Category: San Diego

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – It was a stunning sight in the San Diego sky late Thursday night: A total lunar eclipse that turned the moon a deep red color. The phenomenon, dubbed the “blood moon” by experts, was captured by the photojournalist Paul Anderegg, the ABC 10News Breaking News Tracker. According to experts, the blood moon occurs every 1-2 years. ABC 10News learned the unusual appearance of Thursday night’s moon led to at least one local 911 call. The concerned caller reported seeing what they believed to be a drone or hot air balloon hovering 400 feet above the sheriff’s station in Santee. The dispatcher quickly realized it was just the moon in eclipse. Lunar eclipses happen during the full moon phase. Unlike a total solar eclipse, which generally only casts a shadow over a small portion of the Earth, lunar eclipses can be seen anywhere on Earth the moon is visible. Lunar eclipses also don’t require any special glasses or equipment to view. Copyright 2025 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for

Rose Pa/10News Weather Watchers ABC 10News wants you to start your day on the right foot with our updated microclimate weather forecasts, the latest news from overnight and this morning, and more to help get you out the door informed and ready to go. Here’s what you need to know in the Friday, March 14, 2025, edition of the 10News Wake Up Call newsletter. TODAY’S TOP STORY: Hundreds of California educators are holding a rally in downtown San Diego Friday to protest the Trump administration’s policies on public education, immigration, and LGBTQ+ Americans. The rally is scheduled for 12 p.m. at Federal Plaza on 880 Front St. California and 19 other Democratic-led states are currently suing the Trump administration over its plans to make cuts to the Department of Education. The lawsuit claims the cuts amount to an illegal shutdown that targets student loans, civil rights, and the education of low-income students and students with disabilities. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said what the Trump administration is doing is “reckless.” President Trump has said he wants to dismantle the Department of Education to move education

Amid financial pressures, USPS aims to enhance performance through a collaboration with DOGE, raising questions about transparency and employee safety. (Scripps News) DOGE announced that the United States Postal Service will cut 10,000 jobs. The move was agreed to by outgoing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. In a letter he sent to Congress, DeJoy said USPS would work with DOGE to “identify and achieve further efficiencies.” “The scale of our daily work is unprecedented and extraordinary; our infrastructure has greatly deteriorated due to years of underinvestment, and our operating practices were for a postal environment of long ago that were never adjusted as the times and our business changed,” DeJoy said. “We are encumbered by many unreasonable rules and regulations that handcuff our service expectations and, in many instances, that were a barrier to meaningful change.” RELATED STORY | Who is Amy Gleason, the woman who actually heads DOGE? “In that regard, we all need to bear in mind that we are a self-funded organization by law that must pay our bills and cover our costs through the sale of postal products and services. We receive

By AMANDA SEITZ, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Friday morning. The 64-year-old was a respected heart surgeon who turned into a popular TV pitchman. Now he has his sights on overseeing health insurance for about 150 million Americans enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. Republicans, who have coalesced around Trump’s nominees for the health agencies, are likely to ask Oz about his plans for Medicare and Medicaid, including the Trump administration’s focus on eliminating fraud from the $1 trillion programs. Democrats, meanwhile, will question Oz’s tax filings, which they say show he has used a tax code loophole to underpay taxes by thousands of dollars on Medicare, the program he’ll oversee. They will also grill Oz on any cuts he would make to the health insurance coverage as well as comments on his TV show supporting privatized Medicare. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics has done an “extensive review” of Oz’s finances, spokesman Christopher Krepich said in a

In the early stages of the special election for county supervisor, there was a long-shot notion that Chula Vista Mayor John McCann, the lone major-candidate Republican, could be knocked out in the April 8 primary. But as mail ballots arrived at homes throughout the heavily Democratic South Bay District 1 this week, the basic campaign dynamic seemed clear: Who will join McCann in a likely July 1 runoff? The real competition, as it pretty much has been from the start, is between Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre and San Diego City Councilmember Vivian Moreno. No one is sleeping on Chula Vista Deputy Mayor Carolina Chavez, though she may be overwhelmed by the money, foot soldiers and endorsements behind Aguirre and Moreno. Three lesser-known candidates also are on the ballot. Much of the attention in recent weeks has been on Aguirre. She picked up the crucial endorsement of the local Democratic Party, to go along with backing from the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council and SEIU Local 221, which represents thousands of county employees. Those organizations can pour huge amounts of money and manpower

San Diego Unified School District families can soon start enrolling their children in transitional kindergarten, which will have more classrooms next school year and fewer children in each one. The 2025-2026 program will grow from 229 to 252 classrooms districtwide and reduce classroom sizes from 24 to 20 students. There are two educators per class. “Our strategic placement of these additional classrooms in high-demand areas ensures that more families can access quality early education right within their own neighborhoods,” wrote Marceline Sciuto, the district’s executive director of operations support, in a Thursday press release. The application process begins Saturday and will remain open throughout the year. Placement will be communicated within two to three weeks. Enrollment applications must be submitted online on the San Diego Unified School District website. Families unable to access the online application should contact the Neighborhood Schools and Enrollment Office. The district also offers consultations with an enrollment specialist. The Family Welcome and Enrollment Center has a bilingual staff available at 619-260-2410 or eoptions@sandi.net in English or Spanish, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Information presented at workshops will

POWAY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Poway Unified School District is considering eliminating up to 100 positions to help close a $13 million budget deficit over the next two school years.  The district’s plan is to shrink the budget gap by $10 million in the 2025-26 year and then another $3 million in 2026-27. At Thursday night’s meeting, trustees noted budget cuts are necessary due to declining enrollment and the end of one-time COVID-19 funds.  It was standing room only as the school board voted unanimously to initiate the process of eliminating positions, making PUSD the third district in the county this week to discuss staff layoffs as they face budget shortfalls. Of the 100 positions on the chopping block, ten are management at the district, but most are classified staff holding support roles in schools, which includes Instructional Assistants and Student Services Assistants.  “The district committed to working with us to look at unnecessary expenses all year prior to considering classified cuts and they’ve gone straight to classified cuts. It wasn’t collaborative. It wasn’t transparent, and it’s certainly not best for kids,” said Courtney

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Some schools in rural East County will not open Friday due to inclement weather. The San Diego County of Education on Thursday announced Friday’s school closures for the following districts: Julian Union School District Julian High School District Mountain Empire Unified School District  “The safety of students and school staff is of the utmost importance to San Diego County school districts,” SDCOE said in a news release.  On Thursday, schools in the Spencer Valley School District closed at noon because of inclement weather and hazardous road conditions. For school closures information, follow @SanDiegoCOE on X, formerly known as Twitter, for real-time updates. 

For more than 50 years, the annual Juneteenth Celebration held by The Cooper Family Foundation has attracted hundreds in San Diego. SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — For more than 50 years, the annual Juneteenth Celebration held by The Cooper Family Foundation has attracted hundreds in San Diego. Most recently, $25,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts helped their efforts in giving back to the community. “It’s made a huge difference in the quality of what we were able to present to the community, and our target base is an underserved community,” Marla Cooper tells me. But next year will be a different story with recent federal funding cuts. “We’re scrambling to figure out how we still can have a quality event with $25,000 less,” Cooper explains. “To some people, that’s no money, but to us, that is a lot of our funding that we budget for each and every year.” Marla’s daughter, Monique Brown, helps with those grants, and social media says the move makes a direct impact on their mission. “We’re a nonprofit. We’re not a for-profit. We don’t sell any products. We

The fencing and caution tape on Syracuse Avenue isn’t new for neighbors in University City. Those who live right next to this sinkhole say it’s been a problem for a year, almost to the day. The fencing and caution tape on Syracuse Avenue isn’t new for neighbors in University City. Those who live right next to this sinkhole say it’s been a problem for a year, almost to the day. “I actually moved in, I wanna say maybe one or two days before it first opened up about a year ago. Just kind of surprised that it’s, you know, still an issue for this long,” said Colin Grubensky, a University City resident. Grubensky’s nextdoor neighbor has been a sinkhole ever since he moved in. The walking path next to it is closed, as water fills the widening ditch. “Know a lot of people use these paths for biking and walking, so you know there’s always a risk that somebody just doesn’t notice it. It’s full of water now which is new, and kind of gross,” said Grubensky. The sinkhole formed in March of 2024 and

President Donald Trump is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime act that could speed up his plan for mass deportations. SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — President Donald Trump is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime act that could speed up his plan for mass deportations. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 could give the president tremendous power to target and remove undocumented immigrants. The last time the act was invoked was during World War II, when Japanese Americans were detained and sent to internment camps, including those who lived in San Diego at the time. Joseph and Elizabeth Yamada of San Diego were young children the last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked in the U.S. The pair met at an internment camp in Poston, Arizona. From there, they returned to San Diego, eventually married, and built a life together in La Jolla. “When they had to leave, they left everything behind, the business, the house,” says their son Garrett Yamada, who spoke to ABC 10News Thursday. Yamada remembers what his parents shared with him about their time in Arizona. “Hardship of just being out

Four candidates battling to represent South County on the Board of Supervisors debated housing, homelessness and the Tijuana River sewage crisis during a Thursday election forum. Several South County organizations, including Albondigas South County and the Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce, hosted the two-hour event at a Chula Vista library. Carolina Chavez, Chula Vista council member; Paloma Aguirre, Imperial Beach mayor; Vivian Moreno, San Diego council member; and Louis Fuentes, a small-business owner, participated. John McCann, Chula Vista mayor; Lincoln Pickard, a former political candidate; and Elizabeth Efird, an affordable energy consultant, did not attend. The District 1 seat became vacant after former county Supervisor Nora Vargas announced in December she would not serve her second term. The winner will represent the cities of Chula Vista, National City and Imperial Beach, the San Diego neighborhoods of Nestor, San Ysidro and Barrio Logan, and the unincorporated areas of Bonita and Spring Valley. Candidates discussed housing, economic development, the cross-border sewage crisis, homelessness, crime and immigration. Here’s how the hopefuls said they would tackle some of those issues. Homelessness Aguirre said the county must beef up its

The ride was based on characters from the movie Song of the South, which some said depicted racist stereotypes of black Americans. (KGTV) — A story going around online claims Splash Mountain is returning to Disney World. The ride was based on characters from the movie Song of the South, which some said depicted racist stereotypes of black Americans. So last year it was rethemed into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. But now, an article says it’s being changed back at Disney World because the new ride is unpopular and Disney is following the Trump Administration’s ban on all things DEI. But that’s fiction. The article came from the website Mouse Trap News, which publishes satirical stories about all things Disney. The company has not announced any plans to change the Tiana ride. Copyright 2025 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date information.

It’s an experience every designer dreams of: models wearing their creations at their very own runway show in New York Fashion Week. Temple got to do it at age 25. SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — It’s an experience every designer dreams of: models wearing their creations at their very own runway show in New York Fashion Week. Temple got to do it at age 25. “What was that experience like seeing your designs on the runway?” “Amazing, amazing,” Temple said. “It’s just the beginning of a long growth spurt of believing I was able to do it.” I first met Temple last year as he was preparing for the show, spending 8 to 12 hours every day to perfect each look. He was just starting out in the fashion industry, building his brand called TempleGotThat. I followed through with Temple on Thursday. He says he’s got two more shows in the books, one in the fall and another at Paris Fashion Week next year. “Being able to create is my way of saying I’m here and I did it so can you.” But what’s most important

In an emotional interview from ICE detention, a Canadian entrepreneur said she is trying to stay strong as she waits to find out when she might get released. SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — In an emotional interview from ICE detention, a Canadian entrepreneur said she is trying to stay strong as she waits to find out when she might get released. “I’ve never seen anything like this. I feel like we have been kidnapped, and we are in some sort of insane social, psychological, social experiment,” Jasmine Mooney told Team 10 in a tearful exclusive video interview Thursday. Mooney, 35, said she’s only been able to speak to Team 10 and her best friend in Canada since she’s been detained at the San Luis Regional Detention Center in Arizona. “It’s been 11 days now, and I have no idea what is going on, they don’t tell you anything, and I have lost so much weight. I’m truly, physically, weak,” she told Investigative Reporter Austin Grabish. Border officers at the San Diego border detained Mooney last Monday after she showed up with paperwork for a TN visa

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Surveillance video captured terrifying video of a man prowling outside a Logan Heights home late Monday night and then smashing his head into a bedroom window. The footage shows him jumping through the window followed by screams from a family that was sleeping inside. Seconds later the video shows the man jumping back out of the window and casually walking back onto the street. “You could hear them screaming for their parents and thank God the man jumped back out instead of sticking around,” said homeowner Brittany Wizcek. Wizcek’s home was rented out through Airbnb to a family visiting from Germany when the incident happened. She says other neighbors captured the same man on their surveillance cameras running around the streets of Logan Heights with a flashlight and jumping over fences. Local authorities say they arrested 34-year-old James Alvarnez in connection to that residential burglary and say he’s suspected of other crimes from San Diego to El Cajon to North County including carjacking, resisting arrest and sexual assault.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — With St. Patrick’s Day weekend approaching, multiple law enforcement agencies in the area will be conducting driving under the influence checkpoints. On Friday, the Chula Vista Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the city from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Then on Sunday, authorities with Lemon Grove and Oceanside will conduct DUI checkpoints in their cities — both at undisclosed locations. In Lemon Grove, the DUI checkpoint will take place from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., while in Oceanside it will be from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. How to report a pothole in San Diego and surrounding communities DUIs can not only be alcohol related, but they also could involve prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs and marijuana. Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face a suspended license and an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties. Some tips to avoid a DUI include using a designated sober driver; having someone sober walk you home or stay with you until a sober driver picks you up; reporting drunk drivers by calling 911 and offering non-alcoholic

It wasn’t the kind of “March Miracle” that had erased San Diego County’s water worries in the past. But the loud and rowdy storm that drenched the region Thursday greatly eased the palpable threat of wildfires, slowed a deepening drought and gave outdoor plants a good, long drink. The cold, volatile system was far larger than the one that hit a day earlier. By 2 p.m. Thursday, the two-day rainfall totals were in the 1.5-to-2-inch range along the coast, from Camp Pendleton to San Diego, and even higher inland, from Miramar to Julian. With spring a week away, the second storm also was dropping light snow on the oak and pine trees of Mount Laguna. It was a pretty sight — and for drivers, a vexing one, as the snow forced them to put chains on their tires to climb the highway twisting north from Interstate 8. The same thing happened on state Route 79, where passage into the area of Lake Cuyamaca was limited to residents only. The weather — including pea-sized hail in many spots — led the Spencer Valley School District in

Storm two this week dumped heavy rain and snow, bringing strong winds and small hail to the county. While the worst of the rain and snow has moved out, a few showers will continue into this evening. Rainfall totals have ranged between 1 to 2 inches for most of the county this week. Click here to see rainfall totals where you live. A passing warm front will bring more rain, snow, and wind tomorrow, but not as crazy as today. Expect scattered mostly light to moderate showers with the best chance between 10am to 4pm. Additional rainfall through Friday will average between .25 to .50″ for most of the county, but little rain in the deserts. Snow levels will start the day tomorrow between 3,500′ to 4,000′, climbing to 5,000′ by the afternoon as the warm front moves through. We may see an additional 1 to 4″ of snow through tomorrow. A Winter Weather Advisory is set to expire at 11pm today in the mountains. Travel through the mountains may be hazardous into Friday, if traveling there, carry chains. Winds will taper off late tonight

Local wine importer: 200% tariff would ‘devastate’ business; Brendan Quigley is co-founder of Quigley Fine Wines SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A proposed 200% tariff on European alcohol could have a catastrophic impact on a family-owned wine importer in San Diego, the business owner said. Brendan Quigley, co-owner of Quigley Fine Wines tasting room, told ABC 10News reporter Michael Chen that about 75% of the wines sold at his business are from Europe. “Devastated. Like a gut punch,” Quigley said of his initial reaction to the potential tariff. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said he would impose the tariff if the European Union did not rescind a 50% tariff on U.S. spirits, which was part of a response to tariffs on aluminum and steel. Trump stated the tariff “will be great for the wine and champagne businesses in the US,” a majority of which is in California. However, Quigley said a 200% tariff would be 100% catastrophic for his business. He only has about 3 to 4 months’ worth of European wines in stock and said doubling or tripling prices “just wouldn’t sell.”

San Diego’s newest soccer club is taking a stand against a homophobic chant that happened during its inaugural match. SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – San Diego’s newest soccer club is taking a stand against a homophobic chant that happened during its inaugural match. The team laid out a series of steps as it tries to prevent it from happening again. The new team in town is saying no to hate, launching a plan to help reinforce a Snapdragon Stadium as a space of respect and diversity. The plan is being implemented after a homophobic chant took place at San Diego FC’s inaugural home match at the beginning of March. “Not here,” said Tom Penn, the CEO of San Diego FC. “Aqui no is basically our idea, that we want everybody to bring their energy and their passion, but there’s no place for the goal kick chant that is so controversial and so divisive, you know, we want to be the club that unifies everyone and brings together this whole community, and our basic message is, that’s not us.” The plan itself? A flyer in every single