San Diego County News

At the San Diego Botanic Garden's Insect Festival on Saturday, Michaela Taylor, 9, pets a 10-lined june beetle, which is native to this area.

An Escondido man was seriously injured Saturday when he apparently ran a red light in his pickup truck and was hit by a big rig, police officials said.

The corner of Adams Ave and Felton contains seven utility boxes. Six out of the seven haven't been re-painted for some seven years and are badly in need for a face lift.

Law enforcement officers made 53 arrests and caught nine probation violators during a probation compliance sweep of a busy trolley stop, officials announced Saturday.

A group of librarians proved that they never back down from a bet Friday by trading book checkouts for multi-colored mohawks.

A mother who was asked by police officers to leave the pit area of a concert in San Diego because they feared the 4-month-old could be injured says she was asked to leave because she had been breastfeeding her child in public.

The grandparents of the children killed in Wednesday's horrific rampage in Texas say they're leaning on their faith to get through the shock of losing their son and his young family.

ISRAEL says international pressure won't stop the nation from acting "with all power" against Hamas, as the region slides closer to all-out war.

Dorothy Maraglino, Louis Perez and Jessica Lopez appeared at a status conference to set a date for the trial of the murder of Brittany Kilgore.

California is in a drought . A pretty bad one, and a pretty long one. But still, a drive through town reveals one beautiful, thick green lawn after another and gutters flowing with runoff.

High astronomical tides today and this weekend could cause minor flooding in low-lying areas near the San Diego County coast, forecasters said.

A federal judge says it is time to forgive Randy "Duke" Cunningham, the most corrupt member of Congress ever if measured by the amount of bribes he admitted accepting.

The San Diego County Crime Commission honored senior volunteers Thursday who work with the local police and sheriff's departments.

San Francisco-based bank's second-quarter profit up 3 percent, helped by higher deposit balances and a drop in loans that went bad.

Scaling up plans to go green on the home energy system justs got easier this week.

The Linda Vista community was presented with a $3 million check Thursday to build a new skate park and make upgrades to the Linda Vista Community Park, San Diego City Councilman Scott Sherman announced.

At approximately 6 a.m. Thursday a 9-1-1 call reported a body in the surf in Oceanside between Buccaneer Beach and Cassidy Street.

One of three motorcycle riders who ran a red light in Lemon Grove and led a patrol sergeant on a pursuit Thursday crashed into a center divider as his fellow riders sped away.

As might be expected in an office two blocks from Moonlight State Beach in Encinitas, the style is casual at Bell & Associates Realty Group .

Steve Deck photographs a huge plume from the 8,000-acre Las Pulgas fire at Camp Pendleton.