Jules Hotz for CalMatters
In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that two of their leaders join its governing committee.
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Federal investigators are sending a team to the scene of a charter bus crash crash that killed three people and injured 18 others on a rain-slicked highway near San Diego, officials said Sunday. -
The San Diego Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to extend an emergency declaration for the coronavirus, which was first declared last Friday. -
California's nonpartisan legislative analyst says Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal to sharply reduce the time a convict is under supervised release could wind up sending more criminals to jail or prison. That's the reverse of what he intends. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe de-escalation training puts the department in compliance with a new state law that raises the standard of use for deadly force. -
Scientists have genetically modified bacteria to glow when they interact with metals. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe move was taken “out of an abundance of caution” and not a response to an increased risk to residents, County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said. -
At issue is San Diego County Superior Court Judge David M. Gill's decision to release Alvin Ray Quarles, 57, to a home somewhere in San Diego County, where he would undergo treatment through a conditional release program. -
The 3.1-magnitude temblor, centered about 10 miles northeast of Mount Laguna in the Anza-Borrego area, struck shortly after 5 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. -
San Diego Police Department officials on Wednesday told a City Council committee that an officer pointing a taser at someone and giving them orders can be a de-escalation tactic — comments that prompted pushback from council members. -
The officer-involved shooting in the 500 block of South Johnson Avenue took place shortly before 9 a.m.
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