In a region where wildfires have ravaged entire neighborhoods, one couple's proactive approach to home hardening is setting an example for others, with defensible space inspections provided by Cal Fire.
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Last year, there were more than 17,300 incidents of domestic violence reported in San Diego County — a 4 percent increase from the year before.
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Cal Fire and San Diego County Office of Emergency Services prepare for the next fire emergency. October is traditionally an active month for wildfires in San Diego and most of California.
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KPBS Midday EditionA new article in The California Sunday Magazine tells the story of the women behind the underground safe houses, some of whom have experienced domestic violence themselves.
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The newest group of trainees are finishing the Port of San Diego Harbor Police's marine fire academy this week.
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More than 11 tons of cocaine seized in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean from late August to mid-September will be offloaded in San Diego Wednesday by the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego County Fire Authority has begun consolidating with the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Prevention District after the JCFPD Board voted to dissolve the volunteer department.
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A Pentagon study looked at risk factors for every command in the U.S. military. Researchers found the Navy's high rate of sexual assault and harassment can be traced back to sea duty among some commands.
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KPBS Midday EditionMore than 300 people attended the first in a series of listening sessions on clergy sex abuse being held by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.
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The woman's testimony came as a preliminary hearing got underway for Richard Timothy Fischer, who is charged with groping and sexually assaulting 16 women while on patrol.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe high-profile airing of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has led victims around the country to flood support center lines with calls, come forward with reports of rapes and publicly share long-held stories of their own experiences of being attacked.
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