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At least six recycling centers in San Diego County have closed due to the state budget crisis, it was reported Saturday.

Three men were behind bars Monday on suspicion of breaking into a University City home, police said.

A broken cast iron pipe left two blocks of commercial businesses without water in Pacific Beach today.

More than 70 percent of the registered sex offendersA in San Diego County are violating a state law by living too close to schools orA parks, it was reported Sunday.

Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. A bicyclist who was killed after being struck by a trolley has been identified as Rafael Reyes, 42, of San Diego, the Medical Examiner's Office said.

George M. Perez was recently captured by the Inland Regional Apprehension Team and is being held on a $1 million warrant.

It has pretty much been bone-dry for 156 days. The dry-spell is officially over.

Two men drove a stolen Jeep through a Skyline gas station Thursday, hoisted an ATM onto their vehicle and fled, police said.

Investigators asked for the public's help Friday in finding a 37-year-old gang member accused of beating the mother of his 5- year-old son to unconsciousness on Thanksgiving.

The body of a 48-year-old man was found on a sidewalk today across the street from a temporary winter shelter in Sherman Heights, but San Diego police officials have ruled out foul play.

Firefighters worked to put out two brush fires which broke out near homeless camps Thursday.

It was certainly no holiday for firefighters battling a blaze in Logan Heights that burned part of a church and an adjoining home.

Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. A 45-year-old woman who was killed Wednesday crossing a street outside the crosswalk in Rancho Bernardo has been identified as Edna Virginia Martinez de Cedillo of San Diego, the Medical Examiner's Office said.

Holiday weekend travel got off to a busy start on freeways around San Diego County on Wednesday, but fliers going through Lindbergh Field found few delays.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 11:34 a.m. SAN DIEGO - Police arrested three people Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery at a medical-marijuana business after the trio crashed their car while driving away.

Originally published November 25, 2009 at 7:20 p.m., updated November 25, 2009 at 7:50 p.m. RANCHO BERNARDO a ' A 45-year-old woman crossing a street outside of the crosswalk was struck and killed Wednesday evening, police said.

Courts and all San Diego city, county and state offices will be closed Thursday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

About 50,000 airline passengers are expected pass through Lindbergh Field beginning Wednesday through Sunday for Thanksgiving 2009, according to airport officials.

A driver is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly firing a gun at a sheriff's deputy in Poway, triggering a 10-minute-long vehicle pursuit.

Mayor Jerry Sanders is proposing a unique plan to close a nearly 180 million dollar spending deficit.

About 200 city employees will be laid off and municipal services will be trimmed in conjunction with mid-year budget cuts that Mayor Jerry Sanders proposed Tuesday to close San Diego's $179 million spending shortfall.

A man is behind bars after leading officers on a high-speed chase with shots fired Monday night.

A driver is facing at least three felonies after leading police on a wild chase in North Park that damaged 12 cars, including a police car.

San Diego Police are searching for a man believed to be behind the robbery of three major chain stores.

Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 10:05 p.m. San Diego - Police are investigating a shooting that took place about 9 p.m. Sunday night on 47th Street near Hartley Street in the Chollas View neighborhood.

The California Highway Patrol reported at least one person was killed in a crash in Bostonia, just north of El Cajon.

CBS 8 and Barbara-Lee Edwards are proud to host the San Diego Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day walk.

Authorities say an off-duty federal agent shot and wounded an armed man who broke into his San Diego County home and tried to steal his truck.

Our next-door neighbors have a wood stove that is their primary heating system. My family is the victim of their invasive smoke.

Police are searching for a man who took a laptop and cash from the Imperial Beach electronics store Friday.

San Diego County was the only large county in the state to see an increase in arrest rates in 2008, primarily due to an overall jump in juvenile arrests throughout the region.

"Attitude is Everything: Being & Feeling Thankful" Be sure to watch Dr. Kanner discuss this segment live this Monday, November 23rd @ 8:20am on San Diego 6 News In The Morning.

The San Diego Unified School District is reaching out to the community for feedback as it faces an $80 million budget deficit.

Two brothers and a third man were in federal custody Friday on suspicion of conspiring to help thousands of illegal immigrants enter the United States west of the Otay Mesa border crossing, authorities said.

The San Diego Police Department Elder Abuse Unit is investigating three cases involving two suspects who are scamming elderly people out of cash.

A geyser of water spewing out of a broken fire hydrant alongside a Sorrento Valley commercial complex pooled atop a nearby building Thursday and caused part of its roof to collapse, prompting an evacuation but causing no reported injuries.

A woman was arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday when federal officers staffing San Ysidro Port of Entry found a nine-pound stash of marijuana inside her daughter's stroller.

We asked you about a 32% percent fee hike for the U.C. system that appears to be set for approval tomorrow.

The family of a man struck and killed by a police car Monday morning in University City said the department is lacking in compassion and communication.

There are so many festival events "you are sure to find something of interest," says coordinator Michelle Metter.

"Untitled " consists of yards and yards of thin plastic, lodged within a wall, rippling and curling, loosely and tightly.

Whether rallying the crowd at a sporting event or participating in competition, cheerleading can be both fun and physically demanding.

Six new courthouse projects to be financed by Senate Bill 1407 received initial funding authorization today by the State Public Works Board .

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Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:17 a.m. VISTA: i A 20-year-old Oceanside man charged in a fatal rollover crash early Sunday appeared in a courtroom yesterday in a wheelchair with a brace on his neck and back.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:03 p.m. SAN DIEGO - A pedestrian on the freeway was struck and killed by a vehicle at around 6 p.m. Wednesday, blocking several lanes of traffic on southbound state Route 163, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Authorities announced today a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a thief who robbed a North Park drugstore, stealing bottles of OxyContin instead of cash.

San Diego Police and the California Highway Patrol will receive their share of over $3 million in safety grants to enforce seat belt laws.

After the latest installment of San Diegoa TMs bizarre bank robberies, wea TMre beginning to wonder if these guys all know each other.

Residents of a Mission Valley apartment building were evacuated Sunday because of a natural gas leak, a San Diego police officer said.

A Rancho Bernardo house was heavily damaged by an electrical fire in its kitchen Sunday, but no one was hurt, a dispatcher with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 10:01 a.m. SAN DIEGO a ' A North Park adult book store was robbed at gunpoint Saturday night.

A man and his brand new pit bull were snatched off a street in what may have been a case of mistaken identity -- the dog's. The man was walking his newly purchased dog, a blue-nosed pit bull, on Imperial Avenue in Encanto Saturday, when two cars pulled up and a man jumped out of one saying, "that is my dog," police said.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 11:10 a.m. SAN DIEGO - A pedestrian who was struck by a Super Shuttle van and killed Wednesday on state Route 163 has been identified as Diana Catherine Miles, 56, of San Diego, the Medical Examinera s Office said.

Vivid Entertainment Group, the world's leading adult film studio, has obtained a copy of the sex tape made by Carrie Prejean and is ready to make a deal with the former Miss California.

SAN DIEGO a " Seven men and a woman clinging to a capsized boat have been rescued in Mexican waters off the coast of Tijuana.The Coast Guard says the eight were picked up by a Canadian sailing vessel, the Island Princess, and taken to Shelter Island in San Diego.U.S. Customs spokeswoman Jacqueline Dizdul says five of the men were taken to a ...

Authorities say a Marine was stabbed outside a San Diego bar by a civilian who thought he was breaking up a fight.

A gun-toting thief in a surgical mask robbed a Carmel Valley bank Friday. The bandit, who appeared to be in his late 40s, handed a demand note to a teller at the Bank of America branch in the 11100 block of East Ocean Air Drive shortly before 11 a.m., according to San Diego police.

It was dark and breezy Monday night but that didn't stop San Diego Fire A-Rescue from training, in fact, in enhanced it.

The body of an Army Reservist from San Diego who was among the 13 people killed during the shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas was flown to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar today.

Vatican City, the home of the Roman Catholic Church, has banned homosexuals from visiting the popular tourist destination. This news comes the same week Vatican officials announce they are seeking out alien life.

Prosecutors in the Mexico state of Baja California said Mexican police freed a San Diego college student who was kidnapped last week near the border.

Only one animal got credit for a record Thursday, the same day Norway registered the world's largest gingerbread man; the most people hugging in one minute were in the U.K.; Italy set the mark for the fastest consumption of a bowl of pasta; Finland had the most nationalities in a single sauna; and a team from Mexico assembled the world's longest ...

A sexually violent predator admitted violating terms of his release back into San Diego County, according to court documents unsealed today.

Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:01 p.m. Ten adults and three children who were apparently living illegally in the back yard of a Mountain View home were displaced early this morning after a fire ripped through the debris-strewn property.

A man robbed a North Park pharmacy Thursday, taking bottles of the powerful prescription pain killer OxyContin.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:28 a.m. A motorcyclist who died Friday after colliding with a vehicle on Miramar Road has been identified as Marine Sgt.

A proposal to run a high-speed rail line through University City has some residents upset.

Events will be held around San Diego County Wednesday to commemorate Veterans Day.

The Empowering Spirits Foundation, a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, applauded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for endorsing the employment and housing non-discrimination acts now before the Salt Lake City City Council. The Salt Lake City ordinances would make discrimination unlawful against any person because of their sexual orientation or gender when looking for a job or seeking to buy or rent a home.

A rear-seat passenger killed in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday in East San Diego was identified as a 47-year-old man.

The Interstate 15 corridor between Mira Mesa and Qualcomm Stadium would be the preferred route for the southernmost leg of California's proposed $40 billion high-speed train network, not a path that would take it through University City, a coalition of San Diego-area elected officials said Tuesday.

Sergei Tsurikov, 25, of Tallinn, Estonia; Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Oleg Covelin, 28, of Chisinau, Moldova; and a person known only as "Hacker 3;" have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta, Ga., on charges of hacking into a computer network operated by the Atlanta-based credit card processing company RBS WorldPay, ...

Several people were injured Sunday in a car crash in Chollas Creek. The crash occurred Sunday morning on Euclid Avenue near Megan Way.

San Diego police officers were investigating a deadly collision between a bicyclist and a patrol car yesterday morning in University City.

A man was being treated for hypothermia Monday after his small boat overturned in rough waters off the Point Loma shoreline, prompting a helicopter rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

The California Public Utilities Commission , in its ongoing commitment to consumer protection, has recently taken a number of actions to protect consumers from illegally operating moving companies.

Kevin Beiser would become the first openly gay school board member, and first teacher to serve on the board in over 40 years.

The California Highway Patrol has closed a major freeway connector in San Diego after about 200 gallons of paint spilled off a truck.

John Gaffaney, 56, of Serra Mesa, was among those killed at Fort Hood last week.

Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2:55 p.m. SAN DIEGO a ' A passenger was killed early Sunday in a hit-and-run crash at El Cajon Boulevard and 54th Street.

A man and his brand new pit bull were snatched off a street in what may have been a case of mistaken identity -- the dog's. The man was walking his newly purchased dog, a blue-nosed pit bull, on Imperial Avenue in Encanto Saturday, when two cars pulled up and a man jumped out of one saying, "that is my dog," police said.

Police are investigating the cause of a brush fire that burned about three acres of a canyon where homeless people sleep near San Diego State University Saturday night.

Investigators have released the cause of death of three college softball players - including one San Diego resident - found dead in North Dakota.

Two murder suspects from West Virginia were arrested in the San Diego River bottom's heavy brush near Hotel Circle Friday night, San Diego police said.

A Bonita man who strangled his 10-month-old son and the baby's mother because she was pressuring him to admit parentage was sentenced today to consecutive life prison terms with no possibility of parole.

A sexually violent predator reintegrated into the community in April following years of treatment at a mental hospital was arrested for violating terms and conditions of his release, authorities said today.

A man was killed Friday when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on Miramar Road, police said.

Military officials at San Diego-area Marine Corps installations reviewed their security readiness Thursday following a shooting rampage that killed at least 12 people and wounded 31 others at an Army base in Texas.

A 102-year-old outdoor clock in downtown San Diego returned to service Thursday after a two-month tune-up, as the 98-year-old great grandson of the clock's maker looked on.

A multi-agency squad that targets drug traffickers in the San Diego area seized a record amount of marijuana plants being grown locally over the first 10 months of this year, authorities announced Thursday.

It is not usually windy in North Park area of San Diego , but the wind of good will has its outlet in unlikely places.

A man accused of robbing small businesses across San Diego County over a one-month period, and threatening to shoot female employees if they didn't hand over cash, pleaded not guilty today to 20 robbery counts.

MISSION VALLEY: A 33-year-old woman was killed and a 30-year-old man was in critical condition Sunday afternoon after they crossed Hazard Center Drive and they were both struck by a car, San Diego police said.

San Diego firefighters Sunday put out a brush fire in the bed of the San Diego River, a dispatcher said.

A man suspected in the series of at least 19 robberies throughout San Diego County is behind bars.

Three people and their dogs were displaced MondayA following a fire at their condominium in Palm City, authorities said.

A man pointed a rifle at a detective during a narcotics-related search in Normal Heights, drawing several rounds, but no one was hurt and the gunman surrendered, San Diego police said Wednesday.

Customs officials say they seized 343 pounds of sea cucumbers at a San Diego border crossing as smugglers tried to bring the Asian culinary delicacy into the U.S. from Mexico.

An "error" has led to the distribution of an extra 78,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine in San Diego County .

SAN DIEGO, CA, November 01, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The California Green Lodging Program is an initiative of the California Department of General Services to promote pollution prevention practices in the tourism and hospitality industry.

A suspected burglar was arrested Monday after he kicked down an apartment door in Oak Park, prompting a woman inside to shoot the intruder, police said.

A former volunteer altar server and longtime San Diego Unified employee who molested a 14-year-old altar boy in 2005 and another boy between 1988 and 1992 was sentenced today to 10 years in state prison.

Teachers, union members and local colleges are calling on California lawmakers to do a better job of balancing the state budget.

It's tough to get into one of San Diego's most historic landmarks these days. The Serra Museum, perched above Old Town and the site of California's first European settlement, only opens its doors for school tours, weddings or other special events.

An assistant principal at Helix High School who gave a student a ride to a bus station because she was having troubles at home and wanted to see a relative in Oregon has been fired.

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