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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In the opinion, Justice Leondra R. Kruger wrote that the San Diego County prosecutor argued about defendant Jeffrey Scott Young's racist tattoos and white supremacist beliefs to highlight their offensiveness rather than for a connection to the crime. -
The blue tablets, known as M-30s, have been involved in fatalities in Lakeside, Poway, Santee and Valley Center over a 24-hour hour period beginning Wednesday, according to sheriff's officials. -
The men were helping build a mixed-use project called North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood near Mandler Hall at the La Jolla-area campus when a rebar wall frame collapsed onto them shortly before 8:30 a.m., according to university officials and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. -
The hiring effort is the result of a May 2018 report from the city's independent budget analyst, which found that the department was understaffed in April 2018 by nearly 250 officers. At that time, 1,797 positions within the department were filled, 243 fewer than the 2,040 positions funded in the city budget. -
Presiding Judge Peter C. Deddeh ruled there was no legal cause to keep records sealed in relation to the investigation into John T. Earnest, the 20-year-old who allegedly committed the April 27 shooting rampage at Chabad of Poway and the March 24 arson blaze at the Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque, also known as the Islamic Center of Escondido. -
In a new survey conducted by SANDAG, Chula Vista residents say they are satisfied with the work of the police department but avoid areas of the city due to the number of people who are homeless. -
The crash happened about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on Old Highway 395 at Rainbow Glen Road in Rainbow, according to the California Highway Patrol. -
Odyssey Carillo-Sellers, 18, is accused in the June 23 shooting death of Nina Silver, who was struck while standing in an alley in the 7500 block of Cuvier Street. -
Five people were shot by BB guns and more than a dozen car and store windows were damaged during a series of incidents in three cities over the weekend. -
KPBS Midday EditionGov. Gavin Newsom says the law is needed to protect consumers from skyrocketing wildfire costs. Former City Attorney Michael Aguirre calls it an unlawful gift of public funds.
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