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San Diegan arrested on flotilla as accounts of activists’ treatment sparks international outcry

San Diegan arrested on flotilla as accounts of activists’ treatment sparks international outcry

Israel denies mistreating the protesters, calling allegations of violence “false and entirely without factual basis.”

by Brooke Binkowski • Times of San Diego May 23, 2026

▶ Five dead — three victims and two teenage suspects — in Islamic Center shooting

Pete’s Garden Café: A reader’s email revives a lost Downtown San Diego story

by Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego

Mushroom foraging is on the rise statewide, county says — as is mushroom poisoning

Mushroom foraging is on the rise statewide, county says — as is mushroom poisoning

by Brooke Binkowski • Times of San Diego

‘Grief will not be the end of this story’: San Diego’s Muslims mourn community members following the deadly Islamic Center attack

by Roberto Camacho • Special to Times of San Diego

Latin jazz in spotlight at multi-genre Soundsation, free music showcase on two stages

by Mark Nero • Times of San Diego

Latest News

Monterrey’s Kinky brings 25 years of ‘Más y Más y Más’ to House of Blues

Monterrey’s Kinky brings 25 years of ‘Más y Más y Más’ to House of Blues

by Arturo Garcia • Times of San Diego May 23, 2026

Can you trust that post about Tom Steyer? How paid influencers are flooding into the governor’s race

Can you trust that post about Tom Steyer? How paid influencers are flooding into the governor’s race

by Jeanne Kuang, Yue Stella Yu and Maya C. Miller • CalMatters May 23, 2026

Even while courting moderates on voter ID, GOP leaders still push debunked fraud narrative

Even while courting moderates on voter ID, GOP leaders still push debunked fraud narrative

by Nadia Lathan • CalMatters May 23, 2026

Why classmates, school officials and Chula Vista police asked a court — unsuccessfully — to keep one of the suspected mosque shooters away from his dad’s guns

Why classmates, school officials and Chula Vista police asked a court — unsuccessfully — to keep one of the suspected mosque shooters away from his dad’s guns

by Dorian Hargrove • Times of San Diego and Andrew Keatts • Times of San Diego May 22, 2026May 22, 2026, 5:38 p.m.

Public Safety

A local activist profiled mosque shooting suspect over DEI complaints. Her editor unpublished the story after the shooting.

A local activist profiled mosque shooting suspect over DEI complaints. Her editor unpublished the story after the shooting.

by Dorian Hargrove • Times of San Diego and Andrew Keatts • Times of San Diego May 22, 2026May 22, 2026, 4:06 p.m.

Woman killed in Talmadge crash while sitting in disabled car on Fairmount Avenue

Woman killed in Talmadge crash while sitting in disabled car on Fairmount Avenue

by City News Service May 21, 2026May 21, 2026, 7:54 a.m.

Hundreds attend vigil for victims of Islamic Center attack

by Brooke Binkowski • Times of San Diego May 20, 2026May 21, 2026, 7:17 p.m.

Politics & Government

41 vote centers open across San Diego County for early voting

41 vote centers open across San Diego County for early voting

Additional vote centers will open next Saturday, May 30, for a total of 220 countywide. These will also be open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

by City News Service May 23, 2026May 23, 2026, 10:19 a.m.

In governor’s race, Xavier Becerra backs away from single payer healthcare

by Mark Kreidler • Capital & Main May 23, 2026

Just think about it: The shifting sands of a day at the beach

by Ron Donoho • Special for Times of San Diego May 23, 2026

City slashes trash fees, ends paid parking in Balboa Park to avoid trial and ballot measures

by Dorian Hargrove • Times of San Diego and Drew Sitton • Times of San Diego May 20, 2026May 20, 2026, 8:53 p.m.

Best of La Jolla: Nominate your favorite businesses

Business

Across San Diego County, unemployment rate decreased slightly in April

Across San Diego County, unemployment rate decreased slightly in April

by City News Service May 22, 2026May 22, 2026, 12:59 p.m.

Dillon Forte, a big draw in the ‘small tat world,’ is bringing his sacred geometry tattoos to San Diego

by Mark Nero • Times of San Diego May 22, 2026

Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much

Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much

by Rachel Becker • CalMatters May 22, 2026May 22, 2026, 9:35 a.m.

Life

Beach club owner behind push to create Mission Bay Park Conservancy

by Dave Schwab • Times of San Diego May 19, 2026May 19, 2026, 1:08 p.m.

Hacienda Cazadores en La Mesa resalta las tradiciones de la cocina sonorense

by Robin Dohrn-Simpson May 18, 2026May 18, 2026, 11:43 a.m.

Officials say San Diegans can claim more than $1 million in ‘unclaimed’ money

by City News Service May 16, 2026May 18, 2026, 12:11 p.m.

The seismic hazard in our backyard — What San Diegans don’t know about the potentially deadly Rose Canyon Fault

by Thomas Murphy • Times of San Diego May 15, 2026May 15, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

A peek behind the gates with the still-to-be-revealed hosts of La Jolla’s Secret Garden Tour

by Elizabeth Ireland • Times of San Diego May 15, 2026May 15, 2026, 11:56 a.m.

Sports

Fernando Tatis Jr. loses petition over contract advance he signed as a teen, ordered to pay Big League Advance millions

by Dorian Hargrove • Times of San Diego May 22, 2026May 22, 2026, 1:19 p.m.

USL W’s SoCal Dutch Lions open season with sea of familiar faces from college, club squads

USL W’s SoCal Dutch Lions open season with sea of familiar faces from college, club squads

by Hector Trujillo • Special to Times of San Diego May 21, 2026

Manny Machado is enduring a slump of epic proportions

by Barry M. Bloom • Special to Times of San Diego May 21, 2026May 22, 2026, 9:33 a.m.

Opinion

Opinion: California must fund after-school support for vulnerable adolescents

Opinion: California must fund after-school support for vulnerable adolescents

by Kristina Halmai-Gillan

Opinion: Which GOP governor candidate has the best chance? Neither one.

Opinion: Which GOP governor candidate has the best chance? Neither one.

by Barry Jantz

Opinion: When hate targets a house of worship, San Diego must answer with community

Opinion: When hate targets a house of worship, San Diego must answer with community

by Shikha Bansal

Education

Senior Panel gives upcoming Mission Bay High grads chance to reflect, offer advice

by Cyril Reinicke • Special for Times of San Diego May 20, 2026

Panicked parents rush to area around Islamic Center, with classrooms on-site, schools nearby

Panicked parents rush to area around Islamic Center, with classrooms on-site, schools nearby

by Alejandro Maciel • Times of San Diego, Lillian Perlmutter • Times of San Diego and Drew Sitton • Times of San Diego May 18, 2026May 19, 2026, 12:45 p.m.

UCSD’s Kirklanders scarf down mountain of Costco chicken, building on rotisserie tradition

by Thomas Murphy • Times of San Diego May 18, 2026May 18, 2026, 5:36 p.m.

Arts

La banda Kinky trae 25 años de ‘Más y Más y Más’ a House of Blues

La banda Kinky trae 25 años de ‘Más y Más y Más’ a House of Blues

by Arturo Garcia • Times of San Diego May 23, 2026

Ramona: A town named for a novel, shaped by the land

by Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego May 21, 2026May 21, 2026, 11:48 a.m.

‘Under the Perfect Sun’ is back — the left’s history of San Diego finds a city still burning with contradictions

by Jesse Marx • Special to Times of San Diego May 20, 2026May 20, 2026, 12:29 p.m.

Pink puts on show with a capital ‘S’ in fight against the big ‘C’ at Curebound Concert for Cures

by Bart Mendoza • Special to Times of San Diego May 19, 2026

Military

Miramar Marines test helicopters as ‘motherships’ for launching deadly drones

Miramar Marines test helicopters as ‘motherships’ for launching deadly drones

by Chris Jennewein • Times of San Diego May 21, 2026May 21, 2026, 2:27 p.m.

Family sues Liberty Military Housing after toddler’s fatal fall from an open window in La Mesa

by Dorian Hargrove • Times of San Diego May 20, 2026May 21, 2026, 7:29 p.m.

While Pentagon spends billions on war, military families say they’re getting short-changed

While Pentagon spends billions on war, military families say they’re getting short-changed

by Marcus Baram • Capital & Main May 19, 2026

Events