Sneak peek at upcoming San Diego community events street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows, community meetings

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he named Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego, California.

The sudden pullback of NEA funding — after money was already spent — is shaking confidence across San Diego's dance world and forcing organizations to rethink programming.

San Diego Unified School District doesn’t give taxpayers enough clarity on its bond measures, neither in its ballot materials asking voters to approve them nor later about how much money it has or hasn’t spent,

Academy Fire initially started 2:58 p.m. May 16 in San Diego County. It has burned 49 acres after being active for two days. The fire crew managed to contain the fire entirely by Sunday evening. However, the cause is still being investigated. What does 100% containment mean?

They are being filed across the country, with a slew in California and locally in San Diego. After a white plaintiff sued, the City of San Diego removed the race requirement from a program meant to help people of color buy their first home.

There were 9,905 homeless people found in San Diego County in January, a decrease of several hundred individuals from the start of 2024 and the region’s first drop in years. And that wasn’t the only good news.

A new wildfire was reported today at 2:50 p.m. in San Diego County. Disney Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it remains undetermined.

We want to emphasize that there are no known threats to the Jewish community in San Diego at this time. The increased security measures are being taken out of an abundance of caution. [Heidi Gantwerk]

Class of 2027 defensive back Joaquim Davis of Etiwanda High in Riverside County announced Tuesday that he’s received an offer from San Diego State. Davis is lis