Jordan Whitley
FOX5 San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States
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Padres fan makes art in the stands with “People of Petco Park” Instagram
Community college English teacher Kevin Gossett combined his love of the Padres and passion for street photography and created an instagram account dedicated to the fans called People of Petco Park. → Read More
Esports social streaming offers new career path for local gamers
Thanks to sites like Twitch, a growing number of millennials with a penchant for gaming are trading in their desk jobs for their home desktops. → Read More
Students keep decade-long promise, send skateboards to Syrian children
For most of us, a skateboard is well, just a skateboard. But for High Tech High School junior Abdulla Alexander, a skateboard is a reminder of a promise he made to childhood friends in Syria as he was leaving the country 10 years ago. → Read More
Collector cars roll into Miramar
Collectible cars from all over Southern California rolled into Miramar area at sunrise Saturday for one of the city's biggest auto meets San Diego Cars and Coffee. → Read More
Padres Hunter Renfroe hopes to continue hitting success
Padres outfielder Hunter Renfroe enjoyed a robust Major League Baseball debut with the San Diego team. This season, the 25-year-old hopes to continue his heavy hitting. → Read More
San Diego group proposes joint-use stadium for Major League Soccer, Aztecs
A group of local investors, led by FS Investors founder Mike Stone and former Qualcomm Vice Chairman Steve Altman, have a plan for the Mission Valley site and they will reveal details on Monday. → Read More
La Costa outfielder poised for major league success
SAN DIEGO – La Costa Canyon senior outfielder Mickey Moniak is projected as one of the top picks in this year’s Major League Baseball draft. At 6-feet, 2-inches tall, 190 pounds, Moniak… → Read More
Canyon Crest senior’s special needs baseball league gains momentum
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Alex Rejto, a senior baseball captain and shortstop at Canyon Crest Academy, founded Champions Baseball, a league for special needs boys and girls in North County. Each pla… → Read More
Gulls team up to help captain’s childhood coach fight brain cancer
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Gulls captain Joe Piskula will hit the ice on Saturday and will be taking on a cause that hits close to home. Piskula’s childhood coach Dom Hilger of Antigo, Wisco… → Read More
El Cajon Supercross rider returns to track after 2 year retirement
SAN DIEGO - As Supercross motorcyclist take over Petco Park Saturday for the second time in a month, El Cajon rider Christian Craig hopes to continue his winning ways. A string of injuries forced E... → Read More
Prep Blitz Week 10
SAN DIEGO -- The final regular season games for high school football in San Diego. → Read More
Tandem surfers give new meaning to ‘surfs up’
CARDIFF, Calif. - Two surfers from North County are one of the top tandem surfing duos in the world. Ahlia Hoffman, a yoga instructor, and Travis Long, a board shaper and builder, made their way on... → Read More
Fox 5 Prep Blitz Week Two
SAN DIEGO- All the action from the second week of high school football in San Diego, featuring Madison v. Saint Augustine, Mission Hills v. Torrey Pines, La Jolla v. Bishop's, Otay Ranch v. Grossmo... → Read More
Fox 5 Prep Blitz Season Opener
SAN DIEGO -- Check out all the high school football action from Aug. 28. Have a great photo from your game? Share it using #FOX5PrepBlitz on Facebook or Twitter or email them to news@fox5sandiego.c... → Read More
Alpine boy is mastering 500-year-old Japanese sport
ALPINE, Calif. - A Japanese stick and ball game that's over 500 years old is now sweeping San Diego. Gavin Hunter, 8, is a rising Kendama star and two local professionals from Roots Kendama paid a ... → Read More
CIF San Diego Section baseball championships
SAN DIEGO- A round up of Fox 5's coverage of the Open division and divisions 2,4 and 5 title games. → Read More
Padre for life: former player Matt LaChappa’s dream to be a Friar lives on
Barona, Ca.- In 1996 Padres minor league pitcher and Barona native Matt LaChappa's career was cut short after a heart attack and subsequent traumatic brain injury left him wheelchair bound. The tea... → Read More
Aztec baseball wins first regional since 1990
Lake Elsinore, Ca.- The San Diego State baseball team won their first game of the NCAA regional, beating U.C. Santa Barbara 4-3. Fox 5 was with the team after the monumental win. Their next game is... → Read More
Carlsbad teen turns bar mitzvah project into a hockey club
UNIVERSITY CITY, Calif. -- In 2013 Isaiah Granet, 14, took his passion for hockey and turned it into a bar mitzvah community project. He created a hockey club for children ages seven to 13 called ... → Read More
Local goalie and her family fight cancer in the net
Rancho Penasquitos, Ca.- Thirteen year-old goalie for the U13 Arsenal soccer team Kasey Harvey was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in her cheek, called rhabdomyosarcoma. To stay stron... → Read More