The California Public Utilities Commission today authorized a $123.4 million rate increase for San Diego Gas & Electric customers.

The California Public Utilities Commission today authorized San Diego Gas & Electric to purchase energy from the re-powered Escondido Energy Center, but denied the utility from procuring power from two proposed plants, slated for areas in Otay Mesa and near the San Diego-Santee city limits.

A report released by San Diego's Independent Budget Analyst finds quite a few uncertainties projecting a deficit of up to $84 million.

Two men in their early twenties have been arrested in connection with the so-called "Dare Me Bandit" robberies that occurred at 12 businesses around San Diego this summer.

Prosecutors will file murder charges today against Jessica Lynn Lopez, arrested in connection with the death of a Camp Pendleton Marine's wife.

San Diego water officials are upset over rate hikes of 10 perent over the next two years approved by the Metropolitan Water District.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney blasted the national health care law championed by President Barack Obama and its impact on the medical device community in a San Diego campaign appearance today.

The number of city of San Diego employees who earned $100,000 or more in 2011 totaled 1,359--up 9 percent over the previous year, Councilman Carl DeMaio said today.

The San Diego City Council today unanimously rejected a proposal to raise their pay and that of the city's mayor to more than double their current salaries.

A judge refused today to issue a temporary restraining order that could have resulted in the pension reform initiative being removed from the June ballot.

About 40,000 people are expected to flock into downtown San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter tonight to celebrate Mardi Gras.

A fugitive wanted since October, 2010 for the murder of his estranged wife on the campus of San Diego College was arrested Sunday in Tijuana.

The number of homes sold in San Diego County increased 4.9 percent last month over January 2011, and the median price climbed by $1,000, La Jolla-based DataQuick announced today.

Eastbound lanes on SR 94 near downtown San Diego have been blocked off because an apparently suicidal person is threatening to jump from the 30th Street Bridge over the freeway, according to police.

At least one person camped out alongside San Diego City Hall as part of a week-old protest against perceived financial and political sins was arrested this morning after he and others refused police orders to clear out their personal possessions.

A Metropolitan Transit System bus rider who was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis may have exposed others to the disease, the county's Health and Human Services Agency reported today.

A warming trend will begin in San Diego County today, sending temperatures in parts of the region soaring to 100 and above.

Officer Jeremy Henwood, 36, a four-year veteran, died early Sunday morning. It is the second time a San Diego police officer has been shot while on-duty in the last 10 months.

The men, both 23, are accused of arson in starting the blaze that injured 18 firefighters and cost about $15 million to extinguish.

During its trip, the truck was twice parked alongside North County thoroughfares, creating a roadside curiosity.

Under threat of a legal challenge, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote to create a plan to redraw district boundaries to include a district made up of mostly minority residents.

San Diego's police chief said David Christopher Hall met with the department's newly formed wellness unit on Sunday. Over the past 30 years, 11 San Diego police personnel have committed suicide.

One of two men charged in the shooting deaths of two San Diego-based sailors in Otay Mesa nearly 18 years ago when he was 17 years old is unfit for prosecution in Juvenile Court and will be tried as an adult, a judge ruled today.

SDPD Officer David Hall confirmed dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound.

At least 10 Oceanside residents have fallen prey over the last week to a telephone scam in which a crook gets the victim to wire him cash by posing as a grandchild in financial straits abroad, police advised today.

Donna Williams was remembered as "one of the best - if not the best - child-abuse detectives ever," while her teen daughter Briana was described as an "intimidating pitcher" on the softball field.

Veteran San Diego police Detective Donna Williams, 52, and her 18-year-old daughter Briana are believed to have been stabbed to death at their Rancho Peñasquitos home by the detective's son, police said.

Investigators determined arson was the cause of the blaze, which firefighters expect to have under control by Saturday.

The fire, which started about five miles east of Warner Springs, continues to expand to the east and northwest, although eastward movement has slowed considerably.

Johnny Silva was 8 years old on March 15, 2008, when he was shot in the knee by off-duty San Diego police Officer Frank White. The $500,000 settlement was unanimously approved by the San Diego City Council without comment.

Six firefighters have suffered minor injuries and one outbuilding has been destroyed since the fire broke out late Thursday roughly five miles east of Warner Springs.

The fire was 40 percent contained Sunday and the cause remains under investigation.

Woman tells ABC News her sister seemed happy with mansion owner Jonah Schaknai.

The San Diego City Council unanimously approved a plan to pay about $70 million to keep its redevelopment agencies. The vote came as opponents filed a lawsuit to overturn the new state law requiring the payment.

San Diego police Detective Donna Williams and her daughter, Briana, were found dead in their Rancho Peñasquitos home. The detective's son is in custody.

Interstate-5 is closed between Interstate 805 and State Route 52 by brush fire.

Public-safety officials want to change criteria for take-home city vehicles in order to save money.

Outgoing San Diego State University President Stephen Weber said today he hopes the public doesn't saddle successor Eliott Hirshman with expectations that he will immediately solve the school's funding crisis.

A man who manufactured bombs and stored large amounts of explosives in his rented home in North County, which had to be destroyed, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison.

The man alerted the California Highway Patrol Wednesday morning to the additional shooting on state Route 163, near state Route 52, in Kearny Mesa.

The explosive device was found in the chimney of a Bay Terraces home. No injuries have been reported.

Eggs from an endangered species of frog produced through a breeding program at the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research were released back into their native Southern California mountain habitat, it was announced today.

A sex offender charged with raping and killing a 17-year-old Poway High School senior is scheduled for court hearing today.

Sheriff Bill Gore warned today about a scam in San Diego County regarding the collection of prescription drugs.

The unemployment rate in San Diego County rose to 11 percent in March, up from a revised 10.7 percent the previous month, the California Employment Development Department reported today.

A memorial was scheduled today for an emergency medical technician struck and killed on a rain-soaked state Route 163, while tending to two separate accidents.

A 945-kilowatt solar system that was switched on today will provide enough energy to run the pumps at the Otay Mesa water treatment plant during the day.

The golf industry had a $3.7 billion impact on San Diego County's economy in 2008, according to a study released today.

The agency that manages the state's electrical-service grid blamed its own personnel today for a blackout that left roughly a quarter-million San Diego County homes and businesses without power for about 45 minutes last week.

Former Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres second baseman Marcus Giles pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor battery charge for assaulting his wife in El Cajon last fall.