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The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose today to its highest amount since Sept. 17, 2008, increasing 2.5 cents to $3.773, one day after rising by 3 cents. The 25th increase in 27 days pushed the...

Acclaimed street artist and Academy Award nominee Banksy continued his onslaught of Southern California streets when he “modified” the side of Bull Taco in Oceanside the evening of Thursday, February 24. The all-black exterior wall now depicts...

In 2009, San Diego County’s GDP dropped by 2.4 percent. A new report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that decline matched the average for metropolitan areas across the country that year. Out of 13 economic sectors broken out a in...

Local business owners and experts gathered at a convention Wednesday to discuss the growing problem of bed bugs. “As a scientist, they’re fascinating, but yeah, they’re gross,” said entomologist Gail Getty. Getty and...

Two of the pirates involved in the kidnapping of four American yachters off Somalia spent time on the San Diego-based destroyer Sterett yesterday discussing the situation, the Defense Department says in a newly-released statement. But the negotiations...

Three San Diego-based warships will deploy for seven months, starting Tuesday. The USS Boxer, an 844-foot amphibious assault ship, will be followed by Green Bay, an amphibious transport dock, and Comstock, an amphibious dock landing ship, a...

A San Diego judge has ruled that a law prohibiting sex offenders from living too close to parks and schools is unconstitutional. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Superior Court Judge Michael Wellington found parts of Jessica’s...

The National Children’s Study (NCS), the largest long-term examination of children’s health and development ever conducted in the U.S., has begun recruiting women in San Diego. Run locally by researchers from the UC San Diego’s School...

The number of San Diego homes changing hands last month was down more than 29 percent from December. San Diego-based Dataquick tracks real estate trends in California. Dataquick’s Andrew LePage said 2,248 homes changed hands last month....

Home sales in San Diego County dropped 3.2 percent in January, compared to the same month in 2010, according to a report released Wednesday. A total of 2,248 homes changed hands locally last month, compared to 2,322 in the same month last year,...