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6 Vehicles Carrying Alleged Undocumented Migrants Flee From San Diego Border, CBP Says
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 14 people on Saturday suspected of attempting to enter the United States through the border fence in Otay Mesa and taking off in separate vehicles. Several others may have gotten away.
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Cash, Drugs, Ammo Seized in Multi-Year Investigation Targeting Sinaloa Cartel, 3 Charged
Charges were filed Tuesday in federal court against three Mexican nationals who allegedly trafficked drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel, resulting in what agents believe to be the largest single-day seizure of cash, drugs and ammunition in San Diego history.
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1 Year After Church's Chicken Shooting, Victim's Widow Seeks Justice
It’s been nearly a year since a gunman walked into a Church’s Chicken restaurant in Otay Mesa and shot three employees, killing a woman, and despite a halt in the legal system due to the coronavirus pandemic, her family continues to push for justice.
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Second-Largest Border Meth Bust in History Announced
The second-largest methamphetamine bust along the southwest border was announced on Sunday by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. CBP officers seized more than 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills and heroin at the Otay Mesa facility on Friday. About 9:45 a.m. Friday, a driver arrived at the cargo border crossing with a tractor-trailer shipment carrying medical…
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Massive Amazon Building Takes Shape in Otay Mesa
It’s easily the biggest thing in Otay Mesa. It’s likely the biggest thing in San Diego County. “It’s 3,300,000 square feet,” marveled Rob Hixson as he stood in front of a massive building under construction along Otay Mesa Road. The structure has more floor space than the San Diego Convention Center. No need to go to Carson — it...
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Beloved San Diego Foster Parent Remembered Following Deadly Double Shooting
Debbie Stolz, who was killed Sunday in Otay Mesa, was regarded as the “Mother Teresa of foster care” by her friends and colleagues,
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Man Sought in Deadly Double San Diego-Area Shooting, Infant Kidnapping
Police on Sunday were searching for the suspect in connection to a deadly double shooting and authorities said that man took off with an infant that he kidnapped from the Otay Mesa home where the violence happened. Authorities responded to a call of a domestic incident at about 8 a.m. that later turned into a shooting call, San Diego police…
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Fossils Discovered Near Otay Mesa POE Could Be Evidence of 16-million-Year-Old Rock Unit
Millions-year-old fossils were discovered amid construction of a new toll road and border crossing near Otay Mesa, uncovering what could be the first sign of a 16-million-year-old geologic formation in Southern California.