San Diego

The Defense Department says it will pay upward of $1.1 billion to a pair of San Diego's defense contractors to separately build high-altitude drones and command-and-control systems for satellites.

Concerns about explosions, fires and toxic gas have prompted San Diego officials to begin crafting proposed laws to regulate the storage and disposal of lithium-ion batteries, which are used in EVs.

The proposal to spend $12 million on a network of police cameras over the next five years was approved by the city’s Public Safety Committee last week. The proposal now heads to the City Council for consideration.

Mayor Todd Gloria said his office will be proposing amendments to San Diego's hard-fought surveillance ordinance next month, a law that has continued to cause controversy and confusion since its passage.

A hard-won ordinance that brought oversight to San Diego's many surveillance technologies needs critical fixes, officials say, or day-to-day operations the city relies on could come to a standstill.

A surveillance tool shares local data with out-of-state agencies — a practice among many law enforcement departments and one that some lawyers, privacy advocates and legislators say is illegal.

San Diego agreed Tuesday to pay 35 percent more per year for citywide usage of Dell computers as well as Microsoft programs such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and OneDrive.

The long-awaited free, electric vehicle passenger shuttle program in National City is expected to launch by the end of summer thanks to $400,000 from the Port of San Diego and a three-year contract with an operator.

The city's Public Safety Committee has voted to support the San Diego Police Department's controversial smart streetlight proposal this week. The technology, complete with license plate readers, was first pitched in March.

San Diego officials on Tuesday gave themselves another three years to review the city’s many surveillance technologies, an extension that should prevent the tools from being put on pause.

Debra Roy, president of the board of directors for a San Diego nonprofit, said what started as an after-school club run by volunteers now runs weekend and partnership programs that serve over 2,500 students per year.

The San Diego Police Department will host a series of meetings to share information about body-worn cameras — the second piece of technology to be evaluated under the city's new surveillance ordinance.

San Diego adopted a new $2 billion budget Monday that increases spending on homelessness efforts, lifeguards, litter removal and improving Internet access in low-income areas.

A cybersecurity breach at San Diego Unified School District in October 2022 not only affected student medical information but also employees' Social Security numbers, bank account information, medical data and more.

San Diego-based energy corporation General Atomics has announced a partnership with Tokamak Energy, one of a growing number of private companies seeking to tap the vast but so far elusive potential of nuclear fusion.

San Diego Unified School District recently confirmed that a data breach in October 2022 compromised student names and medical information, and the district is working to notify those affected as it identifies them.

A newly established board voted to create an ad hoc committee to gather more research and public comment on a police proposal to install hundreds of smart streetlights and automatic license plate readers.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has approved funds for an app that will allow outreach workers, paramedics, law enforcement officers and others to match homeless people with available shelter.