San Diego County News

A 19-year-old Lakeside resident accused of causing a head-on crash that killed a 74-year-old man in Ramona must stand trial on a felony charge of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, a judge ruled Wednesday.

In a unanimous vote of delegates at the California Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting, CFBF President Paul Wenger was re-elected Wednesday to a new term in office.

Sandy Janzen, Bear Valley Springs assistant general manager, center, in purple, is flanked by some of her co-workers at the CSD during a luncheon celebrating her ight years of service with the district.

Two men escape the hustle and bustle of city living for a summer in rural Texas repaving roads in the wake of a devastating wildfire.

Image Caption: Flooding across Highway 78, San Diego County, Calif. The NASA/Scripps Institution of Oceanography-developed GPS natural hazards warning system was first used by NOAA in July 2013, in San Diego and Oxnard, Calif., to forecast a summer monsoon and issue accurate flash flood warnings.

Stills from the camera that caught the last moments of Tommy Tucker's life: 1. Tucker returning to his cell with a cup of water; 2. Tucker allegedly taking a "fighting stance"; 3. Guards rushing Tucker; 4. Tucker carried down in a stretcher.

In May, CityBeat associate editor Kelly Davis wrote about Robin Reid, a woman with terminal cancer who'd been sentenced to four years in jail on charges stemming from her erotic-massage business.

During a telephone conversation with her husband, Wendy Jones heard a loud bang through the receiver right before the call went dead.

Paul Ecke Ranch in San Diego County grows and ships the majority of the millions of poinsettia plants that have come to signify the Christmas holiday season.

The new Super Center combines the inventory selection of the company's recently purchased 185-acre Miramar Nurseries with Village Nurseries' 700 acres statewide to give the San Diego County landscape professional a huge plant pallet to choose from.

The Imperial Beach library has been chosen to act as one of six testing sites throughout the San Diego County Library system to provide people free video chats with experts to confidentially discuss housing, legal and personal financing isues via Skype, according to librarian June Engel.

More than 100 local law enforcement officers and deputies joined in a caravan to bring teddy bears and stuffed animals to young patients at Rady Children's Hospital during the 23rd Annual San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Teddy Bear Drive.

Tuesday, Dec. 10 is the last day for county residents to pay the first installment of 2013-14 property taxes before incurring a penalty.

In October, California outlawed "revenge porn," the act of posting what had once been private naked pictures of former partners online for the purpose of humiliating him or her .

A burrowing owl takes flight from a barbed-wire fence at March Air Reserve Base in this 2003 photo by staff photographer Kurt Miller.

A discount convenience store in Lemon Grove has been ordered to pay more than $54,000 in penalties for openly selling synthetic drugs to customers and accepting SNAP, or food stamps, as payment for the drugs.

December 10, 2013 - Palomar Health continues to advance its role as a pioneer in innovative, digital technology with the recent rollout of AirStrip ONEa at its inland north county hospitals.

Dr. David Jeremiah, New York Times best-selling author and founder of Turning Point, one of the largest syndicated Bible teaching ministries in the world, marked the release of his most significant work to date, The Jeremiah Study Bible , with special guests before a capacity crowd at the storied Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City ... (more)

The Carlsbad City Council on Tuesday approved the introduction of an ordinance to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes where smoking is prohibited; approved amendments to the TransNet local street improvement program of projects; received a presentation from the San Diego County Water Authority on water supplies, rates and desalination; ... (more)

On Dec. 14, San Diegans will be holding a celebrity benefit "For the Love of the Philippines" to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.