More than 700 properties are due to be sold to the highest bidder at an online auction early next year due to their owners’ failure to pay millions of dollars in taxes to San Diego County. It is the county’s biggest sale of so-called tax-defaulted properties in seven years.

NORAD said Santa left the North Pole as planned at 1 a.m. PST on Tuesday marking the moment when the tracker went live via In 2022 and 2023, the tracker captured Santa and his reindeer crossing Tijuana into San Diego County from south to north,

A new wildfire was reported today at 3:44 p.m. in San Diego County. Monte 3 Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.

Watch some of the best light displays of the year as we await Santa's arrival this holiday season. STORY: fox5sandiego.com/entertainment/where-to-find-holiday-light-displays-in-san-diego

Tis the season to explore and admire the festive brilliance of holiday light displays that sparkle across San Diego County, many of which will continue to shine into the new year.

Holiday light displays abound throughout San Diego County, with many on display into early next year as well. Here are some of the best light displays in the region: -- City Lights: Through Jan. 19, this immersive light display at Quartyard,