Balboa Park News

San Diego is hemorrhaging police officers. Four conservative members of the City Council on Tuesday held a press conference to call for an end to the bleeding, KPBS reports.

San Diego Civic Organist Dr. Carol Williams will launch the Spreckels Organ Society's Summer International Organ Festival at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 24 in Balboa Park.

Student Affairs Penny Rue has been at UC San Diego for nearly six years, and will depart from her post at the end of June.

A yearlong celebration of Balboa Park 's centennial in 2015 will focus on San Diego's innovative contributions, cultural heritage, outdoor lifestyle and entertainment, according to a presentation delivered Wednesday to the City Council's Natural Resources and Culture Committee.

By even talking about this movie, we've already violated the first rule of Fight Club.

The $300,000 project to remove the parking spots in the Plaza de Panama , also known as the heart of Balboa Park, began this week.

Three cheers for Mayor Filner, who had the foresight and courage to take action regarding the parking and traffic in our beloved Balboa Park .

The anniversary for California's ban on foie gras is near: it's been illegal to sell the fatty liver from force-fed ducks statewide since July 1, 2012.

The City Council Monday passed a $2.75 billion budget for the city of San Diego for the 2013-14 fiscal year and rejected a cut proposed for the City Attorney's Office.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is meeting this week in Coronado.

According to the sheriff's department, a 78-year-old man crashed his Toyota sedan into a pillar in front of the bank after backing into another motorist who was also backing out of a parking space.

Mayor Bob Filner presented San Diego Air & Space Museum with a proclamation in recognition of 50 years of outstanding service to the citizens of San Diego.

Rated-1 for Carlsbad on Trip Advisor West Inn and Suites in Carlsbad California is a boutique hotel offering the ultimate in luxurious detail and an ideal location for both the business and leisure traveler.

Top-seeded Megan McCray of Oceanside, Calif., easily advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the USTA National Open Hard Court Championship at the Balboa Tennis Club as she breezed past Linda Guerzize of Palm Desert, Calif., 6-0, 6-1.

The best of the best in high school athletics will be featured when the seventh annual U-T San Diego and San Diego Hall of Champions Prep Athletes Awards Gala takes place Saturday.

General Dynamics NASSCO has been awarded a contract by American Petroleum Tankers to build four liquified natural gas tankers, a project that will require the hiring of 800 workers.

The Department of Fish and Game was called out to the Buckman Springs area Saturday after a dead mountain lion was spotted along Interstate 8. "This is, like I said, the second one I've collected off the freeway this year off the 8. And I'm sure there's other ones that are collected as well by other wardens," he said.

The water park in Chula Vista, renovated with a South Seas theme by SeaWorld San Diego, opened its doors to the public Saturday morning.

Ocean frontier explorer and world-renowned filmmaker James Cameron has been named by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2013 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.

Fitness is taking flight in San Diego, this spring: The Yoga Factory is making its debut in Hillcrest and across the County as the first San Diego studio specializing in AntiGravityA Aerial Yoga, AntiGravityA Aerial Pilates and AcroyogaA .