Otay Mesa Archives - Times of San Diego

Lawsuit filed challenging 5,000-plus-home community in Otay Mesa

by Dorian Hargrove • Times of San Diego Aug. 14, 2026, 2:42 p.m.Aug. 14, 2026, 6:22 p.m.

Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit to stop a 5,130-home mixed-use community in Otay Mesa due to lack of transit and environmental impacts.

San Diego police street racing

Crime

Officers track illegal street racing on social media, crack down on sideshows in city, South Bay

by Times of San Diego Staff Reports Aug. 12, 2026, 11:20 a.m.Aug. 12, 2026, 10:37 p.m.

Otay Mesa Detention Center

The federal government now owns the Otay Mesa Detention Center. Advocates say this is a fight over the future of immigration

by Lillian Perlmutter • Times of San Diego July 20, 2026, 11:42 a.m.July 27, 2026, 2:03 p.m.

Otay Mesa Detention Center - A heavily secured prison complex glows at dusk behind layered chain-link fences and razor wire, with a tall light and grassy foreground.

Judge indicates willingness to grant county request to inspect Otay Mesa detention facility

by City News Service May 6, 2026, 4:14 p.m.May 6, 2026, 4:14 p.m.

CBP badge

Crime

Cocaine and meth stashes worth nearly $3 million seized in Otay Mesa

by City News Service April 18, 2026, 5:00 p.m.April 26, 2026, 2:38 p.m.

San Diego Police cruiser suspect arrest

Crime

Suspect in fatal holiday season shooting arrested while crossing border

by Jennifer Vigil • Times of San Diego April 16, 2026, 10:29 a.m.April 16, 2026, 10:49 a.m.

A CoreCivic truck

Crime

Sheriff not investigating 7 reported rapes at Otay Mesa detention center

by Wendy Fry and Nigel Duara • CalMatters March 24, 2026, 4:28 p.m.March 24, 2026, 4:28 p.m.

El litigio, que señala como principales demandados a la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, y al director interino de ICE, Todd Lyons, busca una orden judicial permanente que impida a las autoridades federales obstruir futuras inspecciones estatales.

San Diego County sues federal government, demands inspections at Otay Mesa Detention Center

by Alejandro Maciel • Times of San Diego March 10, 2026, 5:15 p.m.March 11, 2026, 11:51 a.m.

Uniformed personnel working near a tall metal barrier with concertina wire.

Kristi Noem visiting Mexican border near San Diego today

by Wendy Fry • CalMatters Feb. 12, 2026, 9:18 a.m.Feb. 13, 2026, 2:15 p.m.

City crews work on slurry seal street repairs and resurfacing. (File photo courtesy City of San Diego)

Life

Is your street on the list? City begins resurfacing in multiple neighborhoods

by Staff and Wire Reports Dec. 15, 2025, 7:03 p.m.Dec. 15, 2025, 7:11 p.m.

A portrait of a woman in a pink dress, Alexis Berenice Guadarrama Orozco who is missing and presumed dead.

Crime

Judge sentences killer to 15-years-to-life, calls woman’s death ‘horrific, calculated’

by City News Service Dec. 2, 2025, 4:15 p.m.Dec. 2, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Border wall at night

Crime

Man, 2 women survive fall from U.S.-Mexico Border Wall

by City News Service Nov. 29, 2025, 8:41 a.m.Nov. 29, 2025, 9:01 a.m.

A portrait of a woman in a pink dress, Alexis Berenice Guadarrama Orozco who is missing and presumed dead.

Crime

After ex is convicted of missing woman’s murder, investigators seek help finding her body

by City News Service Nov. 7, 2025, 7:19 p.m.Nov. 7, 2025, 7:19 p.m.

A person stands guard at a gated and barred entrance while people stand to the side

Immigrants in ICE custody strip-searched after visits at Otay Mesa, detainees say

by Kate Morrissey • Capital & Main Oct. 15, 2025, 11:01 a.m.Oct. 15, 2025, 11:01 a.m.