Stephen Crutchfield

The group says the sudden departure of Paul Parker, the Citizens' Law Enforcement Review Board’s former executive officer, is a wake-up call for the county.

While more people entered homelessness than found housing in March — for the 24th month in a row — the gap between the two has been narrowing.

California regulators adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich."

A bill written by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D- Encinitas, to ban plastic bags at grocery store checkouts passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee Wednesday.

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: a major exhibition of Caribbean art; Disco Riot artists-in-residence; a musical based (however loosely) on "War and Peace"; The Old Globe celebrates Shakespeare's birthday; Chicano Park Day; plus live music picks and more arts and culture this weekend.

The San Diego Public Library has started a program offering one-time forgiveness for young people who have had their accounts suspended for unreturned items, it was announced Wednesday.