San Diego County News

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.

The Cocos Fire in San Marcos was one of nine fires that burned 9,000 acres in San Diego County on the same day NBC 7's Candice Nguyen speaks with Scott Dennis, a Coronado Hills resident whose home was spared by the Cocos Fire.

The Beatles performed at Balboa Stadium. Between male fans crashing the stage and getting carried away and female fans passing out in pure ecstasy, it was a wonder the Beatles could finish the concert and escape the San Diego stage in one piece.

An Aug. 28 trial date was set Wednesday for an ex-con accused of opening fire on a San Diego police officer last fall while trying to evade arrest by fleeing through a drainage tunnel in City Heights.

The announcement - made by San Diego County Sheriff's Department in a news release - doesn't provide the suspect's name or age, but says investigators have found no connection linking any of the several fires that swept through the county that day, dispelling speculation that a serial arsonist may have been at work.

The San Diego County District Attorney's office said a hearing has been set for July 30 for the juvenile, whose identity has not been released.

Investigators have identified a juvenile as a suspect for intentionally starting a wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes near San Diego in May. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday that it would not release the suspect's identify and did not indicate if anyone was in custody.

The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Board of Directors today set in motion a plan to construct a three-story parking garage near Terminal 2. The 3,000-space structure would provide more parking room for the terminal, which was recently expanded.

File - In this May 1, 2012, file photo, Daniel Chong discussed his detention by the Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, during a news conference at his attorney's office in San Diego.

If you're looking for an interesting combination of California sunshine and the pizzazz of Las Vegas, jump in your jitney and motor on out to Harrah's Resort Southern California.

They're used to dealing with cats and dogs, but workers at the Helen Woodward Animal Center had a problem of another size with the arrival of Sherlock Hams, a pint-sized pig.

Rising Legends Entertainment and Oaks Bar & Grill present San Diego County's newest and East County's only comedy club.

A controversial example is the annual fire prevention fee assessed to rural homeowners who count on Cal Fire for protection.

County officials plan to have a fire-attack helicopter on standby this fall to quickly respond to wildfires under a contract that guarantees local authorities exclusive use of the aircraft for two months.

Crews battling a wildfire Monday in a rugged patch of far Northern California faced another day of triple-digit temperatures and gusty winds as officials warned the flames could again threaten homes.