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A gunman wearing body armor and carrying extra magazines opened fire in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, killing nine and injuring dozens, authorities say, in the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours. -
Chula Vista authorities Friday raided and shuttered an illegal marijuana dispensary near Otay Valley Regional Park, seizing its stock and arresting its staff. -
Ground crews and personnel aboard firefighting aircraft fought the eastward-moving flames, which began spreading near San Ysidro High School and for a time burned close to rows of apartments just south of state Route 905. -
The owner of a local gun store, where the 19-year-old alleged shooter purchased the rifle, said it was bought with a hunting license. -
KPBS Midday EditionKent Joy Williams is likely the first person freed under a new law that allows prosecutors to review old cases and recommend resentencing, District Attorney Summer Stephan announced Thursday. -
KPBS Midday EditionMentally ill defendants convicted of non-violent offenses are seldom diverted into treatment in San Diego County, as a new state law allows. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe California Coastal Commission has encouraged cities to include a strategy called “managed retreat” in their plans to prepare for sea level rise. But the commission may be retreating from that position. -
KPBS Midday EditionJurors deliberated for about an hour before ruling unanimously that El Cajon officer Richard Gonsalves was not negligent in shooting Alfred Olango. -
Superior Court records show the 19-year-old alleged gunman purchased an AR-15 style rifle at a gun store in San Diego. -
A 7-year-old girl was found dead Wednesday in an Oceanside home and her father was arrested in suspicion of her death, Oceanside police said.
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