A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president. David Pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher who prosecutors say worked with Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, on a so-called “catch-and-kill” strategy to buy up and then spike negative stories during the campaign, testified briefly Monday and will be back on the stand Tuesday in the Manhattan trial. Also Tuesday, prosecutors are expected to tell ..read more

Authorities Monday publicly identified a man who was fatally stabbed over the weekend during a fight with another man at a Redwood Village-area gas station. Patrol officers responding to a report of an assault at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday arrived to find Damien Garcia, 33, suffering from at least one stab wound to the torso at the business in the 5900 block of University Avenue, according to the San Diego Police Department. Paramedics took Garcia to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, SDPD Lt. Jud Campbell said. The man suspected of stabbing Garcia was still at the gas station when police ..read more

Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. Brightline West, whose sister company already operates a fast train between Miami and Orlando in Florida, aims to lay 218 miles (351 kilometers) of new track between a terminal to be built just south of the Las Vegas Strip and another new facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Almost the full distance is to be built in the median of Interstate 15, with a station stop in San Berna ..read more

There were hugs all around during an emotional ceremony on Saturday to honor Terry Burke-Eiserling for her tireless work to get a skatepark built in East San Diego County’s Lakeside, the first and only one in the community. Family, friends, skateboarders and elected officials all showed up for the bench unveiling for Burke-Eiserling or as the skaters call her, Miss Terry. The green bench overlooks the skatepark with an engraving dedicated to the ultimate skatepark mom. Skateboarding stories in San Diego County mental health Oct 8, 2023 San Diego pro uses skateboarding to fight addiction, b ..read more

Originally appeared on E! Online Taylor Swift thinks some things she’ll never say, but she’s explaining “The Tortured Poets Department” anyway. Days after releasing her 11th studio album, the “Fortnight” singer gave some insight into some of her record’s more convoluted tracks—including the aforementioned single, “Clara Bow” and “Florida!!!”—in Amazon Music exclusive commentary. Users of the streaming platform can declare, “I’m a member of ‘The Tortured Poets Department,'” on their Amazon device and switch on the special feature, during which Swift provides her insight on five songs, including ..read more

Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposed $5.65 billion budget for fiscal year 2025 received mixed reviews Monday from the San Diego City Council, following a public presentation at city hall. The budget, Gloria says, is focused on continuing city improvements and avoiding major service losses amid a difficult economic time. “This proposed budget is on-time, balanced and will continue the business of moving San Diego forward,” Gloria said earlier this month. “With revenue down and costs rising, we had to make difficult choices in order to sustain funding for key priorities: addressing homelessness and buil ..read more

Imagine a plan that saves money, saves people and saves the planet. That sounds like a pretty good plan. Dozens of corporations are following that plan as part of Zero Waste San Diego, and thousands of San Diegans are benefitting. Many of them eat the food that Alan Kennedy’s staff prepares at the San Diego Rescue Mission. “Knowing that I’m giving them a nutritious meal and a hot breakfast in the morning is — it’s why I do it,” said Kennedy, the mission’s food director. Earth Day 2024 Earth Day 5 hours ago Learn how you can help phase out single-use plastics this Earth Day  Conserv ..read more

At the site of the proposed 1,000-bed homeless shelter building on Kettner Boulevard and Vine Street on Monday morning, there were two events going on simultaneously. On one side of the 65,000-square-foot building, concerned citizens and local residents held signs that said things like, “Protect our Community” and “Stop the Mega Homeless Shelter at Kettner and Vine.” “I am completely against this,” said nearby resident Ed Moore. “I think it destroys neighborhoods. I don’t think it will have the beneficiary effects for people that Mayor [Todd] Gloria wants it to have. I am scared to death ..read more

Mexican-American soccer star María Sánchez is the newest member of the San Diego Wave Football Club. The forward, who also plays with the Mexico National Team, was acquired from the Houston Dash for $300,000 in transfer funds and $200,000 in allocation money. The team also gave up one of its international player slots to the Dash for the 2024 and 2025 seasons as part of the trade agreement. Sánchez, 28, debuted with the Mexico National Team in 2015. Her career with the National Women’s Soccer Team began in 2019 when she was drafted 15th by the Chicago Red Stars. She then went on to compete in ..read more

What to Know San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens partnered on a conservation project focused on the critically endangered Mojave desert tortoise Some seventy tortoises just successfully emerged from their new burrows near Edwards Air Force Base earlier in April 2024 The hatchlings were reared, in part, at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert before being introduced to a native habitat BABY ANIMALS… fill all people with all of the furry feelings — we’ll just make that assumption, though “awww”-sumption may be more apt — and encountering a sweet s ..read more