San Diego County News

Tim Draper is a very wealthy Silicon Valley venture capitalist often described as an eccentric.

Years of climate change, drought, and reckless development have transformed nearly all of the American West into a giant tinderbox.

San Diego County sheriff's officials say an 18-year-old hiker rescued from a trail in the Cleveland National Forest has died at a hospital.

A large area of high pressure will keep temperatures well above average over the next few days, creating dangerously warm conditions for people and animals.

It seems many Californians don't realize that San Diego is one of the most expensive cities in America for housing and cost of living .

A San Diego suburb took center stage in the nation's acrimonious immigration debate on Tuesday as planning commissioners there rejected a proposal to open a temporary shelter for Central American children caught illegally crossing the U.S. border.

San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council CEO Richard Barrera voiced the labor community's support for Food 4 Less workers at a news conference Tuesday in Mission Valley.

John Wilson Kreischer, 68, was taken into custody on charges of burglary and sexual battery after he allegedly entered the home of a 70-year-old woman on July 21, 2014, kissing and fondling the victim against her will.

According to several San Diego-area artificial turf dealers, sales have increased upwards of 50 percent since California Gov. Jerry Brown announced the state is in the midst of its worst drought in years.

A group of corporate and retail store employees said in the lawsuit they were not given timely lunch and rest breaks and didn't receive timely final paychecks under California's labor and wage rules.

San Diego authorities are searching for a fugitive who fled New York with her 12-year-old son and is believed to be in San Diego County.

Members of an environmental group plan tomorrow to urge Mayor Kevin Faulconer to move forward with an environmental review of a proposed ordinance that would sharply curtail the use of plastic shopping bags in San Diego.

A motorcycle rider killed when his bike slammed into a vehicle -- trapping the man beneath just outside the Del Mar Fairgrounds -- was identified as an Escondido resident.

The first human case of the potentially fatal West Nile virus in two years in San Diego County was reported Monday by the county Health and Human Services Agency.

U-T San Diego reports 28-year-old Tassie Behrens entered the plea Monday could get four years and seven months in prison when she's sentenced in September.

U-T San Diego reports that Richard Dale Fox pleaded guilty Monday to exploding a destructive device causing great bodily injury and possession of materials to make a destructive device.

A reckless driving and DUI suspect led authorities on a high-speed chase today from San Juan Capistrano into northern San Diego County before crashing to a halt and getting arrested.

Someone -- it was unclear whether a student or employee -- at La Mesa Middle School contracted tuberculosis between April 23 and June 13 and county health officials are offering free screening at the school Wednesday, July 23. Officials are concerned that others may have been infected with the highly contractable disease.

A reckless driving suspect led authorities on a high-speed chase Monday from San Juan Capistrano into northern San Diego County before crashing to a halt and getting arrested.

Originally posted at 2:48 p.m. July 21, 2014. Edited with new details. A reckless-driving and DUI suspect led authorities on a pursuit from the Laguna Niguel Gateway area into San Diego County today, sometimes hitting speeds in excess of 100 mph before crashing near Encinitas.