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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Richard Timothy Fischer pleaded guilty to four counts of assault and battery by an officer, two counts of misdemeanor assault by an officer and one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment. -
All evacuation orders were lifted Friday morning, but the affected communities remained under a voluntary evacuation warning. -
All residents on The Trails Circle and Copper Canyon North and South, between Clinton Keith and Murrieta Creek, were under mandatory evacuation orders, and areas of Bear Creek were under a voluntary evacuation warning. The Santa Rosa Plateau Visitor Center was shuttered as the flames moved along the western side of Clinton Keith, crossing ridges, Wednesday. -
A man in a car asked the woman if he could use her cell phone and she agreed, but the man and another person in the car attempted to drive away with her phone as she held onto it. -
San Diego fire officials are bracing for the possibility of extreme fire conditions in the next few months. -
There is still no word on what caused the boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast that left 34 people presumed dead. Local charter boat operators said tragic incidents like these are extremely rare. -
The department adopted a slate of policies designed to prevent inmate suicides at its jails, actions undertaken following the release of a report that decried a "shocking" number of such deaths at local lockup facilities. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new analysis by The San Diego Union-Tribune of hate crime data in San Diego County shows what kinds of hate crimes occur in the region and where. -
An 81-year-old man driving a black 1998 Jaguar XK6 south on Interstate 15 in the HOV lanes exited at the HOV off-ramp to Del Lago Boulevard at or near freeway speed, failed to stop at a traffic signal and broadsided a white 1996 Toyota Avalon that was westbound on Del Lago Boulevard, police said. -
The San Diego County District Attorney’s office Friday released reviews of two officer-involved shootings and three in-custody deaths that happened over the past year.
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