San Diego State University has sharply boosted its minority graduation rate and narrowed the achievement gap between minority students and others, earning recognition from a national advocacy group.
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SDSU wins praise for narrowing graduation gap
An alliance of Imperial Valley residents and former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre on Tuesday released a report that criticized the Imperial Irrigation District and raised questions about the landmark 2003 sale of water to the San Diego County Water Authority.
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Landmark water deal comes under scrutiny
A former official in the Baja California Attorney General’s Office pleaded guilty Tuesday in San Diego federal court to using his position to help a lethal Tijuana drug gang.
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Ex-Mexican official pleads guilty to helping drug gang
An 18-foot by 12-foot rainbow flag on a 65-foot flagpole will be flying over Hillcrest in time for San Diego’s Pride week in July.
The Beyster family of La Jolla has donated $7 million toward the construction of a nursing research and training center at the University of San Diego.
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USD nursing center advances with donation
San Diego County high schools were well-represented on the list of America’s best high schools, released Tuesday by US News and World Report Magazine.
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SD County schools make national list
The University of San Diego says it will hold a campus drag show Wednesday night despite criticism that it violates the school’s Catholic values.
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Planned USD Drag Show Upsets Alumni
The University of San Diego has scheduled a panel discussion aimed at mitigating what organizers see as the rise of incivility among the public, community leaders, elected officials and the media in this region.
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USD offers panel on civility
The UC San Diego alumni organization has scheduled a forum on the future of health care in this country.
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Public invited to hear health care panel
San Diego State University has begun accepting applications for its new master of science degree program in hospitality and tourism management.
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SDSU offers hospitality master’s degree
Authorities briefly chased at least two people in a stolen car in Valley Center early Thursday and the pursuit ended in a crash, with one person in custody and the other getting away.
A 4-year-old boy who was found wandering outside an apartment complex in Bay Terraces was reunited with his parents Wednesday morning, San Diego police said.
The San Diego City Council will be asked on Monday to send a strong “transit before highways” message to the regional planning agency that is drawing up the county’s transportation plans for the next 40 years.
Federal officers staffing San Ysidro Port of Entry arrested a 56-year-old San Diego resident Thursday after he allegedly drove a 78-pound load of methamphetamine into the country from Mexico.
[11/08/2011] Cellist Michelle Elliott and pianist Lea Schmidt-Rogers will perform a program featuring works by Beethoven, de Falla, and Debussy in the Cuyamaca College Performing Arts Theatre.
San Diego police were on the lookout Thursday for a gunman who wore a mask while robbing a Normal Heights convenience store.
Authorities say a woman was out celebrating her birthday at an Ocean Beach bar when she decided to leave with a man she had just met.
A fight between two men on a sidewalk in San Ysidro resulted in gunfire, police said Thursday.
The Oceanside City Council voted on Wednesday to name a community center and amphitheater in honor of Junior Seau.
A man who had gotten out of a car fired shots at another man, who was not hit, San Diego police said.
The lineup announced Wednesday for the Paddock Concert Series at the San Diego County Fair is full of shows for classic rock fans.
California’s colleges and universities are looking at fewer classes, higher student fees and layoffs unless more money can be injected into the state budget, educational leaders in San Diego and Sacramento said Wednesday.
When it comes to modern warfare, many military experts refer to San Diego as the “tip of the spear.”
San Diego may be on pace to set a record when it comes to homicides in one year.
