National City News

Q: Why are you running for assembly district 80? We have very, very high unemployment, higher than the rest of the region.

National City's City Council Tuesday night authorized the city manager to send a letter to Sacramento opposing Assembly Bill 5. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano drafted and proposed The Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Fairness Act to create a statewide framework in giving new protections and more civil rights to homeless people.

The musically inclined elders over the age of 55 travel to three local senior homes once a month to belt out tunes from the 1930s, '40s and '50s. Each month, Singin' Seniors serenade the folks at Canterbury Court Senior Apartments in Chula Vista, Friendship Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in National City and an Alzheimer's care facility in ... (more)

By Wednesday night, Ramona teachers will have authorized a strike against the Ramona Unified School District.

The Northwest Civic Association of Chula Vista, National City Chamber of Commerce and The Star-News are hosting a State Assembly District 80 candidates forum from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. May 15 at the Chula Vista Civic Library.

San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port located in San Diego County, California near the US-Mexico border.

Newly released video evidence in the criminal case against a teenager charged in a so-called "Bonnie and Clyde" style crime spree is raising questions about the legality of her interrogation by San Diego Police.

A man who led police on a rush-hour pursuit through busy El Cajon streets was identified late Thursday night, and expected to face charges for evading police and allegedly ramming a squad car.

It was interesting to read that Congressman Issa is going to investigate the Benghazi attacks .

Janice Martinelli, president of the National City Historical Society, stands in the newly opened archive room on the city's Brick Row.

The victim walked into an auto-repair shop in the 7100 block of Park Ridge Boulevard shortly before 11:30 a.m. and told an employee he'd just been knifed in the abdomen during a confrontation with two other men a short distance to the east, at Jackson Drive and Navajo Road, according to San Diego police.

A man accused of wounding a motorist in a shooting spree targeting drivers between National City and Del Mar pleaded guilty Monday to felony battery charges for punching jail deputies on three occasions last year.

Isle Surfboards and Paddleboards was started in 2004 by two San Diego surfers. However, recently they have done some renovating and turned ISLE into one of the largest retailers of Paddleboards and Surfboards in the nation.

Cinco de Mayo may be next weekend but Saturday, the Mariachis were playing their hearts out at National City's Pepper Park for the Cinco de Mayo Mariachi Festival and Competition.

National City's Fire Marshal Robert Hernandez said in January that an unidentified man who worked for a fake company called First Fire Protection Systems went to Normy's hair salon, located on East 8th Street, and said the company needed to conduct a fire inspection at the National City hair salon.

The 126-year history of National City can now be told through the city's new historic archive room, which opened two weeks ago at the historic Brick Row.

The 11th annual National City Cinco de Mayo festival will, for the first time, headline a mariachi competition on Saturday, April 27, at Pepper Park from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. National City's Chamber of Commerce is this year's organizer of the free event, after saving it from extinction last year.

SAN DIEGO Police are on the scene of a fatal crash on northbound Interstate 805 at Plaza Boulevard in National City Thursday morning.

Public forums featuring candidates for Assembly District 80, which encompasses parts of Chula Vista, National City and San Diego.

National City, already the most densely populated city in San Diego County, is expected to become more so by 2021.