El Cajon News

I photographed the blood moon on a hill that overlooks the city next to mine in El Cajon, California.

At its April 18 board meeting, the district will present the funds to seven Grossmont College students who are planning a career in nursing or in the healthcare technician field.

An Iraqi immigrant, upset that his wife wanted a divorce, killed her by hitting her at least six times in the head with a blunt object as she sat at a computer in their El Cajon home, a prosecutor said Tuesday, but the defendant's attorney said his client loved his spouse and had no motive to kill her.

SAN DIEGO Fire crews are on the scene of a brush fire near Mission Center Road along Interstate 805 Tuesday afternoon.

Pedro Zurita, 49, was arrested after authorities found the woman's body about 8 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of a business park on Van Allen Way, where she worked as a custodian.

If you're expecting a refund on your federal taxes -- and about 75 percent of filers get one -- April 15th isn't much of a deadline.

The number of dog attacks on letter carriers increased last year, earning San Diego County the #2 spot in the nation, according to the U.S. Postal Service.

As part of an on-going investigation into an elder abuse complaint, deputies from the Santee Sheriff's Station served a search warrant at a residence in Unincorporated El Cajon.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles office in El Cajon will be closed for the next six months as the location undergoes renovations, DMV officials said.

Sheriff's deputies looking into an allegation of elder abuse at a home outside El Cajon came across a marijuana grow and a butane hash oil extraction lab, and the 30-year-old resident was behind bars today.

Chico >> A San Diego-area student had his headphones on just before a semi-trailer struck the charter bus he and 47 others were riding in on Interstate 5 near Orland on Thursday.

Two San Diego-area students survived a fiery Northern California bus crash that killed five other high-schoolers and five adults, authorities reported today.

A FedEx tractor-trailer crossed over a grassy median on a Northern California freeway and slammed into a bus carrying 44 high school students from Southern California in an explosive crash that left 10 people dead, authorities said.

The fire was reported at 7:18 p.m. on Mascari Court, near North Anza Street, Cal Fire Capt.

It can be hard to know how to turn a traditional turf landscape into a water-saving showcase, but the San Diego County Water Authority is sponsoring several free classes around the region to help homeowners do just that.

Three San Diego County schools will split $600,000 worth of training to help every teacher on campus learn how to use art to teach a variety of subjects.

Five San Diego County construction companies stand to collectively gain up to $99 million in contracts over five years, following a decision by the U.S. Navy's facilities command.

Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister said all five offices will be open with extended hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

San Diego's Lindbergh Field hit 87 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the record for April 5 by five degrees.

Authorities are searching for a person accused in a carjacking in Spring Valley, and who may also be linked to two other carjackings in East County.