Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel, left, speaks with Bob Paduchik, party co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, at the spring meeting in Coronado, Calif., Friday, May 12, 2017. While Trump's abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey roiled Washington, Republicans who attended the national committee's spring meeting outside San Diego this week defended the president's actions and insisted that it would have little political impact on midterm elections next year.
A deal by China's Anbang Insurance Group Co to purchase a landmark Southern California hotel near a major naval base from Blackstone Group LP was called off following opposition from US national security officials, according to people with knowledge of the decision. Blackstone ended the sale of the Hotel del Coronado near San Diego, worth an estimated US$1 billion, after concerns were raised by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States , according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the sale process was private.
Four people were killed on Saturday when a pickup truck hurtled off San Diego's Coronado Bridge, plummeting some 60 feet and crashing onto a park where hundreds of people had gathered for a festival. Authorities said four people in a vendor's booth died and eight were injured when a pickup truck plunged off the bridge's on-ramp before landing in Chicano Park, where a motorcycle rally was taking place.
Jose Susumo Azano Matsura, 48, referred to as "Mr. Lambo" in the indictment, is facing federal charges for allegedly funneling $600,000 into San Diego campaigns. According to the indictment, he is one of several individuals accused of hiding the source of campaign donations or concealing donations in records with the San Diego City Clerk, the Federal Election Commission, or the California Secretary of State.