10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (446+ words) A new engineering assessment of Encinitas’s 46 bridges has found that one along Coast Highway 101 over the inlet to San Elijo Lagoon is in “poor” condition, but city officials say renovation plans already are being considered. However, it could be about…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (798+ words) Carlsbad declared a local emergency Wednesday to expedite repairs of coastal erosion that threatens to undermine Carlsbad Boulevard, also known as the historic Highway 101. Early next week crews will begin placing boulders weighing 4 to 8 tons each on the beach beside…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (743+ words) All railroad traffic connecting San Diego County with the rest of the nation was suspended again Tuesday as high tides and coastal erosion continued to chew away at the tracks in San Clemente in southern Orange County. “Waves overtopped the…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (129+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune A 70-year-old driver died after trying to evade a disabled vehicle and hitting a center divide on southbound Interstate 15 in Rancho Bernardo early Monday, a California Highway Patrol officer said. Just before 8 a.m., a Honda sedan allegedly collided…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (225+ words) A head-on crash early Sunday morning on a mountainous, rural East County roadway left one driver dead and the other badly injured, authorities said. The collision occurred about 12:35 a.m. on La Cresta Road near the community of Crest, San Miguel Fire…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (198+ words) Hundreds of flights were delayed Friday at San Diego International Airport after a drone and weather balloon were spotted in the immediate vicinity around 2 p.m., airport officials said. Airport personnel confirmed to the Union-Tribune that one object was a drone while…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (521+ words) The Chula Vista City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize an agreement with the California Department of Transportation that will allow the city to remove homeless encampments along Interstate 5, with the state reimbursing the city up to $200,000 through June 2027. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (951+ words) There are few places where otherwise reasonable adults seem to lose their collective patience quite like a school drop-off lane. I understand why. Mornings are hectic. Someone cannot find a shoe. Lunch still needs to be packed. You are running…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (156+ words) All northbound lanes of Interstate 5 and five of the lanes of northbound Interstate 805 are scheduled to be closed in Sorrento Valley on Monday night as crews paint stripes on newly paved lanes, according to Caltrans. The lanes will be shut…...

2+ week, 46+ min ago   (108+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning on state Route 67 in the El Cajon area, officials said. The crash occurred about 2:25 a.m. in the southbound lanes, just north of East Bradley Avenue, according to…...