A critical weather observation system at Montgomery Field Airport was malfunctioning for days before the plane crash early Thursday morning. The FAA did not issue an advance notice about the outage, records show.
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The blaze erupted about 3:30 p.m. Monday on the westbound side of the freeway, near McCain Valley Road in Jacumba, according to Cal Fire. -
Flames engulfed a vehicle on Interstate 8 in the far southeastern reaches of the San Diego area Monday and spread into adjacent brushy terrain, prompting an evacuation of a rural recreation area. -
Elected officials and civic leaders gathered to mark the 50th anniversary of San Diego's first pride march, which took place in 1974 despite the city's refusal to grant a permit. -
A warming trend is heading to San Diego County today and will set in for the rest of the week and into next weekend, forecasters said. -
San Diego County health officials released an updated water contact closure and advisory list for county beaches Monday. -
The closure will continue until 5 a.m. Monday, July 1, for concrete slab replacement. -
AB 1013 will require all 21-and-over bars and nightclubs in California to offer special date rape drug testing kits to their customers. -
The outage is disrupting patient care, preventing people from seeing their doctors and getting prescriptions filled. -
The fire was 50% contained Wednesday morning. -
San Diego Fire-Rescue crews worked to put out a brush fire near Torrey Pines State Beach.
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