San Diego County News

The San Diego County Registrar of Voters confirmed Wednesday that Ron Roberts was the only candidate to file by the March 7 deadline for election to the Board of Supervisors representing the Fourth District.

Today would have been Nikki Benedict's 61st birthday. She was age 14 when she was stabbed to death as she walked home from a friend's house.

A new chancellor has been named to help turn around the Los Angeles Community College District, which has struggled to overcome budget cuts, at risk campus accreditation and poor graduation rates.

A death-row inmate can review 16 years' worth of homicide-related court filings to determine whether race led prosecutors to seek capital punishment, a California appeals court ruled.

Deputies are investigating a gruesome discovery in Alpine: A smoldering body found on a dirt road.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled Thursday for a South Bay man accused of repeatedly stabbing his former wife during an argument at her Imperial Beach home.

It's about 10:30 p.m. on a Friday night and two racers have their eyes glued to a light tree.

A harvest mouse trapped last week near Escondido tested positive for hantavirus, prompting San Diego County public health officials today to remind people to be careful around rodents and to guard their homes against infestations.

More people could soon be walking around San Diego County with concealed weapons after court ruling said gun permit guidelines were too restrictive.

Prosecutors will once again seek the death penalty for two leaders of the violent Mexican "Los Palillos" drug trafficking gang, who were convicted of several murders and kidnappings in San Diego County between 2004 and 2007, it was announced today.

Persistent strong demand for astaxanthin continues to have an effect on the supply end of the sector.

Friends, family and former colleagues gathered Monday at the San Diego County Sheriff's Museum to celebrate the 100th birthday of the oldest living San Diego County Sheriff's retiree.

Don't press your luck this St. Patrick's Day by drinking and getting behind the wheel.

Declaring a "silver tsunami" of aging baby boomers about to confront issues with assisted living in old age, San Diego County officials launched a multipronged program Tuesday to strengthen oversight of senior care homes and to better protect the people who move into them.

A man accused of leading deputies on a pursuit through southeastern San Diego and crashing the stolen car he was driving while high on drugs into several vehicles was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.

Kessler Foundation awarded a $437,888 Signature Employment Grant to San Diego State University Research Foundation to expand the project, "Bridging the Gap from College to Careers" -- an initiative to increase employment outcomes for college graduates with disabilities.

An Escondido man is recovering after a close call with a rattlesnake. It happened Saturday at Hilltop Park in Rancho Penasquitos.

An East County man is outraged after he said he was harassed and handcuffed by California Highway Patrol officers during a traffic stop even though the loaded gun he was carrying was legal.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced Tuesday that it joined the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial counties in suing the operator of San Diego International Airport over its refusal of an advertisement urging visitors to avoid SeaWorld.

Getting something for free does not happen often for Linda McIntear. So when she heard from a neighbor last year that the International Rescue Committee in City Heights was helping file taxes for free, the Mid-City resident jumped at the opportunity.