El Cajon News

Franz Hiedo, who was 21 months old, died at Rady Children's Hospital on Saturday, a medical examiner investigator said.

The J. Craig Venter Institute announced today the launch of their mobile genomics laboratory program in the San Diego, California area.

Police are investigating Tuesday a pedestrian robbery where a gunman held up a female grocery store clerk and fled the scene on a bicycle.

Day two of the heat wave was a true scorcher. Five towns and cities broke records on Monday, including Escondido, which hit 101 degrees, snapping the city's record for May 13 by two degrees.

A local school will be honored for the second time by the Classroom of the Future Foundation for implementing education initiatives that positively impact student learning at the 10th anniversary of its Innovation in Education Awards dinner later this month.

The blaze broke out about 4:20 p.m. at the residence on Billings Street, near South Mollison and Chase avenues.

Neighbors say they saw the fire start in a tree. The fire then spread to a nearby duplex.

A motorist who ran a red light at an East County road crossing Friday caused a broadside collision that left her injured and the other driver dead, authorities reported.

The crash at intersection of East Washington and South Mollison avenues was reported about 6:25 a.m., El Cajon public information officer Monica Zech said.

A two-car crash in El Cajon killed one woman and authorities have blocked off the intersection of Washington and Mollison avenues Friday.

May gray isn't going to stop any weekend fun! The sun and a variety of events are coming out to celebrate Mother's Day weekend.

Firefighters and paramedics responded about 12:30 p.m. to the residence on Nila Lane, near Avenida Abajo, Zech said.

Authorities asked the public today for help in identifying a man who has cheated San Diego-area supermarkets out of hundreds of dollars in recent months through a scam involving money orders.

Police are searching for a woman accused of posing as a government official and burglarizing a victim's home in El Cajon.

The suspect led two officers on a pursuit from El Cajon to an area near the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Guessman Street .

It's a chase you saw live on News 8. A man fled from police officers in El Cajon last Thursday night.

The victim, in her 70s, told authorities that she was in her garage about 5 p.m. when a woman walked up to her and identified herself as a state government official.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to begin public hearings June 10 on a proposed $4.97 billion budget for the next fiscal year.

The annual day promoting a two-wheeled commute, Bike to Work Day, is coming up on May 17, and two pit stops will be hosted in Santee.

The Medical Examiner has identified the man killed in a highway shootout as Xusha Brown Jr., 22, of El Cajon.