San Diego County News

New numbers show that 10 percent of youth booked into the San Diego County Juvenile Hall last year tested positive for methamphetamine use.

An NYPD detective injured in a shootout with a fugitive in the West Village is set to be released from the hospital on Wednesday.

MAY 15: Flames spread near a firefighter at the Cocos fire on May 15, 2014 in San Marcos, California.

The girl appeared in juvenile court for a brief hearing stemming from allegations that she intentionally started the Cocos Fire, which destroyed 36 homes and one business north of San Diego.

T San Diego says the man died in a jump around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday near the Otay Lakes.

Drew Barrymore's half-sister has died. Jessica Barrymore, who, like the actress, was the daughter of actor John Barrymore, would have turned 48 on Thursday.

The award winning author will be in conversation with The Book Catapult's Seth Marko about Doerr's 10-years-in-the-making novel WWII novel, All The Light We Cannot See .

The first opportunity is slated for Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 from 5:30 a.m. to noon at Oak Grove, a sub unit of San Felipe Wildlife Area, in San Diego County.

Toyota 's fuel-cell car will launch as the Toyota Mirai, insiders claim, naming the hydrogen-powered vehicle after the Japanese word for "future".

William Svec, a biologist with the city of San Diego Transportation and Stormwater Department, left, records information while intern Sean Mulderig, right, takes water samples from a storm drain system channeled creek along Murphy Canyon Road.

Krista Gomez, 24, of Valley Center in San Diego County was killed when a vehicle going as fast as 100 mph slammed into the car in which she was riding on I-15 south of Hidden Valley Parkway, the California Highway Patrol said.

Woodworker: Thomas Starbuck Stockton Stockton built this curly maple serving table specifically for the show.

A police officer stands near a crime scene on Monday, July 28, 2014 in New York.

In this still frame from video provided by KNSD-TV, flames near a home as crews scrambled to corral a wildfire that burned two homes near the San Diego County mountain town of Julian in Southern California Thursday, July 3, 2014.

The then-California resident was charged with child sexual assault in 2012, accused of molesting a young boy he was babysitting, a spokesman for the San Diego County district attorney said.

The thunderstorm swept through the beach cities so quickly, rattling nerves and knocking out power, that authorities had no time to react.

We know a fair amount about the drought that has now afflicted California for about three years: It has been the driest period since record-keeping began in the 19th Century.

The complaint filed Monday alleges that pepper spray use is rampant against youth offenders, including those at risk of suicide or self-harm.

GA©rard Depardieu plays Christopher Columbus in Ridley Scott's big-budget telling of the "discovery" of the Americas.

A fugitive task force and a sex-assault suspect got into a shootout Monday in Greenwich Village, leaving the suspect dead and two federal marshals and a police detective wounded, authorities said.