San Diego County News

Fewer people were living on the streets of San Diego County this past winter, according to the results of an annual one-day count released Thursday.

Gov. Jerry Brown today pardoned 63 former criminal offenders who have served their sentences and stayed out of legal trouble since being released, including five who were convicted in San Diego County.

Older women, individuals who have initiative and those who have suffered a recent loss are more likely to be compassionate to strangers, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

The once-ubiquitous drive-in restaurant-you know, the kind with rollerskating waitresses-will be seen again very soon in all parts of the country, even in states where you wouldn't want to eat outside for much of the year.

Crime rates around some parts of San Diego County are down, according to a new report obtained by 10News.

When Benny Hernandez was hired by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department to answer emergency calls in 1979, they were doing things very differently.

An autopsy report says a Mexican man who was killed by a Border Patrol agent near San Diego was shot twice in the chest after allegedly pelting the agent with rocks.

Teen pregnancy, child abuse and arrests among San Diego's youth declined over the past few years, but alcohol and tobacco use remained prevalent and marijuana use increased among seventh-graders, according to a report presented to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

The National City Police Department's first community storefront outside of a South Bay mall is already getting the attention of criminals.

A 33-year-old auto theft suspect was in custody Friday after he allegedly led deputies on a 15-minute pursuit through the East County in which he struck a patrol car and kept driving.

Twenty-seven volunteers graduate Thursday, April 17 from Oceanside's first-ever Community Emergency Response Team training conducted in Spanish.

Two members of a San Diego County Native American tribe have filed suit to stop a planned $360 million casino, saying the bodies of deceased relatives were illegally exhumed at the site.

Former inmate Walter Unbehaun has gotten what he said he wanted when he robbed a suburban Chicago bank last year.

A California jury has reached a verdict in the trial of an Iraqi immigrant charged with beating his wife to death - a killing that police at first suspected was a hate crime.

A Cox Communications employee was shocked after he opened a box at work and found two newborn kittens clinging to life inside.

SAN DIEGO -- A woman has filed a lawsuit against former Mayor Bob Filner , alleging that he sexually harassed her at a public event at an elementary school while his police bodyguards watched.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled Thursday for a man accused of burglarizing a home in 4S Ranch while a 12-year-old boy was home alone.

Sheriff's deputies investigating a North County repairman suspected of burglarizing homes during jobs asked today for any former clients who may have been victimized to come forward.

The California Department of Public Health is recommending that health care providers discuss the benefits of meningococcal vaccine with men who have sex with men who are planning to visit Los Angeles County or other locations where they anticipate having close or intimate contact with multiple persons, including close contact at venues such as ... (more)

Following a security check, the men, identified as Patrick Raines, 21, and Johnny Maciel, 37, were confirmed missing at 10:50 a.m., according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation news release.