San Diego County News

A fire in the Cleveland National Forest has generated so much smoke, it forced the closure of Interstate 8 in San Diego County for nearly two hours.

Max Minio, left, and Kaleb Fling build a structure as teacher Susan Hanna looks on during a transitional kindergarten class at Marvin Elementary School.

Editor's note: Of California's nearly 60 Indian casinos, eight are in San Diego County.

San Diego County Sheriff's officials said two vehicles were involved in an accident at 3:20 p.m. at Discovery Street and W. San Marcos Blvd. near San Marcos High School.

Interstate 8 was closed to traffic in East County Saturday when a 100 acre brush fire broke out along the freeway east of Pine Valley.

A prolific tagger accused of causing almost $90,000 in damage was arrested by San Diego County Sheriff's deputies Thursday.

Rail service from Los Angeles and Orange County into the San Diego area will be suspended today and Sunday because of construction work.

There are dozens of special funds in state government, but few have gotten as much attention from state auditors in recent years as the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund.

People walk their dogs at The Promenade mall in Temecula, January, 18, 2014. Dog bites are on the rise in San Bernardino and Riverside, a stat linked to the rising number of people who bring dogs into public spaces.

A man and two teenage boys suffered burns Friday in an explosion during a school field trip to a desert campground in the eastern reaches of San Diego County, authorities reported.

A woman who fatally stabbed her ex-boyfriend in National City within days of their breakup was sentenced Friday to 27 years to life in state prison.

Authorities in Vista have arrested an 18-year-old man who's accused of more than 300 graffiti vandalism incidents across the city.

From public safety realignment to wildfires and active shooter response to emergency operations, Chula Vista police and fire chiefs are leaders in the public safety field.

There is 60 miles of passenger railroad in San Diego County from the Orange County border to the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego.

With the opening of Costa Mesa 55 Tavern & Bowl in what I am guessing is the space left behind by Virgin Megastore The Triangle looks like it has most of its vacant space occupied.

A 27-year-old San Diego woman was hospitalized Friday with several broken bones following a head-on collision in San Marcos, authorities said.

Two people who caught the measles might have exposed others at a Navy commissary, medical facilities and a lawyer's office, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported today.

A single adult needs to earn nearly $28,000 annually to make ends meet on a no-frills budget without government assistance in San Diego County, according to a report released today by the advocacy group Center on Policy Initiatives.

Two bills recently introduced in the state legislature would provide relief from the fire tax imposed on property owners in state responsibility areas, and on Feb. 25 the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to endorse both of them.

A sheriff's statement says deputies and firefighters responded to a report Thursday afternoon of a man who had been stung multiple times while working on his property in Valley Center northeast of Escondido.