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Fire crews stopped the forward progress of the 12-acre blaze.
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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. -
The problem has to do with selenium-rich fertilizers in the wetland areas surrounding the Salton Sea. -
The city of San Diego has settled a lawsuit challenging a city law that limits where convicted sex offenders can live, agreeing to only enforce the law on parolees. The lawsuit has cost taxpayers more than $122,600. -
San Diego City Councilwoman Monica Montgomery says her office will work on a city ordinance to regulate the use of surveillance technology, as the city faces a backlash over camera-equipped streetlights. -
The quake was centered 86 miles northwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and 87 miles west-southwest of Niquero, Cuba. -
The American tanker plane that crashed while fighting Australian wildfires had just dropped a load of retardant on a fire before it went down in New South Wales state, investigators said Friday.
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