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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to extend protections against predatory price gouging and unlawful evictions for disaster victims. The new ordinance would expand upon a state law that bars businesses from significantly raising prices in the days and months following a declaration of a disaster, and that protects renters from eviction without just cause. The proposal came in response to the devastating flooding that damaged thousands of homes in San Diego and displaced many residents in January 2024, predominantly in lower-income communities where few residents had flood insurance. But the new law goes beyond floods. It applies to both natural and human-caused disasters, such as earthquakes, fires or pandemics or disease outbreaks. “We know that our region consistently rates as one of the most expensive — if not the most expensive — place to live in the entire United States, and so the high housing costs make it very difficult for our lower-income communities to get by when a natural disaster strikes,” said Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe. “So I think it’s important that the county does everything that we can during

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Fans of reggaeton, urban Latin music and other genres have an opportunity to see some of the biggest acts on the same stage in the summer of 2025. Organizers of the Baja Beach Fest announced the lineup for this year’s festival, which takes place this August on the oceanfront of Rosarito, Baja California. Lineup released for the 2025 San Diego County Fair The lineup so far: Friday, August 8 • J Balvin • Young Miko• Tito Double P• Anitta• El Alfa• Los Tucanes de Tijuana• El Malilla• Brray• 3BallMTY• Asmed• Dynamiqo Saturday, August 9 • Don Omar• Arcangel• Wisin• Oscar Maydon• Blessd• Cris MJ• Deorro• Yanblock• Katteyes• Reggaetonlandia Sunday, August 10 • Maluma• Myke Towers• Rels B• Danny Ocean• Gordo• Darell• De la Rose• Yeri Mua• RØZ• DJ Fredy Fresco• Natanael Cano & Amigos The festival passes start at $399 and go on sale on March 13. Rosarito is located just south of Tijuana, just under an hour’s drive from the U.S.-Mexico border. People attending the festival have several options for getting to and from the fest, including shuttles from the U.S.

(FOX 5/KUSI) — A helicopter crew with the U.S. Coast Guard rescued 15 people who were on a disabled boat off the coast of San Diego on Tuesday. The Coast Guard said the boat was located about 60 miles southwest of San Diego. Read the newest stories from Border Report Pictures shared by the Coast Guard show what appears to be a metal boat with a motor attached floating in the ocean with people onboard. The helicopter crew was able to pull up all 15 people in two trips and take them to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Over the last month, the Coast Guard intercepted two boats on separate occasions off the coast of Point Loma that were allegedly involved in smuggling attempts.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego County’s mountaintops were seen glistening white this past week, with recent winter storms bringing some snow to the region. With the wintry-like weather comes sights of palm trees in front of snowy mountain backdrops, something that’s not seen often in sunny Southern California. From coastal La Jolla and Oceanside to the Anza-Borrego Desert, some local photographers captured several angles of snow-capped mountains across the region this past week. San Diego has highest cost of living increase among major US cities since 2019: study “After a late winter storm dusted the local mountains with snow, I captured this shot from the Oceanside Pier using a telephoto lens,” said photographer Vladimir Medvinsky. Snow-capped mountains seen from the Oceanside Pier. (Credit: Vladimir Medvinsky Photographic Art) “The compression brings the peaks, Oceanside Tower and Robert’s Cottages seemingly close together, blending winter and coastal life in one frame,” Medvinsky continued. “Surf, sand and snow—all in one shot!” And he isn’t the only one capturing such contrasts. Vishwas Lokesh, another well known photographer in the region, also snapped some shots that blended ocean, city

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The new exhibit replacing Birch Aquarium’s famed “Hall of Fishes” finally has an official opening date. Called the “Living Seas Gallery,” the new exhibit is intended to immerse guests in an exploration of the Pacific Ocean’s wonders. Birch began work on the new exhibit back in August, marking the biggest capital improvement at the aquarium since it first opened back in 1992. The wait to see the state-of-the-art exhibit is now coming to an end almost a year after work began: Birch announced on Tuesday that Living Seas’ official public debut has been slated for May 22. Underwater ‘Seahorse Hotel’ unveiled at Birch Aquarium “We’re also excited to welcome the public back into a space that has been synonymous with Birch Aquarium since we opened in this location in 1992,” Harry Helling, Birch Aquarium’s executive director, said in a release. Among the many attractions in the new exhibit will be habitats centered on the aquarium’s giant Pacific octopus and loggerhead sea turtle, an “under-the-pier” experience that recreates the feeling of standing beneath the iconic Scripps Pier, and expanded open ocean

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Richard Vogel/AP FILE – In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a ride share car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its front windshield in downtown Los Angeles. A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies from a state law requiring their drivers to be classified as employees eligible for benefits and job protections, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) SAN DIEGO (CNS) — A man who allegedly abducted a ride-share driver in Spring Valley last weekend pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that include kidnapping, assault, robbery and false imprisonment. Shane Robert Capezio, 22, allegedly forced the 50-year-old victim to take him to various locations on Sunday night, including a gas station where he’s accused of stealing another person’s cell phone. During the alleged abduction, Capezio allegedly stated he was armed with a gun, but sheriff’s officials say he was actually unarmed. During his Wednesday afternoon arraignment in El Cajon Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Philippa Cunningham alleged

San Diego County Valley Center Road Corridor Concept Plan, courtesy of San Diego County SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday unanimously approved a concept plan featuring safety improvements, including a roundabout, for a portion of a road in the Valley Center community. According to the county Land Use and Environment Group, the Valley Center Road Corridor Concept Plan and an accompanying ordinance will “improve safety and traffic flow considering all road-user types,” including bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians in North and South Villages of Valley Center. Some of the plan features are: — a two-lane roundabout at the intersection of Miller and Valley Center roads, and a multi-use path outside of the vehicle travel lanes; — crosswalks at intersections near a public road; — a separated bikeway on both sides of Valley Center Road throughout the corridor; — traffic signals at the Sunday Drive and Old Road intersections; — a controlled pedestrian signal at Rinehart Lane; — extending the sidewalk on the corridor’s east and south sides; — maintaining the Heritage Trail pathway on the corridor’s west and north sides

Evan Vucci/AP U.S. presidential envoy for hostage affairs Adam Boehler speaks during a ceremony to raise the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag at the State Department. Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges, in a move seen as a gesture of goodwill between two allies, a representative for the detainees told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The release follows a recent visit to the region by Adam Boehler, the Trump administration’s top hostage envoy, and comes amid a continued U.S. government push to bring home American citizens jailed in foreign countries. Six of the newly freed prisoners were accompanied on a flight from Kuwait to New York by Jonathan Franks, a private consultant who works on cases involving American hostages and detainees and who had been in the country to help secure their release. RELATED STORY | US involved in the release of 3 ‘political prisoners’ with Belarus “My clients and their families are grateful to the Kuwaiti government for this kind humanitarian gesture,” Franks said in a statement. He said that his

Speaking with the mujer behind “Mujer Divinia.” ABC 10News spoke with the woman who started it all. CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — A Chula Vista woman has come full circle, transitioning from cooking in her parents’ restaurant on Third Avenue to opening her own establishment just down the street. As part of Women’s History Month, ABC 10News is highlighting Priscilla Curiel, the woman behind “Mujer Divina.” Curiel’s culinary journey began on Third Avenue, where her passion for the culinary arts took root in her parents’ restaurant. She spent years honing her skills there, learning every role in the establishment. “I started working at my parents’ since I was 19 years old,” Curiel said. “I grew up in the restaurant business, and working at their place shaped me.” Curiel began with a recipe that has now become her specialty: Birria. She initially sold her homemade birria by taking orders on social media and delivering them across San Diego. The experience eventually led her to open Mujer Divina, a unique coffee shop known for its signature birria burritos, right in downtown Chula Vista. “Mujer Divina means divine

Reporter Adam Campos looks at the local impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum. SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Mendez Construction is currently working on seven new home projects across San Diego. One of the key materials they are using for the foundations is steel. With new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, projects like new homes are expected to be a lot more expensive. Since the beginning of February, vendors have been warning Mendez Construction that prices on materials are going to rise. Many of the price hikes from vendors have been from the threat of tariffs. This also includes materials — like drywall and lumber — both essential to constructing homes. The National Association of Homebuilders reports new tariffs could add an additional $7,500 to $10,000 to the price of a new home. President of Mendez Construction Jaime Mendez is working to minimize the impacts on his current projects. For future projects, it won’t be as simple. “We’re trying to get [vendors] to respect the process that we had when we signed the contracts,” Mendez said. “If it’s a new contract

Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. N/A OCEANSIDE, Calif. (CNS) — A train struck and killed a pedestrian Wednesday in a neighborhood near Strand Beach in Oceanside, authorities reported. The rail fatality took place shortly after 10:30 a.m. off the 200 block of Surfrider Way, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office. The victim, whose identity was not immediately available, died at the scene, Lt. Patrick Fox said. Copyright 2025, City News Service, Inc. 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.

Video above: This Nexstar Media video explains the difference between inflation, disinflation and deflation. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The cost of living has been on the rise in San Diego, burning holes into the pockets of those who choose to live in America’s Finest City. According to a recent study by finance publication GOBankingRates, San Diego has experienced the highest cost of living increase among major U.S. cities since 2019. This may come as no surprise for residents who have been pinching pennies since the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers for the publication analyzed the difference in total cost of living from 2019 to 2025 for the country’s most populated cities. The current cost of living was sourced from Sperling’s BestPlaces. The average expenditure costs was calculated for each city using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey. Also considered was the 30-year fixed mortgage rate, as sourced from Federal Reserve Economic Data. From there, the total cost of living in 2019 was entered into the CPI inflation Calculator from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to find the cost in 2025 dollars. According to GOBankingRates

Above: Nexstar Media Wire video on what is behind full moon names. (FOX 5/KUSI) — North America is set to experience its first total lunar eclipse this week in several years, coloring the moon a deep, reddish hue. The celestial phenomenon, which occurs when Earth is perfectly positioned between the sun and moon to block most light from reflecting off the lunar surface, is expected to begin on Thursday, March 13 and continue into the early hours of Friday, March 14. Unlike the total solar eclipse last year which was only visible from a small sliver of the globe, anyone in the Western Hemisphere will be able to observe the event, granted cloud cover does not obstruct the sky. Will San Diego have a view of the total lunar eclipse? While total lunar eclipses are more accessible to stargazers compared to their solar counterpart, they’re still not a common event. How frequently they occur largely depends on the alignment of the Earth and moon’s orbits, as well as the timing of where the moon is in its lunar cycle when it perfectly falls into the

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Chula Vista Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying who broke into more than a dozen vehicles along a single street early Tuesday morning. Police said that a person called in around 4 a.m. after seeing several vehicles near Palomar Street and Davies Drive broken into. Growing sinkhole in University City sparks concerns as rain looms Officers determined that a total of 14 vehicles had their windows broken and the owners’ belongings moved around or stolen. Pictures shared by police show three different vehicles with at least one window on the passenger side completely broken. Police ask anyone with information about the break-ins to call 1-888-580-8477 and reference case 25-03386.

By The Associated Press By signaling its openness to a ceasefire, Ukraine has handed the Kremlin a difficult challenge at a time when the Russian military has the upper hand in the war: Should Moscow accept a truce and abandon hopes of making new gains, or should it reject the offer and risk derailing a cautious rapprochement with Washington? Related Articles World News | Pope Francis notching important milestones this week as he recovers from pneumonia in Rome hospital World News | Pakistan’s army says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while others freed World News | ICC takes custody of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in crimes against humanity case World News | Ship owner says arrested captain of cargo vessel involved in North Sea collision is Russian World News | Canada will announce more than $20 billion in tariffs in response to Trump’s metal tariffs Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly ruled out a temporary break in hostilities, saying it would only benefit Ukraine and its Western allies by letting them replenish their arsenals. He has insisted Moscow wants a

By Marianna McMurdock – The 74 As districts and government officials nationwide consider curbing smartphones’ reach, new research has revealed teens miss at least one and a half hours of school because they are on their phones. A quarter of the 13-18-year-olds in the study used devices for two hours each school day, which lasts around seven hours. The averages outnumber minutes allotted for lunch and period breaks combined, showing youth are distracted by phones throughout huge chunks of class time. The 74 // JAMA Teen Phone Use in School Raises Learning and Social Concerns Stony Brook University’s research, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the first to accurately paint a picture of adolescent phone behavior by using a third party app to monitor usage over four months in 2023. Previous studies have relied on parent surveys or self-reported estimates. “That’s pretty alarming … It’s too much, not only because of the missed learning opportunity in the classroom,” said researcher Lauren Hale, sleep expert and professor at Stony Brook’s Renaissance School of Medicine. Lea Suzuki // San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images “They’re missing out on

chayanuphol / Shutterstock.com A new study from researchers at Boston University found microplastics may play a role in the spread of drug-resistant bacteria. The extremely small bits of plastic — known as microplastics and nanoplastics — have become ubiquitous in our environment. Researchers have been unpacking the layers of their impacts. This recent study published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology found an interaction between microplastics and bacteria that influences the development of antimicrobial resistance. RELATED STORY | Human brains contain an entire spoonful of microplastics, study finds It’s already known that small bits of plastic can serve as vehicles for bacterial communities to form, but now we’re learning they can actively drive the development of drug-resistant bacteria. The researchers found that regardless of the tested size and concentration, the microplastics that were tested facilitated multidrug resistance in four antibiotics (ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline and streptomycin) in E. coli within 5 to 10 days of exposure. “Our findings reveal that microplastics actively drive antimicrobial resistance development in E. coli, even in the absence of antibiotics, with resistance persisting beyond antibiotic and microplastic exposure,” said lead

KGTV Tenants march throughout the RV park. SAN DIEGO (CNS) — A new tenant protection ordinance is moving forward in San Diego County today after the Board of Supervisors voted to advance the measure. On Tuesday, the board voted 3-1 in favor of the ordinance, put forward by Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe. Supervisor Joel Anderson cast the dissenting vote. The ordinance was passed as part of a first reading, which is official county policy. A second reading is scheduled for April 8, during the board’s next regular meeting. Montgomery Steppe’s office said the ordinance “will prevent eviction actions against residential tenants impacted by an emergency for at least seven days following the declaration of a local state of emergency.” The policy will affect residential tenants who have experienced emergency situations and natural disasters, including floods and fires, according to Montgomery Steppe. Her office said the ordinance would go into effect immediately, if the board votes in favor next month. Montgomery Steppe said the advancement of the policy “marks an important step forward in protecting members of our community during times of crisis.” “No one should

Documents obtained through a public records request by Team 10 show Erik and Lyle Menendez have each had two serious rule violations while in prison in San Diego. LOS ANGELES (CNS) – State parole boards will conduct separate hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez on June 13, then send their reports to Gov. Gavin Newsom to help him decide whether they should receive clemency. “We will submit that report to the judge for the resentencing, and that will weigh in to our independent analysis of whether or not to move forward with the clemency application to support a commutation of this case,” Newsom said on his podcast “This is Gavin Newsom” Tuesday. The podcast was posted one day after Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that his office will oppose the release of the brothers from state prison, where they are serving life without the possibility of parole for the shotgun murders of their parents more than three decades ago. RELATED: LA County District Attorney to allow Menendez Brothers resentencing hearing to go forward despite opposition Erik Menendez, 54, and Lyle Menendez, 57

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Another atmospheric will move through the region this week, with bouts of rain expected from Wednesday through Friday. From patchy drizzle to periods of moderate rain, some areas of the region have received more precipitation than others so far. Here’s a look at 24-hour rainfall totals across San Diego County, according to the National Weather Service: *The totals listed below are as of 9:17 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. RELATED: More rain, snow headed toward San Diego: How much could the region get? Coastal areas Location Precipitation level (inches) Point Loma 0.73 San Onofre 0.67 Fashion Valley 0.65 Oceanside 0.63 Vista 0.55 Encinitas 0.51 Kearny Mesa 0.51 Miramar 0.50 Carlsbad 0.43 San Marcos 0.39 National City 0.33 Chula Vista 0.26 Valleys Location Precipitation level (inches) Bonsall 0.51 Valley Center 0.50 Fallbrook 0.49 Santee 0.45 La Mesa 0.38 Escondido 0.33 Alpine 0.33 Poway 0.28 Ramona 0.25 Flooding possible in the San Diego area this week: Where to get sandbags Mountains Location Precipitation level (inches) Mount Laguna 0.91 Campo 0.79 Palomar Mountain 0.77 Lake Cuyamaca 0.67 Pine Hills 0.58 Henshaw Dam

Video above: This FOX 5/KUSI video provides driving safety tips. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Investigators with the San Diego Police Department’s Traffic Division are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the driver and vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred last week in the Mission Hills area. Shortly before 5 a.m. on Thursday, a 69-year-old man was walking along the 2100 block of Hancock Street when he was struck by a white Dodge Challenger that was traveling southbound. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene immediately after the collision, leaving the victim injured on the roadway, police said. New upscale restaurant coming to Solana Beach this spring Emergency responders rushed the victim to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead from his injuries. Authorities have since launched an investigation into the incident, seeking any information that may lead to the identification of the suspect. Surveillance footage captured the collision, providing crucial evidence of the vehicle involved. According to police, the footage shows that the suspect’s vehicle is a white Dodge Challenger, with noticeable damage to the front end. Vehicle