OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) North County drivers are bracing themselves for another round of heavy traffic on the westbound lanes of State Route 78. The closure has been in place since Wednesday, March 15 when a sinkhole formed along the highway. Caltrans crews will continue working on the sinkhole and replace five damaged culverts between College Boulevard to El Camino Real. The westbound lanes will remain closed this weekend and into early next week. During this weeks storms, crews performed preventative work to shore up the location to protect it from the wet weather. Unfortunately, the rain d ..read more

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) Crews from the Oceanside Police Department and the Fire Departments Swift Water Rescue teams springing into action Wednesday night.  From all we know she jumped or somehow fell 35 feet into freezing water, said Officer Katrina Nunez of Oceanside Police. Witnesses called about a young girl who had somehow fallen into the San Luis Rey River just after 10 p.m. Nunez was one of the first officers to get to the bridge near Douglas Drive and Pala Drive, and locate teenager down below in the fast-moving water and to keep her calm. It was really hard honestly because we c ..read more

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The county Department of Environmental Health and Quality Wednesday announced the closure of Buccaneer Beach in Oceanside and South Ponto State Beach near the Batiquitos Lagoon outlet due to a sewage spill.The Buccaneer Beach closure includes all water north of Cassidy Street and south of Crosswaithe Street, and will remain in effect until sampling and field observations confirm the areas is safe for contact, according to a county news release.Officials advised residents to avoid both beaches, as the sewage might cause illness.Due to possible sewage contamination from the Tij ..read more

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) - It was a packed house at in a large building at Cesar Chavez Middle School in Oceanside on Monday night.The focus of this special Oceanside Unified School District board meeting being Reynolds Elementary School and whether the district will vote to close it at the end of the school year.“We fought for this two years ago and we advocated as a community to keep our school together. And there’s just been no transparency. I feel like there’s a lack of due diligence,” said Ashley Gerdo, a parent of a Reynold student.“These kids just went through COVID. They went back and ..read more

OCEANSIDE (CNS) — The Oceanside Police Department announced Thursday that Chief Fred Armijo will retire after 34 years of service on April 1.Armijo has worked for the city of Oceanside since 1989. He has held positions in the city including lifeguard, police recruit, sworn police officer, sergeant, lieutenant, captain and chief."I am very proud to have worked in the city I grew up in and am honored to have finished my career as Oceanside's police chief," Armijo said. "Our department has so many great people doing outstanding work. We have a solid group of leaders and I am confident they will c ..read more

OCEANSIDE (CNS) - First Lady Doctor Jill Biden visited The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic in Oceanside Saturday to participate in a roundtable discussion with military family members, Cohen Veteran Network leaders and staff, and representatives of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton."We're more aware of the military when we're in times of war, but now we're in times of peace," said Dr. Biden.Watch the roundtable discussion, which was broadcast live on the ABC 10News Facebook page below (NOTE: the feed cut out in and out some points due to a poor connection): To open the discussion, the fi ..read more

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) – Officer Jason Dantzler has been with the Oceanside Police Department for seven and a half years, but what happened to him earlier this week is something he won't forget for the rest of his career.“I never thought I would be on the receiving end of something like this,” Dantzler said.Dantzler is referring to being hit by a suspected drunken driver on Tuesday morning just after 1:30 a.m., in the 1200 block of Vista Way.“My car was parked. So when he came off of the freeway and he hit my vehicle, we believe he was going about 60 miles per hour ... hit my parked car and ..read more

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) — A wreckage fire burning in Oceanside is sending plumes of hazardous smoke into the air Monday morning, according to the North County Fire Protection District.Around 8:45 a.m. SKY 10 was flying above the large wreckage fire in the area of the 1000 block of W. Airport Road.The Oceanside Fire department is on scene dousing the flames, with reports of smoke being seen miles away. No injures have been reported at the time.The cause of the fire is under investigation.This is a developing story please check back for updates ..read more

OCEANSIDE (KGTV) – Within the last four months, there have been two small plane crashes near the Oceanside Airport, renewing questions about safety at the non-towered facility and a proposed mega-development nearby that would add attractions, commercial space and hundreds of housing units.Friday’s plane crash killed one person and critically injured another. It was the second small plane crash near SR-76 and Foussat Road since February.Both planes went down near a 92-acre plot of land that is the proposed future home of OceanKAMP, a multi-million dollar “mixed use destination” whose design cal ..read more

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) — Acts of Kindness were displaying in the North County on Wednesday. The Oceanside Police Department has devoted this year to spreading joy around the City of Oceanside, all thanks to a $20,000 donation from an Oceanside family. Every month the department decides new surprises for the community. Last month, they gave strangers $100 to help with groceries. This month, they are focusing on high school students. The department put out a call to action to the high schools within the district, to see if they had any students who might need a helping hand in going to their p ..read more