San Diego County News

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.

Three year old Ayla Angeles helps the director of, The Art Kids of San Diego County," paint an Easter Banner.

San Diego County Employees Retirement Association's investment board is scheduled to select a new asset mix, according to the agenda for the $9.5 billion pension fund's Thursday board meeting.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled Wednesday for a man accused of carrying a loaded firearm on the campus of Palomar College in San Marcos and telling deputies that he intended to get into a shootout with them.

Video showing the incident on Robinson Boulevard in Poway in which a car jumped the curb and slammed into the side of a garage.

A 64-year-old San Gabriel man accused of beating his ex-wife in Chula Vista was facing a likely murder charge Wednesday following her death over the weekend, police said.