# SAN DIEGO S-REPORTER

> Hyper-local stories. For San Diego locals.


## Posts

- [Podcast Episode: San Diego Policy And Oversight](https://sreporter.com/2026/11/12/podcast-episode-san-diego-policy-and-oversight/): Pip: Welcome to S-Reporter — where the beach is technically free, and the beer will cost you a thousand dollars.
- [The Unbelievable Second Act of Former San Diego Padre Randy Bass](https://sreporter.com/2026/11/11/randy-bass-san-diego-padre-japan/): Swing back to 1980 when Randy Bass joined the San Diego Padres. Discover how he became Japan’s Babe Ruth, sparked a KFC curse, and made Oklahoma political history
- [NoiseGate: Gallagher Square noise lawsuit to be heard Friday](https://sreporter.com/2026/11/03/gallagher-square-noise-lawsuit-san-diego/): A ruling on NoiseGate, the Gallagher Square noise lawsuit, is tentatively set for Friday.
- [From Munition Range to Wildlife Sanctuary: How recent land donations have expanded Mission Trails Regional Park and kept East Elliott pristine](https://sreporter.com/2026/10/28/from-munition-range-to-wildlife-sanctuary-how-recent-land-donations-have-expanded-mission-trails-regional-park-and-kept-east-elliott-pristine/): Overview: This article explores the future of Mission Trails Regional Park conservation including efforts by a local foundation and state agency to permanently protect the open space of East Elliott.
- [Shaun Cassidy bullish on San Diego Arts Future](https://sreporter.com/2026/10/27/san-diego-arts/): The city’s 2026-27 budget, which nearly decimated San Diego arts funding, was a low point for San Diego arts advocates like Shaun Cassidy.
- [Alan Cleland Jr.’s Downfall Hits Close to Home in San Diego’s South Bay](https://sreporter.com/2026/10/15/alan-cleland-jr-s-downfall-hits-close-to-home-in-san-diegos-south-bay/): Happier times before the Alan Jr. allegations put his future in jeopardy.
- [The War on San Diego’s Coast](https://sreporter.com/2026/09/24/the-war-on-san-diegos-coast/): From paid parking at Balboa Park to the beach yoga ban, San Diego is systematically over-regulating, sanitizing, and monetizing our public spaces. Over the last two decades, incremental ordinances have eroded our fundamental liberties along the coast under the guise of public safety. However, the tide is turning as local residents and the courts launch a powerful pushback against city hall to reclaim our beaches, bays, and shared community spaces.Would you like me to adjust this excerpt to be shorter for a quick social media preview, or should we draft a catchy, click-worthy headline to match it?My headline is "The War on San Diego's Coast." what are your picks for a headlineHere are a few alternative headline options for your article, broken down by the specific tone you might want to strike:Punchy & LocalThe Fight for San Diego’s Shared SpacesReclaiming the San Diego CoastWho Owns San Diego's Beaches?Urgent & ProvocativeMonetizing the Coast: How City Hall Eroded Our LibertiesThe Micro-Management of San Diego’s Public LandsFrom Booze Bans to Paid Parking: The Sanitization of San DiegoAction-Oriented & OptimisticSan Diegans Win the Battle for the BeachFighting Back Against the Coastal CrackdownThe Coast Counter-Attack: Citizens Push Back on City ControlWhich tone do you feel fits your site's audience best, or would you like to mix and match elements from these options?AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses
- [Guilty: Ensenada judge convicts killers of Ocean Beach and Point Loma surfers](https://sreporter.com/2026/09/17/execution-not-accident-chilling-courtroom-revelations-in-trial-of-san-diego-surfers-killer/): Read the full conclusion of the Ensenada trial for the murder of Callum and Jake Robinson and Carter Redd Rhoad. Get the live updates on the final verdicts.
- [How Encinitas Local Chris Coté Became the Global Voice of Action Sports](https://sreporter.com/2026/09/15/how-encinitas-local-chris-cote-became-the-global-voice-of-action-sports/): Discover the story of Chris Coté, the Encinitas local who grew from a pro surfer into the iconic voice of the World Surf League. From TransWorld SURF to the Olympics, explore how this San Diego media powerhouse shapes modern action sports culture.
- [The Secret San Diego Roots of Stone Temple Pilots (Plus Chula Vista 2026 Concert Update)](https://sreporter.com/2026/09/12/san-diego-plays-a-starring-role-in-stone-temple-pilots-origin-story/): Long before L.A., Stone Temple Pilots were a local San Diego band. Discover their hidden SD history, updated with details on their Chula Vista concert!
- [I tracked down this San Diego pro surfer 47 years later. Not what I expected](https://sreporter.com/2026/09/10/i-tracked-down-this-san-diego-pro-surfer-47-years-later-not-what-i-expected/): Bolton Colburn, La Jolla Shores, 1979.
- [Former San Diego Padre gets two life sentences](https://sreporter.com/2026/09/05/former-san-diego-padre-gets-two-life-sentences/): Former San Diego Padre pitcher Daniel Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
- [Trump confidant has San Diego roots](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/27/trump-confidant-has-san-diego-roots/): An updated article on controversial Trump confidant Natalie Harp's local roots in San Diego.
- [Paid parking at San Diego's beaches...no thanks!](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/27/paid-parking-at-san-diegos-beaches-no-thanks/): Here's some breaking San Diego news >> Yesterday, the San Diego City Council’s Rules Committee unanimously approved an ordinance to guarantee free parking at beach and bay lots!
- [Anthony's and the Mama Ghio recipe ](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/24/anthonys-and-the-mama-ghio-recipe/): Swing back 80 years: It’s 1946 and Catherine “Mama” Ghio, a wife of a fisherman and mother of three, is sorting through her secret recipes, which she guards like a child.
- [Caitlin Simmers injured in Tahiti](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/20/caitlin-simmers-injured-in-tahiti/): During the recently wrapped Tahiti Pro, Caity Simmers treated surf fans to a barrage of barrels at Teahupo'o, including a 9-point ride in her heat against Brisa Hennessy.
- [San Diego County D.A. seeks death penalty. First time in six years](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/18/san-diego-county-d-a-seeks-death-penalty-first-time-in-six-years/): On Aug. 11, San Diego County prosecutors announced they’re seeking the death penalty for Leticia Diane McCormack, the Spring Valley mother accused of the 2022 torture and murder of her 11-year-old adopted daughter, Arabella McCormack.
- [Cannabis Moratorium to be lifted in San Diego county's unincorporated areas](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/16/cannabis-moratorium-to-be-lifted-in-san-diego-countys-unincorporated-areas/): For the past nine years, due to a 2017 County moratorium, new cannabis-related businesses have been prohibited from opening shop in unincorporated areas.
- [Criminalizing Beachgoers: Revisiting San Diego’s Beach Booze Ban](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/13/criminalizing-beachgoers-revisiting-san-diegos-beach-booze-ban/): Del Mar is the only city in San Diego county that allows alcohol on its beaches (during off-season).
- [Rare Murder Rocks Mira Mesa](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/11/rare-murder-rocks-mira-mesa/): UPDATE: SDPD detectives have since concluded the Aug. 7 shooting was a murder-suicide initiated by the husband, who later died in the hospital.
- [Marshall brings trophy home to Encinitas](https://sreporter.com/2026/08/04/marshall-brings-trophy-home-to-encinitas/): Encinitas’ Jake Marshall on Sunday won the 2026 Lexus U.S.
- [How Epstein's Donations Influenced UCSD Research](https://sreporter.com/2026/06/12/epstein-highlights-ucsd-oversight-problem/): Two men affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, were mentioned in the notorious Epstein email troves, three million pages of which were released by the Department of Justice on Jan.
- [Mayor Gloria to take helm at U.S. Conference of Mayors](https://sreporter.com/2026/06/04/mayor-gloria-to-take-helm-at-u-s-conference-of-mayors/): UPDATE: Todd Gloria was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors on June 7, 2026.
- [The Sounds of Silence](https://sreporter.com/2026/05/28/the-sounds-of-silence/): UPDATE: The nearly $12 million reduction described below was Mayor Gloria’s proposal, not the final outcome.
- [Titus Got Milk and Waves](https://sreporter.com/2026/05/07/titus-got-milk-and-waves/): Titus seems an apt name for a 20-year-old from Encinitas who’s pursuing his dream of being a professional surfer while simultaneously going to college.
- [Mayor Gloria’s Sucking Sound](https://sreporter.com/2026/05/06/mayor-glorias-sucking-sound/): UPDATE: On June 9, after this piece was written, the San Diego City Council unanimously adopted the FY2027 budget and restored much of the arts and culture funding Mayor Gloria had proposed to cut.
- [San Diego surfers well represented on Championship Tour](https://sreporter.com/2026/04/21/san-diego-surfers-well-represented-on-championship-tour/): UPDATE (Nov. 12, 2026): Following the Trestles Pro in September, the Championship Tour field was cut to 22 men and 14 women for the postseason.
- [From San Diego’s Mount Miguel High School to the Hollywood Walk of Fame](https://sreporter.com/2025/07/04/from-san-diegos-mount-miguel-high-school-to-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame/): It’s 1966 and a 16-year-old, San Diego native by the name of Thomas Joseph Irwin decides to pursue his dream of becoming a DJ.
- [Beach bar attacks expose San Diego’s dark underbelly](https://sreporter.com/2025/06/19/beach-bar-attacks-expose-san-diegos-dark-underbelly/): When we think of San Diego, we tend to think of the coastal lifestyle: A glass of wine in Del Mar, a beer in PB, a breakfast burrito in OB, a stroll along elegant Prospect Avenue in La Jolla, family time at the Cove.
- [Former San Diego Padre gets two life sentences](https://sreporter.com/2025/06/04/former-san-diego-padre-murdered-in-law-say-prosecutors/): Former San Diego Padre pitcher Daniel Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
- [Tom Waits Serenades San Diego](https://sreporter.com/2025/05/22/tom-waits-serenades-san-diego/): Swing back to 1974.
- [A San Diego judge attacked Mark Arabo’s credibility and character. Now SDSU’s rewarding him with one of its highest honors](https://sreporter.com/2025/05/16/a-san-diego-judge-attacked-mark-arabos-credibility-and-character-now-sdsus-rewarding-him-with-one-of-its-highest-honors/): Whose idea was this?
- [Cool couple alert: Chas and Circe and their love affair with North County coastal](https://sreporter.com/2025/04/11/cool-couple-alert-chas-and-circe-and-their-love-affair-with-north-county-coastal/): Home to some of the best surfers, skaters, and snowboarders in the world, North County coastal is one of the epicenters of the action sports industry, along with San Clemente and Huntington Beach.
- [San Diego photographer turns images into public art](https://sreporter.com/2025/03/25/san-diego-photographer-turns-images-into-public-art/): John Mireles' The New Colossus: A Photographic Celebration of San Diego's Immigrant Communities is part of the City’s Civic Art Collection at the Civic Center.
- [Hearing set for suspect in vandalism spree](https://sreporter.com/2025/03/19/hearing-set-for-suspect-in-vandalism-spree/): The preliminary hearing for the People’s case against alleged vandal Erdem Onder is set for April 24, S-Reporter learned in an interview with prosecuting attorney Mei Owen.
- [How "Almost Famous" made San Diego Almost Famous](https://sreporter.com/2025/03/15/how-almost-famous-made-san-diego-almost-famous/): If you like seeing your hometown in movies like I do, you must see Almost Famous, if you haven’t already.
- [Radical Filmmaking](https://sreporter.com/2025/03/13/radical-filmmaking/): Action sports filmmaker and co-creator of the X Games Paul Taublieb spent the early part of his career in San Diego as an investigative reporter.
- [San Diego's greatest homegrown athlete you've never heard of](https://sreporter.com/2025/02/26/san-diegos-greatest-homegrown-athlete-youve-never-heard-of/): This year, Oceanside surfer Caitlin Simmers defends her world championship title. So far, she’s off to a great start.
- [Roseanne butchers the National Anthem - San Diego news flashback](https://sreporter.com/2025/02/25/roseanne-butchers-the-national-anthem-san-diego-news-flashback/): Baseball is in the air.
- [Bothwell blasts Project Vela](https://sreporter.com/2025/02/21/bothwell-blasts-project-vela/): Part 2 of my conversation with Dr.
- [3-pack of San Diego news stories involving…sirens](https://sreporter.com/2025/02/19/3-pack-of-san-diego-news-stories-involvingsirens/): Vice-President J.D. Vance was in Oceanside this weekend to attend a wedding at The Seabird Ocean Resort & Spa, an oceanfront property at 101 Mission Ave.
- [Does San Diego have the power to defeat the tower?](https://sreporter.com/2025/02/13/does-san-diego-have-the-power-to-defeat-the-tower/): Should Project Vela, a development proposed for Pacific Beach that exceeds voter-enacted height limits for coastal buildings, have its permit approved?
- [Why did Hollywood come to San Diego in 1978?](https://sreporter.com/2025/02/07/why-did-hollywood-come-to-san-diego-in-1978/): Swing back almost 97 years.
- [PSA is a part of San Diego’s history, for better and for worse](https://sreporter.com/2025/01/28/psa-is-a-part-of-san-diegos-history-for-better-and-for-worse/): Rewind 75 years ago.
- [San Diego well represented on championship tour](https://sreporter.com/2025/01/24/san-diego-well-represented-on-championship-tour/): San Diego County's world champion surfer Caitlin Simmers, Finals Day, Lower Trestles, 2023.
- [San Diego, watch out for these housing projects. Coming to your neighborhood soon.](https://sreporter.com/2025/01/22/san-diego-watch-out-for-these-housing-projects-coming-to-your-neighborhood-soon/): On the heels of the new year, there’s plenty of San Diego news, especially on the affordable housing front, to update you on. Let’s get started.
- [Is Project Vela's 'candle' burning out?](https://sreporter.com/2025/01/16/is-project-velas-candle-burning-out/): San Diego news watchers want to know: Will Mayor Gloria and the City of San Diego say, “Thanks but no thanks” to an elite 239-foot development proposed for Pacific Beach that community activists and a growing number of elected officials feel is an abuse of state bonus density law and could open the floodgates and eventually lead to the Miami-ization of the coast?
- [10 laws San Diegans need to know about in 2025](https://sreporter.com/2025/01/06/10-laws-san-diegans-need-to-know-about-in-2025/): As we enter 2025, there’s a bunch of new laws that San Diego news platform, S-Reporter, is following.
- [Hollywood on-location in San Diego 2025?](https://sreporter.com/2024/12/30/hollywood-on-location-in-san-diego-2025/): Is rewarding film and entertainment companies for not leaving California a good idea?
- [First-ever cannabis lounge in San Diego to hold ‘soft opening’ in January](https://sreporter.com/2024/12/21/first-ever-cannabis-lounge-in-san-diego-to-hold-soft-opening-in-january/): The much anticipated, first-of-its-kind lounge where you can buy cannabis and enjoy it on the premises is expected to launch in San Diego this winter.
- [Who is Kash Patel and why is he being mean to Olivia Troye?](https://sreporter.com/2024/12/16/who-is-kash-patel-and-why-is-he-being-mean-to-olivia-troye/): Trump’s announcement that he wants Kash Patel to be the next FBI director has many Americans worried that the wild-eyed, pitchfork-wielding Trump loyalist would weaponize the FBI, using it to go after Trump critics and designated enemies.
- [San Diego Firebrand Makes Rare Apology](https://sreporter.com/2024/12/04/san-diego-firebrand-makes-rare-apology/): La Jolla resident Dinesh D’Souza who’s made a living as a rightwing agitator and conspiracy theorist has done what is unthinkable in his circle of never-give-an-inch partisan warriors: apologize.
- [Why Project Vela should be opposed](https://sreporter.com/2024/11/21/why-project-vela-should-be-opposed/): Los Angeles developer Kalonymus LLC is seeking to build a 23-story, mixed-use high-rise blocks from the beach in north Pacific Beach.
- [Why cannabis is good for children](https://sreporter.com/2024/10/31/why-cannabis-is-good-for-children/): Ever wondered where all those taxes you pay on cannabis go?
- [Something’s in the water at San Diego’s Mission Bay](https://sreporter.com/2024/10/24/somethings-in-the-water-at-san-diegos-mission-bay/): This week I have two San Diego murders to update you on, both occurring in the Mission Bay area.
- [Surfer Who Inspired Blink-182 Song Opens up Restaurant in San Diego County](https://sreporter.com/2024/08/22/surfer-who-inspired-blink-182-song-opens-up-restaurant-in-san-diego-county/): Benji Weatherley, a highly regarded surfer who once competed as a pro, is launching a Hawaiian-themed bar and restaurant in Encinitas.
- [San Diego County Doctor Among Those Charged in Death of Matthew Perry](https://sreporter.com/2024/08/16/san-diego-county-doctor-among-those-charged-in-death-of-matthew-perry/): Charges have been brought against five people, including one San Diego County resident, in connection with actor Matthew Perry’s death in October of last year at the age of 54.
- [Alan Cleland Jr. Leads the Mexican Storm](https://sreporter.com/2024/08/15/alan-cleland-jr-leads-the-mexican-storm/): The son of a San Diego professional surfer wins the U.S.
- [San Diego County Quarterback Signed by LA Chargers](https://sreporter.com/2024/08/11/san-diego-county-quarterback-signed-by-la-chargers/): Chula Vista-raised Luis Perez, a one-time professional bowler, is the latest quarterback signed by the LA Chargers.
- [San Diego Athletes Take on Paris Games Olympics](https://sreporter.com/2024/08/08/san-diego-athletes-take-on-paris-games-olympics/): So far it’s been a mixed bag for San Diego athletes competing in the Paris Games Olympics.
- [Relive San Diego Comic-Con 2024](https://sreporter.com/2024/08/01/relive-san-diego-comic-con-2024/): The San Diego Comic-Con is the biggest annual celebration of our creative comic and pop culture -- and a boost to San Diego’s tourism economy.
- [Surfing, Skateboarding, and Cycling at the Paris Olympics](https://sreporter.com/2024/08/01/surfing-skateboarding-and-cycling-at-the-paris-olympics/): The Paris Games’ Olympics have featured controversy and drama – and the TV ratings, which are up 79 percent over the Tokyo Games four years ago, reflect the high level of interest.
- [San Diego Kneeboarders Headed to South Africa](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/31/san-diego-kneeboarders-headed-to-south-africa/): Jack Beresford, 8-time U.S.
- [The San Diego Resident Who Brought Surfing to the Olympics](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/30/the-san-diego-resident-who-brought-surfing-to-the-olympics/): Surfing is postponed for at least a day at the Paris Olympic Games, so I thought I’d use this opportunity to write about a San Diego resident who is absolutely STOKED, for he is almost singlehandedly responsible for surfing being included in the Olympics.
- [Paris Olympic Games Update: Who from San Diego is STOKED?](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/27/paris-olympic-games-update-who-from-san-diego-is-stoked/): Oceanside's Caitlin Simmers, pictured at the 2023 World Surf League Championship finals at Lower Trestles , won her heat in the first round of the Paris Olympic Games and will advance to round 3.
- [San Diego Surfer Alyssa Spencer Wraps Up Rookie Season](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/22/san-diego-surfer-alyssa-spencer-wraps-up-rookie-season-2/): Encinitas' Alyssa Spencer is part of the San Diego Trifecta of surfers that competed on the 2024 Championship Tour.
- [Why San Diego’s Neftalie Williams is Stoked](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/19/why-san-diegos-neftalie-williams-is-stoked/): San Diego's Neftalie Williams is headed to the Paris Games.
- [New San Diego Eatery Employs Ancient Korean Cooking Method](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/17/new-san-diego-eatery-employs-ancient-korean-cooking-method/): Sot BBQ, a new Korean BBQ restaurant in San Diego's Convoy Asian Cultural District, brings traditional Korean cooking methods to life with cast-iron cauldrons at each table.
- [Former San Diego Padre Died of Fentanyl Intoxication](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/15/former-san-diego-padre-died-of-fentanyl-intoxication/): Former San Diego Padre Sean Burroughs, who died at 43 from fentanyl intoxication, achieved early fame in the 1993 Little League World Series and had a notable MLB career.
- [San Diego County’s Caitlin Simmers #1 in the world after victory in Brazil](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/03/san-diego-countys-caitlin-simmers-1-in-the-world-after-victory-in-brazil/): Caitlin Simmers, from Oceanside, secures the world #1 ranking after her victory at the VIVO Rio Pro in Brazil, marking back-to-back wins at the event.
- [A Day at Oceanside Pier](https://sreporter.com/2024/07/01/a-day-at-oceanside-pier/)
- [Sentencing postponed as Tik Tok star prepares appeal](https://sreporter.com/2024/06/30/sentencing-postponed-as-tik-tok-star-prepares-appeal/): Sentencing for TikTok star Ali Nasser Abulaban, convicted of killing his wife and her friend, postponed until September as he prepares to appeal the verdict.
- [Cannabis has starring role at Fair](https://sreporter.com/2024/06/29/cannabis-has-starring-role-at-fair/): The California State Fair in Sacramento makes history by allowing onsite cannabis sales and consumption for the first time, highlighting its role in California's agriculture industry.

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