Fire-Rescue Department Chief Colin Stowell is retiring in August. Job candidates will undergo a series of interviews, including one with a panel of community leaders nominated by city councilmembers and the mayor.
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The number of robberies of postal carriers grew again last year and the number of injuries nearly doubled, even as the U.S. Postal Service launched crackdown aimed at addressing postal crime.
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Police said it's unclear if the animal was the same one spotted in the city recently.
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San Diego County health officials released an updated water contact closure and advisory list for county beaches that is in effect Monday.
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Some passenger trains are finally moving through San Clemente once again, after being stopped by a landslide in late January. Repairs are still underway and a plan to prevent future rail closures is in the works.
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The resolution from the Associated Students of UC San Diego also calls on the entire UC system to do the same.
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Community advocates rallied Thursday in front of the Vista Detention Facility to protest the latest in-custody death that happened Sunday.
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Police have notified the state Department of Fish and Wildlife of the presence of a cougar in the city, police said.
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A landslide on private property above the city-owned Mariposa Trail Pedestrian Bridge led to debris on the tracks on Jan. 24, halting all rail service.
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A man died while being taken into custody at the Vista Detention Facility on Sunday. Jail safety advocates say this is the fourth in-custody death so far this year.
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A recently obtained investigation says three separate engineering failures on the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer kept the warship from going to sea last year. Leaving the Pacific Fleet "less ready and less capable."
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