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The lizard is native to three of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California.

Members of the San Diego City Lifeguard Dive Team were also on-hand to talk about their training and how they use their scuba skills on a daily basis.

A Compton Unified School District trustee wanted in San Diego County on suspicion of oral copulation of an unconscious victim was free from the Vista Detention Facility on $100,000 bail Friday, the U.S. Marshals Service reported.

A new database compiled by Transparent California shows top-paid educators across the state.

Parts of San Diego County were seeing cooler weather and rain Friday, but temperatures in the triple digits are again expected in the deserts, forecasters said.

A heat advisory remains in effect until 9 pm this evening. High temps of 106 to 112 with peak heat index values of 108 to 114.

Scarlett Johansson is an intriguing blank in Luc Besson's "Lucy," which is stranded somewhere between a stranger-in-a-strange-land action thriller and apocalyptic science fiction.

Two Fallbrook High School art students won best of class awards in the Student Showcase at the San Diego County Fair.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY According to a report released last week by the San Diego County Medical Examiner , suicides and prescription drug overdoses continue for the third year to be the leading causes of death in cases investigated by the agency.

We've been experiencing a heat wave this week in San Diego, and Thursday has been the hottest day yet.

We're hearing from the owner of a ranch where a missing Marine wife and the man she allegedly had an affair with both kept horses.

Whaley had two recipes published in the 2014 cookbook: one for her brandy-pecan sauce and one for her sangria jelly.

"The premise behind that is that the arts engage students faster, students learn faster and they retain information longer," said Philip Parks, director of the new Otay Ranch Academy for the Arts.

Authorities are scouring for a suspect in a shooting that happened at a San Marcos apartment complex Thursday morning.

The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors is scheduled to consider this afternoon a staff recommendation to make voluntary water use restrictions mandatory.

Drought-conscious Californians say they support mandatory restrictions on water use and back a massive state bond to increase water supplies.

Earlier this month, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department became the first law enforcement agency in the state to have their deputies carry Naloxone NBC 7's Matt Rascon reports on the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's new practice of carrying overdose medication.

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Tim Draper is a very wealthy Silicon Valley venture capitalist often described as an eccentric.

Years of climate change, drought, and reckless development have transformed nearly all of the American West into a giant tinderbox.