San Diego OKs sweeping parking price hikes, from paid Sunday parking to $10-an-hour meters during Padres games
City officials say they're also close to finalizing plans to start charging for parking at...
Transportation
Newark airport runway project wraps up early, so when will flight limits ease?
The Federal Aviation istration expects to be able to ease flight limits next week.
Third time appears to be the charm for troubled state e-bike giveaway
After two botched efforts, the latest California Air Resources Board event came off without a...
With a sweeping blueprint for its future, San Diego acknowledges the lasting imprint of segregation — and seeks to reverse it
The changes, scheduled for a City Council vote on Tuesday, would be the first major...
Just in time for Pride and Comic-Con, an easier way to pay public transit fares
Now you can pay your trolley or bus fare with your credit card or phone...
New Copper Line OK’d for East County to help ease trolley delays
MTS officials say the changes would significantly benefit the overall transit system by sharply improving...
Flight delays, border gridlock and more as Microsoft outage hits San Diego County
Airport, courts, hospitals and law enforcement agencies in San Diego experienced effects of outage, and...
Why the presidential race could be affecting car sales in San Diego and rest of US
Car sales in San Diego and across CA are stuck in neutral — and the...
Internet outage latest | Airlines, businesses, border crossings hit by global tech disruption
By The Associated Press A major internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media...
Nuisance or charm? San Diego moves to crack down on pedicab noise and fares
'I'm all for loud disco music, but not at 3 o'clock in the morning in...
Delays continue to plague completion of Otay Mesa East border crossing
San Diego County officials now predict the Otay II crossing won't be open to traffic...
Tijuana now has the San Diego border region’s only nonstop flight to this major Asian capital
Hainan Airlines on Friday resumed its Beijing-Tijuana-Mexico City route after a four-year hiatus due to...
A favorite San Diego shortcut won’t reopen for at least a year. When it does, it will look very different.
The closure of two-lane Bachman Place between Mission Valley and Hillcrest since spring 2022 has...
Free rides no more: Downtown San Diego’s FRED shuttle begins charging for first time
Its operator hopes the fare will reduce long waits and no-shows, after years of the...
Weekend-long closure of SR-125 in East County
From 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, all southbound SR-125 lanes from westbound state...
How San Diego’s controversial vendor law nearly scuttled a trolley crime crackdown
A proposal to include street-vendor enforcement in transit officers' expanded powers prompted a backlash
Coronado ferry rides will cost $9 Friday — nearly twice what they did 3 years ago
The service's private operator says the fare hikes are needed to cover the rising costs...
Hard landing temporarily halts all flights at San Diego International
A United flight inbound from Denver suffered a popped tire on landing Sunday night, prompting...
New Copper Line trolley would bring major changes to East County transit
Riders in Santee would have to transfer, but officials say overall trolley system would benefit
MTS approves $448 million budget that funds current service but halts expansion
The budget approved does not include planned trolley and bus service increases which depend on...
MTS rejects proposed crackdown on fare jumpers costing trolley system $1M a month
More and more San Diego Trolley riders are taking advantage of a loophole that discourages...
A new nonstop flight from Tijuana to this U.S. nightlife destination is coming
Mexico's Volaris airline will be offering direct service from the Tijuana International Airport to Las...
San Diego airport is getting a new parking operator — and it’s not Ace
Ace Parking, which for decades has managed parking at the airport, has been replaced by...
San Diego breaks ground on $100 million revamp of Brown Field airport in Otay Mesa
SAN DIEGO — San Diego officials broke ground Monday on $100 million in upgrades to Otay Mesa’s...
New on-demand enger van service debuts in San Marcos
A new on-demand enger van service began this week in San Marcos, a product of...
‘Off track’: San Diego County cities aren’t making enough progress on climate goals, report finds
San Diego County's nine biggest cities have made progress to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions...
SANDAG narrows possible routes for Del Mar train tunnel to three choices
San Diego County's regional planning agency released three possible routes this week for the proposed...
The trouble with nurdles, the plastic pollution you may not know about
Nurdles are everywhere. Never heard of them? They are the raw form of plastic resin...
San Diego airport’s mega Terminal 1 project gets some financial help from federal government
San Diego International Airport learned Friday it was awarded a $23.5 million federal grant to...
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon returns this weekend. Avoid traffic headaches and plan your route.
SAN DIEGO — Leaving the house Sunday morning? You're going to want to plan ahead.The Rock 'n'...
Navigating security lines at San Diego airport just got a little easier
Travelers hoping to ease the pain of navigating long security lines at San Diego International...
Low-cost carrier bringing a new nonstop to San Diego this summer
Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines has announced it will soon be flying nonstop between San Diego...
Cost of Carlsbad railroad bridge project increased by $42.5 million
CARLSBAD — Inflation, environmental concerns and spiraling costs have added $42.5 million to the expense of replacing...
Is ferry service from Ensenada to San Diego on the horizon? ‘This project is very feasible.’
The idea to operate a ferry between San Diego and Ensenada has been floating around...
Interim SANDAG chief executive to resign rather than return to position as deputy CEO
Coleen Clementson, the longtime deputy at the San Diego Association of Governments who stepped in...
No more tolls on SR-125? SANDAG is considering it – but making the road free would take years and cost millions
The San Diego Association of Governments could spend millions of dollars to do away with...
Will San Diego get its first nonstop flight to Washington, DC? It’s top contender for coveted airport slot
San Diego has a shot at securing a long-awaited nonstop flight to Ronald Reagan Washington...
Transit board approves negotiations for affordable housing at Oceanside rail stations
OCEANSIDE — North County Transit District's board approved exclusive negotiating agreements Thursday with developers proposing to build...
San Diego will create a sprawling citywide network of electric vehicle chargers
SAN DIEGO — Advice from San Diego's independent budget analyst prompted the City Council on Monday to...
For the imperiled coastal rail line, Del Mar seawalls are ‘imperative.’ For locals, they’re ‘the construction zone from hell.’
Residents of the wealthy coastal city whose crumbling bluffs are endangering the only rail line...
SANDAG, facing federal investigation, OKs $500,000 for outside lawyers to respond
Officials at the San Diego Association of Governments, the regional planning agency that controls a...
Twice as many trains? A new border express bus? Big San Diego transit plans in doubt due to state budget woes
SAN DIEGO — State budget problems are jeopardizing a potentially game-changing $40 million plan to boost San...
Sen. Blakespear says coastal railroad is at a climate crossroads. ‘The data is clear and the message more urgent.’
NORTH COUNTY — A coordinated, multi-agency effort is essential to save Southern California's coastal rail corridor from...
A new law makes it easier to crack down on bike-lane scofflaws. To the man behind it, it’s a no-brainer for San Diego.
SAN DIEGO — State Assemblymember Chris Ward of San Diego has come up with an innovative way...
E-bike rental company to pull out of Encinitas
ENCINITAS — An e-bike company that has had racks of rentable bikes in Encinitas since early 2022...
Big rigs in California are getting cleaner – but can long-range targets for trucks be met?
California policymakers want to clean up the emissions spewed by the trucking industry — and...
How San Diego could fix its potholes faster
SAN DIEGO — San Diego could fix more potholes more quickly if crews used mapping software to...
With an airport transit connection still years away, the popularity of a little-known free shuttle is surging through word of mouth
SAN DIEGO — Ridership is surging on a free airport shuttle from the Old Town Transit Center,...
Caltrans official Mario Orso named to lead SANDAG as new CEO
SAN DIEGO — The county's regional planning agency has hired a top local transportation official as its...
San Diego will soon be getting a lot more nonstop flights to Vegas
In a first for Alaska Airlines, the carrier will be offering daily nonstop flights between...
A Balboa Park ‘game changer’: This new project is about to transform walking, biking and driving along a key route
SAN DIEGO — Construction is nearly complete on the Pershing Bikeway, which officials say will transform a...
Speeding cameras, lower speed limits, new technology: How advocates want to make San Diego streets safer
SAN DIEGO — Cycling advocates and government officials touted some big new ideas to make streets safer...
Honoring road workers
Caltrans District 11 held a ceremony Tuesday at the district's courtyard on Taylor Street in...
SANDAG executives take responsibility for SR-125 toll failures but don’t explain why they waited to act
Senior managers at the San Diego Association of Governments accepted full responsibility for a series...
Freeway closures expected in East County and Carlsbad over coming days for maintenance work
Motorists in the East County and Carlsbad areas can expect freeway closures at different points...
Meetings ahead to discuss railway’s protection plans along San Clemente
ORANGE COUNTY — The first of two public meetings will be held this week to discuss how...
What’s the deal with the long vehicle lines to cross into Tijuana? The fix could take a while.
Long southbound lines at the San Ysidro-Tijuana vehicle border crossing used to be expected on...
San Diego wants to build a sprawling electric vehicle charging network – but council have questions
SAN DIEGO — San Diego is taking key steps toward creating a regional network of reliable electric...
Bike Anywhere Day gets a new May companion event – Bike Local Day
SAN DIEGO — Local planning officials are adding a new event this spring to go along with...
Federal agents are looking into SANDAG, after internal review finds staggering lack of oversight, disclosure
Financial reports detailing toll-road charges and collections cannot be trusted, and the department in charge...
Planning for planes, trains and automobiles: SANDAG outlines its top transportation priorities in $1.3B draft budget
Planning for a new trolley line, and express service on an existing one. Building a...
Another airline announces five more nonstop flights coming soon to San Diego
Spirit Airlines, which currently flies nonstop to only three cities from San Diego International Airport,...
Transit district hires lobbying firm to help secure federal grants
North County Transit District has approved a multiyear contract for up to $600,000 with a...
Controversy over Encinitas bike lanes renews after father of four dies in crash
ENCINITAS — Ryan Currie, a 48-year-old Encinitas father of four — who lost his wife to cancer...
A new airline for San Diego is bringing five nonstop flights in time for summer travel
Just in time for late spring and summer travel, low-cost carrier Breeze Airways is making...
Full enger train service returns Monday between San Diego and Orange counties
Full enger train service between San Diego and Orange counties is expected to resume Monday...
Dozens of new buses, trolley cars and amenities: Here’s what’s in MTS’ new $243M capital improvement budget
SAN DIEGO — The Metropolitan Transit System will spend more money than ever before on new trains,...
Speed limits may be lowered on many Encinitas roadways starting this summer
ENCINITAS — Plans are on track to reduce speed limits on many Encinitas roadways, ranging from major...
Freeways split San Diego’s communities of color. This new Caltrans project aims to reconnect them.
SAN DIEGO — Neighborhoods in southeastern San Diego and National City that were disconnected by Interstate 805...
San Diego EV charging company completes $1 million deal with the U.K.’s defense ministry
Beam Global, a San Diego-based company that specializes in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, just completed...
Del Mar drops idea of task force to monitor railroad tunnel plans
DEL MAR — The Del Mar City Council has dropped a proposal by two of its ...
Amtrak to resume limited service through San Clemente on Wednesday as repairs continue to protect tracks
Amtrak will resume limited enger service Wednesday through the area below a San Clemente landslide...
Six more places along rail line in San Clemente could be at risk; emergency repairs could top $200 million
Emergency repairs could cost $200 million over the next year along a 7-mile stretch of...
Del Mar may create task force to monitor plans for railroad tunnel
DEL MAR — Del Mar is proposing to create a seven-member task force to monitor plans to...
How high-speed rail came to California but left San Diego behind
SAN DIEGO — New momentum behind California's long-delayed high-speed rail system, including a $3.1 billion federal grant,...
Frontier Airlines is bringing a new nonstop to San Diego
Come May, Frontier Airlines will begin offering a new nonstop flight between San Diego and...
Carlsbad nixes street improvement proposal for Tamarack Avenue
Carlsbad — Carlsbad's City Council voted 3-2 this week against more studies of possible safety improvements for...
Construction begins on barrier wall along railroad beneath San Clemente landslide
Construction began Monday on a barrier wall below a San Clemente landslide that has stopped...
Long-studied transit connection to San Diego airport still more than three years off
Five years after launching a widely ed effort to bring high-speed transit to San Diego's...
Does San Diego need to increase its road repair funding?
Poor road conditions in the city of San Diego are said to cost businesses delivering...
Wall construction may start next week at landslide stopping trains to San Diego
Construction could start next week, weather permitting, on a barrier wall below the San Clemente...
Trolley service disrupted after tow truck ends up on Chula Vista tracks
CHULA VISTA — Trolley service was halted for a spell Tuesday after a tow truck driver...
MTS’ Orange Line Trolley resumes service after January storm damage
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System announced Friday that the Orange Line in its...
Workers remove soil, debris from railroad right-of-way allowing San Diego freight trains to resume runs through San Clemente
Freight trains to and from San Diego resumed traffic Thursday night below a slow-moving landslide...
Sen. Blakespear introduces legislation to improve troubled railroad corridor
NORTH COUNTY — State Sen. Catherine Blakespear announced Tuesday she is introducing bipartisan legislation to improve enger...
New pavement audit details where San Diego’s plan to overhaul crumbling streets succeeds, and fails
SAN DIEGO — San Diego's new plan to boost the city's crumbling streets lacks key details like...
Carlsbad declares emergency to clear creek in area that flooded Route 78
Carlsbad declared a storm-related emergency last week to expedite cleaning sediment and debris from the...
‘This project will happen.’ Del Mar residents remain unhappy with plan for train tunnel
Del Mar residents continue to stress their strong opposition to any plan that takes trains...
San Diego freight trains resume again as fixes explored for active San Clemente landslide
San Diego freight trains resumed traffic through San Clemente this week after another brief suspension...
SANDAG hit with class-action lawsuit over flawed toll-collection system on South Bay Expressway
The regional planning agency that operates a flawed toll-collection system along state Route 125 has...
San Diego freight trains stopped again by San Clemente landslide
Freight trains to and from the Port of San Diego will be suspended again Tuesday...
Heavy rain accelerates landslide above San Clemente railroad
Sensors and a camera installed over the weekend detected additional, accelerated movement Monday in a...
San Diego freight trains continue running despite threat of San Clemente landslides
Freight trains, unlike enger trains, have resumed running across the tracks beneath a San Clemente...
Caltrans declares emergency for landslide that suspended San Diego-to-Orange County trains
Caltrans declared an emergency Thursday for the San Clemente landslide that continues to halt enger...
No more ‘choo-choo’: Train horns will go silent again as downtown San Diego ‘quiet zone’ is reinstated
Trains traveling through downtown San Diego will again stop sounding their horns when approaching railroad...
San Diego backs off of plan to make cable companies pay for digging into city streets
SAN DIEGO — Fear of litigation from cable companies Cox, Spectrum and AT&T has prompted San Diego...
enger train service remains offline as land continues to slide at San Clemente trouble spot
Soil continues to move at the site of the San Clemente landslide that has halted...
Family, ers of killed bicyclist install new ‘ghost bike’ memorial after alleged arson
Laura Keenan initially wanted nothing to do with the spot on Camino del Rio South...
Officials don’t know how long closure of San Diego-Orange County rail line will last
enger rail service between San Diego and Orange County will remain unavailable for several more...
Temporary freeway closures to repair roads, work on walking bridge may cause delays this weekend
SAN DIEGO — Plan your trips around San Diego carefully this weekend. Various stretches of freeway around...
U.S. completes $134 million modernization project at the Otay Mesa border crossing
OTAY MESA — The federal government has completed a $134 million modernization and expansion project at the...
Outside review of MTS firing in Nathan Fletcher case finds no knowledge of improper relationship
No one at San Diego Metropolitan Transit System knew about any improper relationship between former...
Levin announces $53.9 million for San Diego County railroad projects day after landslide blocks tracks
Local elected officials made a whistle stop Thursday at the Oceanside Transit Center to announce...