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<p>A local man who shot two San Diego Police officers, killing one of them, may spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury this week recommended a life sentence for his crimes.</p>
<p>Jesse Michael Gomez shot and killed officer Jonathan Matias “J.D.” De Guzman, 43, (pictured above) and shot and wounded officer Wade Irwin, 32, during a July 28, 2016 incident. </p>
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<p>The San Diego City Council on Tuesday voted to adjust water and sewer rates over the next four years in part to help fund a new recycled water program that is expected to provide a new source of drinking water for the City and to level sewer rates between single-family homes and other users.</p>
<p>Water rates will increase by 3% for all users next year to pass on higher rates being charged by the San Diego County Water Authority that imports water from Northern California for local agencies. </p>
<p class="has-medium-font-size">SD CITY ATTORNEY FAILED TO ENFORCE CITY CHARTER TO REPORT DEAL PARTICIPANTS</p>
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<p>[<em>this story has been updated to include a response from Hughes’ lawyer received after the first publication of the story</em>]</p>
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<p>Gavin Newsom survived a recall election that at first seemed a possible threat to his political future but eventually failed to garner enough support to oust the state’s 40th Governor. </p>
<p>Late on election night, with potentially more than a million absentee ballots still left to be counted statewide, nearly 64% of the votes counted were for NO on the recall, with a margin of over 2.5 million between the NO and YES votes. More than 5.84 million voters chose NO on the recall.</p>
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<p>The leader of the City of San Diego’s largest employee union, responsible for protecting City employees’ best interests, remains silent even after documents prove City officials knowingly put hundreds of his members at risk of asbestos exposure and fire danger in the 101 Ash Street building. </p>
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<p>Now that Californians are transitioning back into their pre-pandemic recreational activities, a local community of soccer players is back to playing pick-up games throughout San Diego. </p>
<p>Over 50 soccer aficionados of all ages and skill levels gathered at historic Chicano Park for the first time in 18 months to play fast-paced pick up games as cars zoomed above the action on the Coronado Bridge-Interstate 5 exchange lanes.</p>
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<p>California is experiencing a dramatic increase in catalytic converter theft cases. </p>
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<p>A Chula Vista councilman currently under investigation for alleged campaign finance violations ran afoul of state law during a City Council on Tuesday by improperly abstaining from voting on a developer’s project amendments after the developer gave McCann a $10,000 contribution last December.</p>