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Lincoln left Coronado in November 2025 for a routine deployment to the Pacific, but was redirected to the Middle East and finished with 322 days, counting Thursday, away from its homeport. Most of that time was spent underway, including more than 200 days in a combat zone and a record-breaking number of days at sea without a port call.

October 8, 2026

https://news.usni.org/2026/10/08/abraham-lincoln-carrier-strike-group-returns-to-san-diego-after-nearly-11-months

The San Diego Gulls face off their 2026-27 home schedule at Pechanga Arena Saturday at 6 p.m. with a game against the Pacific Division rival Henderson (Nev.) Silver Knights.

It’s the first of 36 home games for the NHL Anaheim Ducks’ top developmental affiliate in the American Hockey League. There appears to be a lot of potential based on last weekend’s season-opening two-game series in San Jose. The Gulls defeated the host Barracuda, 5-1, in Saturday’s opener and came up just shy with a 5-4 overtime setback on Sunday.

After being swept out of last season’s Calder Cup playoffs by the Colorado Eagles, the Gulls faced off the new season — under a new coaching staff — by capturing three out of four possible standings points.

“Overall good weekend to build off of,” new San Diego head coach Dave Manson said.

The Gulls received points from 12 players — an impressive number — in the two games.

Heading into Friday’s road game in Coachella Valley, third-year defenseman Stian Solberg keyed the team with four points on two goals and two assists, followed by new acquisition Anton Wahlberg with three points (one goal, two assists).

The Gulls won behind goaltender Laurent Brossoit, a Stanley Cup champion with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023, who stopped 29 of 30 shots in Game 1 in his San Diego debut.

Damian Clara, who represented Italy in the 2026 Winter Olympics, got the start in Game 2 with 28 saves on 33 shots.

https://www.thestarnews.com/gulls-face-off-2026-27-with-strong-effort-take-three-of-four-points-from-barracuda

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Update: San Diego International Airport (SAN) currently offers nonstop transatlantic flights to London (LHR), Amsterdam (AMS), and Munich (MUC), with service to Paris (CDG) launching on May 3, 2027. Report date: October 8, 2026

https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-san-diego-san

Hillcrest fixture Hash House A Go-Go is suing the city of San Diego, alleging a city storm drain replacement effort caused a dramatic drop in business.

According to the lawsuit, the storm drain project turned Fifth Avenue into a construction zone, removing parking, blocking traffic, churning up dust, and driving away customers.

Hash House’s suit said the project, which lasted from late 2025 through June of this year, not only cut off traffic along Fifth Avenue but also closed nearby side streets, further preventing customer access.

The restaurant and several other small businesses impacted by the construction project, have filed tort claims with the city, asking for reimbursement for their economic losses from Dec. 2025 through June 2026. 

The tort claim for Hash House A Go Go claimed revenue was down over $40,000 in February 2026, a 17.8% loss over a three year rolling average.

The city declined to comment for this article due to pending litigation. 

October 7, 2026

Have a gun? You're going to need to take another safety class after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills Saturday that are a boon to gun control advocates and anathema to Second Amendment groups.

The law, Senate Bill 948, would apply to current residents with newly purchased guns starting in 2029. The class would need to be at least four hours long. Starting in 2028, people moving to California with guns would need to obtain a firearm safety certificate within 180 days of arrival.

It was one of 10 gun safety laws Newsom signed. They represent his last gun control efforts as governor, and his own record shows that some of the measures will likely face legal challenges from pro-firearm organizations. For instance, the 2016 ballot proposition Newsom carried that demanded background checks for ammunition purchases is awaiting a final determination from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Rebecca Marcus, a lobbyist for the gun control organization the Brady Campaign, told lawmakers in March that more than 69,000 shootings resulted in death or required urgent medical care in California from 2016 to 2021. Roughly a third of those shootings were accidental, she said, and many involved children.

In a press release, Newsom described the cadre of signed pieces of legislation as efforts to “address multiple stages of firearm-violence prevention: identifying and understanding crime guns, preventing prohibited possession, intervening when someone poses a risk, safely storing firearms, improving training and accountability, supporting young survivors and responding to emerging technologies.”

Another law Newsom signed would expand the list of persons barred from owning weapons. Senate Bill 1220 would bar a person from owning a gun for 10 years if they're convicted of stripping a gun of its serial number information that law enforcement officers use to track weapons.

And with Newsom’s signing of Assembly Bill 1743, cities and universities in California can request data from the state Department of Justice on weapons recovered during criminal investigations. A supporter of the legislation, Brady United to End Gun Violence, argued that by allowing academics to look up the serial numbers of the guns, research can be strengthened on how weapons find their way from manufacturers to crime scenes. “Are the guns coming from in state? Are they coming from a specific county? Are they coming from nearby or far away? Are they coming from a specific dealer?” the Brady organization asked.

Published on September 28, 2026

That means Coronado residents will eventually be able to source more renewable energy for their electricity needs. They’ll have access to three different plans with varying price tags depending on how much green energy makes up their portfolio.

The California Legislature created CCAs, or community choice aggregators, to spur renewable energy development. The program allows municipalities to band together and decide what kind of power to buy. Households then pay to have that electricity distributed over the local utility’s existing power lines.

Coronado Council Member Kelly Purvis said joining San Diego Community Power makes the city more green — and provides more control over its energy destiny.

“We're finally going to have a choice,” Purvis said. “For 40 years I've lived in Coronado and my bill has always said SDG&E. And I didn't have an opportunity to pick from a different provider, or to look at where that power is being provided from.”

Joe Kaatz is a senior attorney with the University of San Diego’s Energy and Policy Clinic, which worked with local elected officials to create San Diego Community Power. He said CCAs generally offer slightly lower utility rates, but savings are limited because infrastructure costs make up a majority of the typical power bill.

“CCAs need to be cheaper on the commodity side of the bill, which is only really 25% of the bill now,” he said. “Transmission [and] distribution is like 75%, 80% of the bill — and it's where all the cost drivers are. Rising rates.”

Still, SDG&E is an investor-owned utility. San Diego Community Power is a nonprofit, run by a board of local elected officials. Kaatz says that impacts how the two entities operate.

“They're doing risk management completely different,” he said. “They're not deploying capital at the same amount. And they're looking at ways to leverage financing and other things to save costs and to lower costs for their customers. And that's foundational to why they exist.”

San Diego Community Power is expected to begin offering service to Coronado in early 2028, pending approval by the California Public Utilities Commission.

The nonprofit currently provides their optional power service to the cities of Chula Vista, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, National City and San Diego, along with unincorporated sections of San Diego County.

Reported on Sept. 29, 2026 -- Related page:

https://sdcommunitypower.org/service-options

According to the report, the police building has been the target of vandalism, such as window breaking, trespassing and other disturbances. 

September 28, 2026

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/construction-to-begin-on-security-fence-around-sdpd-headquarters/4079778

Near 30th and El Cajon intersection.

September 28, 2026

A years-long effort to make La Jolla its own city is entering a new phase as organizers hire their first paid staff and a key financial review moves forward.

Paul Coogan is serving as executive director, Brian Rosario is handling donor relations and Jacque Guilano is leading events.

The Association for the City of La Jolla is pushing to separate the community from the City of San Diego and establish an independent city covering approximately 14 square miles and an estimated 38,000 residents.

State law requires the fiscal analysis to examine the proposed city’s finances during its first three years. For La Jolla, Local Agency Formation Commission's scope of work goes further and calls for 10 year revenue and expenditure projections.

A preliminary fiscal analysis commissioned by the cityhood group projected approximately $8.5 million a year in revenue neutrality payments to the city of San Diego, though that estimate could change as the current analysis moves forward.

The current Comprehensive Fiscal Analysis is intended to take a more detailed look at projected revenues and expenses, the cost of providing municipal services and the financial impact incorporation could have on both a new City of La Jolla and the city of San Diego.

The Association for the City of La Jolla is targeting 2028 for a possible vote on cityhood.

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San Diego's hot and humid summer has led to more mosquitos. The county is tracking the highest number of West Nile virus cases in a decade.

County inspectors say one of the hot spots right now is Coronado, which is why they're preparing to spray a mist-pesticide treatment on about 6,000 lots.

The spray will take place overnight Friday and Saturday between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. The area being targeted includes from Second Street in the north to Ocean Boulevard in the south, F Avenue in the west, and Glorietta Boulevard to the east.

Additional treatments may come the following week, depending on how things go, the county said.

Thus far, 11 people in the county have contracted West Nile virus, and at least three of them are from Coronado, the county said.

Reported on Sept. 23, 2026

By Renee Schmiedeberg / NBC 7

I am thinking many are playing for other teams. Please let us know if you know where they are!

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The biometric lanes process about 600 cars per hour, which is about twice the rate of legacy ID-scan lanes. Four of the main gate’s five lanes are currently dedicated to SWIFT. Implementation has not been without hiccups. SWIFT depends on the DBIDS database to operate, and the system has gone offline more than once, causing delays. The system currently excludes vehicle escorts and motorcycle riders, although the base is trying to change this.

The SWIFT program wasn’t developed through years of formal Pentagon funding and testing, the way major Navy programs usually are. Instead, it started as a low-cost pilot backed by the Defense Innovation Unit and later NavalX, two Pentagon offices that fund experimental technology to get it into use fast, on the theory that a program stuck in the typical, years-long approval process is more likely to get cut before it ever produces results.

September 16, 2026

A person walking in an Oceanside neighborhood discovered suspicious metal cans on the ground, prompting authorities to shut down an intersection and order nearby residents to shelter in place Sunday, 9.13.2026.

The cans were found near Castellano Way and Vandergrift Drive. The intersection at East Parker Street was temporarily closed as authorities worked to determine what the containers held.

Oceanside Fire Battalion Chief Blaine Hensley described the containers as "metal, were almost like a coffee can and peanut style cans with lids on top, and they had biohazard labels on them as well as top secret on the lids on most of the containers."

A SIG Alert was issued for several hours while the area remained shut down. By Sunday afternoon, Hensley said the explosive hazard was cleared and the shelter-in-place orders were lifted.

Hazmat officials are still working to identify what was in the cans.

Other reports:

https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2026/09/13/residents-ordered-to-shelter-in-place-after-suspicious-packages-found-in-oceanside-neighborhood

https://www.cbs8.com/video/news/local/officials-investigate-suspicious-packages-in-oceanside/509-3716b8d8-a043-43b9-8fb0-f547ab3f7cd4

Absolute disaster in front of the fans at Snapdragon.

Game highlights: https://youtu.be/04Uzoq6yNUM

Interview with the SD head coach after the game:

https://youtu.be/eJcwidi4DVg

September 13, 2026