown along Park Boulevard in University Heights. (U-T)

SANDAG bike lanes still hamstrung by delays as $27M University Ave. projects gets OK

May 27, 2025 at 5:20 p.m.

Planning for the 2.8-mile stretch of bike lanes began in 2013, a sign of how the regional planning agency's big plans for bike infrastructure are still mired in delays and...

Hugh Palmer, the father of Lakiba Nicole Palmer, second to the right, becomes emotional after a plaque in his daughter’s memory is unveiled during an annual Memorial Ceremony at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial on Monday, May 26, 2025 in San Diego, California. This year U.S. Navy seaman Lakiba Nicole Palmer was honored during the remembrance. Palmer died on the USS Cole during a terrorist attack. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

“Murió como una heroína”: Marinera de San Diego fallecida en el atentado del USS Cole es homenajeada en el Monte Soledad

May 27, 2025 at 12:45 p.m.

Palmer falleció junto con 16 de sus compañeros de tripulación a bordo del USS Cole el 12 de octubre de 2000.

‘She died a hero’: San Diego sailor killed in USS Cole bombing honored at Mt. Soledad

May 26, 2025 at 9:33 p.m.

Seaman Lakiba Nicole Palmer has ed the ranks of U.S. military personnel honored with plaques at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial. For her family, it's a moment that's bittersweet.

Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa, San Diego. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Un accidente fatal plantea interrogantes sobre la proximidad de los aeropuertos a viviendas y empresas

May 26, 2025 at 12:20 p.m.

"Es una locura tener un aeropuerto privado con pilotos novatos volando, entrenando pilotos en una zona densamente urbanizada"

Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Fatal crash raises questions about proximity of airports to homes and businesses

May 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Some operations at Montgomery-Gibbs airport were not fully functioning at time of crash

California SR125 toll road in Chula Vista, south of Sweetwater Reservoir on Friday, April 12, 2024 in San Diego, CA. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Favoritism and 3,300% pay hikes: Audit finds SANDAG failed to reform no-bid contracting despite pledge

May 22, 2025 at 5:02 a.m.

A new audit has found that no-bid contracts at the regional planning agency lacked basic oversight and skirted SANDAG's own policies for years.

The San Diego County istration Building. (Eduardo Contreras / UT file)

Here’s how to learn more about San Diego County’s budget

May 21, 2025 at 4:12 p.m.

Open houses this Thursday and next Wednesday will let residents learn more about the county's proposed $8.6 billion spending package.

County of San Diego Board of Supervisors meeting speaking about agenda item 15. Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe listening to public comments at the San Diego County istration Center in Embarcadero on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

As drop in cigarette tax money threatens San Diego child services, supervisors step in to OK $4.3M

May 20, 2025 at 6:48 p.m.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to backfill the funding to First 5, a program providing health and developmental services for young children.

Bishop Felipe Pulido is shown here at the Catholic Diocese of San Diego on Thursday, April 8, 2025. Pulido met the newly elected Pope Leo XIV last Sept.. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

“¡Un americano!” Los católicos de San Diego celebran la elección del Papa León XIV y sus vínculos locales

May 9, 2025 at 8:21 a.m.

Robert Prevost, el primer papa estadounidense, tiene vínculos con San Diego, incluso a través de la escuela secundaria St. Augustine.

Bishop Felipe Pulido is shown here at the Catholic Diocese of San Diego in April. Pulido met the newly elected Pope Leo XIV last September. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

‘Un Americano!’ San Diego Catholics celebrate Pope Leo XIV’s election — and his local ties

May 9, 2025 at 5:11 a.m.

Robert Prevost, the first American pope, has ties to San Diego, including through St. Augustine High School.

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