Barrio Logan News

Joe Fajardo poses holding his Powerball lottery ticket after buying it at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego.

Joe Fajardo poses holding his Powerball lottery ticket after buying it at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed legislation that overhauls California's worker's compensation program.

Contrary to popular belief, Mexicans who live in Mexico don't celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

The city has some of the worst-maintained streets in the country. A recent survey listed the San Diego as eighth from the bottom.

The San Diego chapter of the American Planning Association has awarded top honors in the Planning Project category to Shea Properties, Chelsea Investment Company and Northgate Markets for their mixed-use Mercado del Barrio, a project located in the heart of San Diego's Barrio Logan neighborhood.

A San Diego school that is considered a model for the nation opened a new $15 million campus on Wednesday.

The City Council will consider Tuesday whether to spend $250,000 out of a budget surplus to keep the emergency shelter for homeless veterans in San Diego open until July 7. The shelter at the Veterans Village on Sports Arena Boulevard near Old Town is one of two the city funds during the cold weather months.

As a volunteer at the Monarch School, San Diego Women's Foundation member Marty Vales helps organize donated clothes that go to the students struggling with homelessness.

Architect Graham Downes was known for having designed many high-profile San Diego hotels and restaurants.

Chicano Park celebrates its historic designation with the 43rd anniversary of the park.