Highly Contagious Parasite Exposure At San Diego's Gaylord Pacific Prompts Health Warning To Resort Guests

Guests who plunged into the pools at San Diego County's massive $1.3 billion Gaylord Pacific Resort in Chula Vista are being warned they may have been exposed to Cryptosporidium, a highly contagious, chlorine-resistant microscopic parasite that can cause severe watery diarrhea and survive for days even in properly maintained swimming pools.

Celebrity Chef Richard Blais' California English Restaurant To Close In San Diego After 3½ Years

Celebrity chef Richard Blais' California English restaurant will permanently close later this month after a little more than three years in San Diego's Sorrento Mesa.

The Killers' Brandon Flowers Surprises San Diego With Beachfront Concert At Hotel Del Coronado

Anyone walking the beach outside Hotel del Coronado Wednesday night stumbled onto something considerably more interesting than the usual sunset: Brandon Flowers, frontman of American rock band The Killers, performing a private beachfront concert that ultimately became an unofficial free show for hundreds of people gathered outside the fence.

“He Thought It Was A Carjacker”: 20 Years Later, the Police Shooting That Ended Steve Foley’s NFL Career Still Haunts San Diego

Twenty years ago today, an off-duty police officer opened fire in a dark Poway cul-de-sac, and a San Diego Chargers linebacker who had emerged as one of the team's defensive standouts never played another down in the NFL. It was the early morning of September 3, 2006, when Steve Foley was shot by 23-year-old rookie Coronado police officer Aaron Mansker, who was off duty, dressed in street clothes and driving his personal vehicle. 

Best In Class: Brooklyn Dogs Is A True NYC-Style Hot Dog Experience In San Diego

For decades, Brooklyn native Pete Soto has been serving old-school Sabrett hot dogs from his Brooklyn Dogs cart in downtown San Diego, usually with a Yankees cap on his head, Sinatra playing nearby and his family at his side. For me, his gloriously messy chili cheese dog - topped with mustard, no-bean chili and creamy cheese sauce - has become an essential pre-show ritual before heading into the San Diego Civic Theatre, a nostalgic taste of New York City and, quite possibly, the best hot dog in San Diego.

Chula Vista's $1.3 Billion Gaylord Resort Was Supposed To Pay For Itself In A Few Years, But Taxpayers May Be Waiting Decades

Chula Vista's spectacular new $1.3 billion Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center was sold as a transformative investment that would bring conventions, tourism and enormous new tax revenues to the South Bay. But barely a year after the waterfront mega-resort opened, the financial equation behind the hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies that helped build it is already looking considerably different from what taxpayers were originally told.

Driverless Cars Will Soon Be Everywhere In San Diego, But What Happens When Driving Becomes The Luxury?

Google-backed Waymo robotaxis are now carrying San Diego passengers as Amazon's Zoox and Tesla advance autonomous driving technology in the area. The bigger question may be what happens to jobs, car ownership, insurance and personal freedom when humans become the least safe thing on the road.

Two-Alarm Fire Temporarily Shutters Temaki Bar Sushi Restaurant In Encinitas

A two-alarm fire that broke out in the basement of popular Encinitas sushi restaurant Temaki Bar Sushi has forced the restaurant to temporarily close, although officials say the building's sprinkler system helped contain the flames and the restaurant reports everyone made it out safely.

Prohibition Brewing To Permanently Close After 15 Years In Vista As San Diego's Craft Beer Contraction Continues

Another longtime San Diego County brewery is preparing to pour its final pint, as Vista's Prohibition Brewing Company has announced it will permanently close at the end of September after nearly 15 years in business.

New Family-Run Pizzeria Trinacria Taking Over Venezia Italian Cuisine In Oceanside

A new family-run pizzeria built around more than a century of Italian-American history is preparing to open in downtown Oceanside, where father-and-son restaurateurs Salvatore "Tore" Trupiano and Damiano Trupiano will debut Trinacria Pizza Co. inside the longtime home of Venezia Italian Cuisine.

Modern Times Mess Gets Even Stranger As Timestead Operators Blame Each Other For Payroll Problems

Modern Times was once one of San Diego's biggest craft beer success stories. Today, its original brewery is gone, its beer is brewed by another company, and businesses still carrying the Modern Times name are scattered across a confusing collection of owners, operators and licensing arrangements. Now that confusion has reached downtown San Diego's Timestead by Modern Times, where a former employee has filed a state wage claim alleging repeated problems cashing payroll checks - and the two men involved in running the business are giving directly conflicting accounts of who is responsible for paying employees.

Convicted San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Who Preyed On At Least 16 Women And Cost Taxpayers Nearly $10 Million Is Now A Police Chaplain

A former San Diego County Sheriff's deputy who used his badge, uniform and law-enforcement authority to prey on women who were detained, handcuffed or had called police for help has found his way back into San Diego's law-enforcement community - this time carrying a Bible.

San Diego Mosque Massacre Investigation Expands As NC Teen Faces Murder Charges And Lawsuit Reveals Gunman Walked Away From Normal Heights Mental Health Facility

More than three months after two teenage gunmen stormed the Islamic Center of San Diego and murdered three men, the sprawling investigation into one of the darkest attacks in the city's recent history has produced extraordinary developments on opposite sides of the country. A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who authorities say was nowhere near the mosque has been charged with all three murders, while a newly filed lawsuit alleges one of the actual gunmen walked away unnoticed from a San Diego mental-health facility the night before the massacre - despite the FBI having raised concerns about his discussions of school shootings and suicide just days earlier.