San Diego County News

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009. Issue 27, Volume 13. PALOMAR MOUNTAIN- A member of a Japanese film crew is recovering today from heat exhaustion after a helicopter plucked him off Palomar Mountain, a sheriff's corporal said.

The San Diego, Calif., County Fair has dropped its annual reggae festival due to "scheduling problems," officials say.

There was a helicopter, dogs, pepper spray and an out of control sheriff. On Monday, three of the women held a press conference, blasting the arresting officer, Deputy Marshall G. Abbott.

Haylee Donathan will be placed with a foster family - not with her grandmother - when she returns from California.

There's a new Web site dedicated to helping fans honor Michael Jackson by making charitable donations.

They can also get electric fans and M.T.S. bus passes at the centers. For a complete list go to... http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/hhsa/programs/ais/documents/coolzones.pdf

The man charged last week in the killings of four people in Kansas City, Kan., is also being investigated in a California slaying, authorities there say.Adrian Burks, 37, also served three years in a California prison for an unrelated kidnapping.San Diego County sheriffs deputies arrested Burks after the July 23, 2005, killing of Chaleta Robertson, ...

The county Assessor delivered the bad news Tuesday -- the value of all taxable property has dropped nearly $9.5 billion.

A former minister and music teacher who pleaded guilty to molesting three boys at churches in San Diego and Riverside counties has been sentenced to prison.

It turns out Michael Jackson 's family has an intimate connection to San Diego County .

Authorities today sought the public's help in the search for three men suspected of severely beating another man in an alley in Spring Valley.

A Santee man was in custody today accused of breaking into his 42-year-old neighbor's apartment while she slept and trying to rape her, a sheriff's lieutenant said.

The San Diego County Fair is offering its own stimulus package in this tough economy.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced today it has launched an internal investigation into the controversial arrest of a woman during a fund-raiser for Democratic congressional candidate Francine Busby in Cardiff-By-The-Sea. "The only proper way to ascertain exactly what happened is to initiate an internal affairs investigation," said ...

Two more people have died in San Diego County from complications of swine flu, county health officials announced Monday.

San Diego police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on a stretch of trolley tracks just west of the Morena/Linda Vista stop.

In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings upgrades to 'AA-' from 'A+' its rating on San Elijo Joint Powers Authority, California's $13.3 million in outstanding 2003 refunding revenue bonds .

Deputies responding to a noise complaint used pepper spray on attendees at a political fundraising party and arrested two guests after reportedly feeling threatened by the crowd, officials said.

Thursday, June 25th, 2009. Issue 26, Volume 13. SAN DIEGO- An index used to gauge the health of San Diego County's economy rose in May for the second consecutive month, led by a strong gain in local consumer confidence, it was announced today.

Authorities confirmed that a 60-year-old San Diego County man sentenced to die for the 1996 murder of his ex-wife's new husband died of natural causes on San Quentin's death row.