Officials say common house mice don't carry hantavirus and that, while it is important to take sensible precautions, humans rarely contract the illness.

San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Cindy Marten's four-year contract has been extended for an additional year.

While enough energy supply is available to handle the demand expected Thursday, reduced consumption between 11 a.m. and 6 a.m. will ease the strain on the region's power grid.

A 78-year-old woman was killed after the small plane she was riding in crashed in a parking lot just west of Montgomery Field early Wednesday night.

The program is aimed at about 1,000 wild pigs that officials say are causing environmental damage by scrounging for food in rural areas.

From San Diego city councilwoman to assemblywoman to speaker to governor of California — at least for a day.

One in 10 youths booked into Juvenile Hall tested positive for methamphetamine last year, up from 4 percent in 2012.

A girl accused of igniting the Cocos fire in the San Marcos area will undergo a mental competency evaluation at the request of her attorney before returning to court.

A three-alarm fire broke out at Brown Field Municipal Airport on Tuesday afternoon, forcing the airport to shut down runways.

A group of fires blackened more than a dozen open acres alongside a rural road just south of Barona Creek Golf Club on Tuesday before fire crews stopped the flames.