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Leonard Glenn Francis, better known as “Fat Leonard,” a defense contractor who disappeared weeks before he was set to be sentenced for one of the largest bribery scandals in the nation’s military history, was taken into custody Wednesday in Venezuela,

From Tijuana, Mexico to north San Diego County, witnesses Monday night reported seeing mysterious orbs of orange light hovering in the sky, prompting many questions with few answers.

A nearly 25-feet long whale shark was spotted swimming up to a San Diego Whale Watch boat. It spent a few minutes swimming around the curious onlookers, putting on quite the show. NBC 7’s Dana Williams spoke with the captain who captured the rare moment on video.

The escape of the Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the Navy’s biggest corruption scandals is as stunning and brazen as the case itself. U-Haul trucks were seen at his home in a tony San Diego neighborhood before Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” snipped off his ankle monitor and disappeared.

Lawyers for a teenage girl who has accused at least three former and current San Diego State football players — including one who is now an NFL player — of raping her at an off-campus party in 2021 shared photos Friday of the injuries she allegedly sustained during the incident.

A civil complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court on Thursday names three current and former San Diego State football players accused of gang raping a teenager at an off-campus party last October.

An Alaska Airlines flight bound for San Diego was forced to return to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after part of the metal paneling that covers the engine dislodged and detached from the aircraft, the airline said.

The La Jolla home of Theodor Seuss Geisel, who imagined the whimsical worlds of “The Grinch” and “The Cat in the Hat” as author Dr. Seuss, is up for sale for the first time in more than 70 years.

A Ukrainian refugee is reunited with her beloved Pomeranian dog, Perseya, after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico Border in April.

From Uvalde to New York, members gathered to honor the lives lost in Tuesday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas.

The entrance of a “narcotics tunnel” was found at a home in Tijuana and was used to discretely cross the U.S.-Mexico border to carry out acts of organized crimes and other illicit activities, authorities in Mexico said.

A command investigation determined that a damper hose failed on the MC-60S Seahawk, causing severe vibrations as the aircraft was landing on a carrier off of San Diego last August.

A plane was forced to stop on the taxiway due to a stubborn visitor. The pilot called the air traffic control tower to report that the pelican would not move.

Out of 250 metropolitan areas in the U.S., women under 30 are paid the same or more than men in 22 of them, according to the Pew Research Center.

Project management jobs are quickly becoming a way for people with non-technical backgrounds to earn lucrative tech paychecks.

It was following a pro-Ukraine protest at Balboa Park in February that Avi Schiffmann couldn’t shake the thought that he needed to do something to help. “I know how to make all these websites and apps and, you know, I felt that nobody was going to do it,” said Schiffmann, a Harvard University student. “So why don’t I just...

A San Diego teen developed a website that helps Ukrainian refugees find shelter around the world. NBC 7’s Amber Frias has his story.

Roger Stefan Witthoeft Jr. was arraigned last week on charges of committing battery, with a hate crime enhancement, and violating the victim’s constitutional rights by threat of force

Authorities say a man who tried to slither past U.S. border agents in California had 52 lizards and snakes hidden in his clothing

Research shows the long-term damage done to a nest egg when new retirees sell their investments in a down market. Here are ways to avoid that risk.