Navy Clash, Cannabis Study, Home Prices Dip

0:00A San Diego-based destroyer, the USS Spruins, took direct action Sunday against an Iranian cargo ship trying to bust through a U.S. naval blockade. After radio warnings and horn blasts, the crew fired disabling rounds from its 5-inch gun at the MB Towska, stopping the vessel cold. Marines then boarded and seized the ship, a move confirmed by the Pentagon. This rare ship-to-ship clash highlights ongoing tensions with the Spruins deployed since January alongside the carrier Abraham Lincoln. Two other local destroyers are in the region enforcing the port blockade. Experts call it a throwback to old school naval warfare, something not seen much lately. Meanwhile, a massive U.C. San Diego study tracking, over 11,000 teens, warns that cannabis use slows gains in focus, memory, and processing. Speed, THC hits memory hardest, and the lead researcher stresses delaying use during these key brain years. Back home, median single-family home prices dipped 1.5% to $872,000 in February, even

1:04as sales, ticked up slightly. Protesters pack City Hall Monday against Mayor Todd Gloria's budget plan, slashing arts funding by $11.8 million, plus cuts to. Libraries, parks, and youth programs, amid a $118 million deficit. Local pushback rose to, like the arrest of a 22-year-old in Imperial County for online threats against an AI data center developer. We'll stay on these stories as San Diego navigates global heat in budget squeezes. This has been California News Today, powered by AI.