National City News

Four of five San Diego Unified School District candidates at this year's Politifest debate.

A man was shot seven times and rushed to a hospital. The woman who drove him there was detained on unrelated charges.

The California Community Colleges Board of Governors recently granted full center status to both of Southwestern College's higher education centers in National City and San Ysidro.

A Chula Vista man who sliced the face of his attorney during his Dec. 13 trial pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated mayhem and faces 20 years to life in prison - which would be added towards two other sentences.

A National City man who killed his roommate after he made a disparaging remark was sentenced May 8 to 24 years in state prison.

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.