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Krista Gomez, 24, of Valley Center in San Diego County was killed when a vehicle going as fast as 100 mph slammed into the car in which she was riding on I-15 south of Hidden Valley Parkway, the California Highway Patrol said.

Woodworker: Thomas Starbuck Stockton Stockton built this curly maple serving table specifically for the show.

A police officer stands near a crime scene on Monday, July 28, 2014 in New York.

In this still frame from video provided by KNSD-TV, flames near a home as crews scrambled to corral a wildfire that burned two homes near the San Diego County mountain town of Julian in Southern California Thursday, July 3, 2014.

The then-California resident was charged with child sexual assault in 2012, accused of molesting a young boy he was babysitting, a spokesman for the San Diego County district attorney said.

The thunderstorm swept through the beach cities so quickly, rattling nerves and knocking out power, that authorities had no time to react.

We know a fair amount about the drought that has now afflicted California for about three years: It has been the driest period since record-keeping began in the 19th Century.

The complaint filed Monday alleges that pepper spray use is rampant against youth offenders, including those at risk of suicide or self-harm.

GA©rard Depardieu plays Christopher Columbus in Ridley Scott's big-budget telling of the "discovery" of the Americas.

A fugitive task force and a sex-assault suspect got into a shootout Monday in Greenwich Village, leaving the suspect dead and two federal marshals and a police detective wounded, authorities said.

San Diego city and county officials today will unveil a smartphone application that will alert people trained in CPR that there's an emergency nearby.

TO UNDERSTAND why Israel fights in the Gaza Strip, try this thought experiment: Imagine that Mexicans loudly and violently demand that America vacate the territory that Mexico previously controlled in the U.S. Southwest.

An exhibition of queer and ally art, including visual art, dance, theater, spoken word and music.

The Department of Fish and Game tells us the deaths are most likely being caused by an algae bloom that is cutting off their oxygen.

Thunderstorms continue to threaten northern San Diego County and the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for the rural area near Palomar Mountain as county residents dry off from rare summer showers that drenched the coastline Sunday.

That slogan appears on the back of the latest craft-beer map from the San Diego Brewers Guild and is the latest attempt to reach residents who might not be thinking about the drought gripping California.

A new report that rates school districts based on academic achievement in relation to how much they spend on each student found San Marcos Unified as the most cost-effective in the county.

In April, the U.S. Sentencing Commission recommended reducing time behind bars for most drug crimes in a move that would reverse some policies enacted in past decades.

You might think that it was one of those thorny ethical conflicts. How would the Dallas Observer behave when its tough-talking former city columnist became mayor? Would we join her team? Be her pals? Suck up? Or would we keep... Illinois and many other states aggressively prosecute low-level pot users and dealers in the national war on drugs.

The photo shows Miller's eight-year-old daughter, Natalie Rivera, blowing dandelion seeds off her hand.