SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- An Instagram message sparked a friendship and business venture between two Asian American women with a passion for creating. Their blossoming friendship is also healing past trauma. At first glance, Flour Atelier looks like a bakery, but you'll also find flowers and gifts -- a color palette soothing to the senses and a contemporary design that evokes a hushed excitement. Deep in the throngs of COVID pandemic uncertainty, Chrisell Nguyen was let go from her job and dealing with postpartum depression. She began her healing process by way of baking, showcasing her work o ..read more

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- The California Department of Transportation will be holding "Dump Day" events in Kearny Mesa and Santee next weekend. On Saturday, May 18, from 8 a.m. to noon, local residents are allowed to get rid of unwanted items for free at two locations: the Kearny Mesa Maintenance Yard at 7181 Opportunity Road and Santee Maintenance Yard at 8502 Railroad Avenue ..read more

(NEXSTAR) – Say goodbye to El Niño. National forecasters announced Thursday that El Niño is expected to end in the next month. What comes next is a period of neutrality – called "ENSO neutral" – in which neither El Niño nor La Niña is present. But even that isn't expected to last long. The Climate Prediction Center expects La Niña to develop by mid-to-late summer. What does all this climate chaos mean for summer weather in the U.S.? El Niño and La Niña don't have as big of an impact on summer weather as they typically do in winter, when the climate phenomena typically reach peak strength. But ..read more

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Authorities are investigating after a fire damaged a home in North County early Friday morning. The fire was reported around 6:25 a.m. at a home in the 14000 block of Half Moon Bay Drive ..read more

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A man was stabbed during a fight inside a van on Thursday in City Heights, authorities said. The stabbing occurred around 9:02 a.m. in a parking lot at 3879 Fairmount Avenue, the San Diego Police Department said in a news release. A 34-year-old suspect approached the 41-year-old man sitting in a van in the parking lot when a fight broke out, according to police. The suspect stabbed the victim multiple times in the chest, abdomen, left bicep and right hand, according to SDPD ..read more

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- It’s been exactly two weeks since the Oceanside Pier caught fire. Authorities determined the fire was likely started from “accidental causes.” It damaged a vacant restaurant building that formerly housed a Ruby’s Diner ..read more

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Superior Court Judge Dwayne Moring on Wednesday sentenced Christopher Higginbotham to two years in prison for false imprisonment of a child. But prosecutors said the child's anxiety might last longer, according to what the family told them. Prosecutors say in March, Higginbotham tried to grab an eight-year-old outside the child’s family business in Ocean Beach. “This is like a wake-up call for me, a serious crossroads in my life,” said Higginbotham, who pleaded guilty to felony false imprisonment. From in custody, Higginbotham learned his fate. Deputy District Attorne ..read more

VISTA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Thursday in Vista, authorities said. The crash occurred around 1 p.m. in the 2000 block of Hacienda Drive, where a Subaru hatchback and Suzuki motorcycle collided, Sgt. E. Cottrell with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said in a news release ..read more

EL CAJON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) --  A nine-year-old boy who suffered major injuries after being hit by a pickup truck in El Cajon last month has died, according to county officials. Ashton Burris was identified as the child killed in the crash, the County of San Diego confirmed to FOX 5/KUSI on Thursday. He died several days after the collision, on April 19, officials said. The collision occurred on the evening of April 14 on northbound Rios Canyon Road near Kelli Lane ..read more

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president's hush money trial cannot be believed. “You made all this up, right?” attorney Susan Necheles asked. “No,” Daniels shot back. As the jury looked on, the two women traded barbs over what Necheles said were inconsistencies in Daniels' description of the encounter with Trump in a hotel room. He denies the whole story. But despite all the talk over what may h ..read more