San Diego County Public Health issued a warning against consuming Sierra Nevada Graziers raw milk cheese after it was linked to a multi-state Shiga toxin-producing E. coli outbreak affecting 13 people across 10 states, including two children under 5 in San Diego County. The company voluntarily recalled multiple cheese varieties sold in retail and food service channels.
A federal jury in San Diego awarded haptics company Taction $5.7 billion in damages after finding that Apple's Taptic Engine in iPhones and Apple Watches infringed two of its vibration-based tactile transducer patents. Taction alleged Apple used the technology without proper licensing, and the jury agreed, though it found no willful infringement. Apple plans to appeal.
A federal jury in San Diego awarded Taction Technology $5.7 billion in damages after finding Apple infringed two haptics patents covering vibration technology used in iPhones and Apple Watches. Apple disputes the verdict and says its Taptic Engine is fundamentally different from Taction's technology, promising to appeal the decision.
Graciela Gómez Hernández, a 30-year-old migrant from Mexico, died in the Otay Mountain Wilderness near San Diego in September 2025 while attempting to cross the border, despite being within range of a General Dynamics surveillance tower equipped with advanced cameras capable of tracking targets miles away. An investigation by MIT Technology Review and Times of San Diego found that hundreds of migrant deaths along the California border occurred within camera range, yet the surveillance technology failed to prevent or aid these deaths.