Loren Elliott / CalMatters
California legislative leaders in the wee hours of Wednesday morning reached an agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom to extend the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction program, known as cap and trade, through 2045 — a contentious expansion that for weeks stewed in backroom discussions, held up other critical legislation and roiled insiders.
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The San Diego Unified School District will provide two COVID-19 rapid tests for all of its students to self-test at home prior to returning to campus after winter break in January, it was announced Wednesday. -
While some officers have yet to be trained, there is hope it has sparked the beginning of a culture change. -
On the one-year anniversary of San Diego County receiving its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, the county Health and Human Services Agency on Tuesday reported 610 new viral infections and four deaths. -
Authorities have arrested 27 suspected thieves and made 21 additional arrests during a weeklong siege against organized retail theft and highway violence, it was announced Tuesday. -
Along with making the arrests for alleged pimping, pandering and other offenses, officers seized two ghost guns and offered services to 26 potential victims of human trafficking. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in the state. Newsom's proposal is similar to a Texas law that outlaws abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. -
Denzel Draughn was charged with 19 felonies and initially held on three-quarter million dollars bail. -
Use of force by San Diego County Sheriff's Department personnel involved Black citizens four times as often as white ones over a five-year period ending last year, even though the latter demographic is nearly 10 times more represented within the local population, according to a study released Thursday. -
Privacy advocates say a combination of federal, municipal and private tracking systems has turned Chula Vista into a nationwide epicenter of surveillance. -
Closing arguments were delivered Wednesday in the trial of a former La Mesa police officer charged with lying on a police report.
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