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.
MORE STORIES
-
KPBS Midday EditionIt's the fifth anniversary of Chelsea's Law — AB1844 — which reformed California criminal sentencing law to include life without the possibility of parole for offenders who commit forcible sex crimes against children. -
The body of Wesle Hilaire was found in Mission Bay Sunday, about 120 yards off the beach where he had last been seen. -
A preliminary review of the San Diego Police Department's year-old "body camera" program suggests that the uniform-mounted devices can help reduce officers' use of force in the field and simultaneously lessen citizens' accusations of misconduct against them. -
City officials urged San Diegans Tuesday to prepare their homes and families for the possibility of wildfires as dry conditions and frequent heat waves continue to raise the risks of potentially disastrous blazes. -
The California Highway Patrol said 79 DUI suspects were arrested on San Diego-area roads over the long Labor Day weekend. -
The California Highway Patrol made one fewer DUI arrest over the Labor Day weekend in San Diego County than it did last year, despite an uptick in the number of arrests made statewide over the holiday weekend. -
American politicians and some people in business take issue with State Department warnings to stay out of places like Ojinaga, Chihuahua. -
Two men were fatally injured when a light plane owned by an aviation school crashed into a driveway in a residential neighborhood adjacent to Gillespie Field Thursday morning. -
The defendant is also charged with child molest counts involving a September 2010 crime, in which he allegedly lured a 5-year-old girl behind a shed after school at Solana Santa Fe Elementary and tried to remove her pants. -
Robert Branch claimed Detective Paul Ward put him in a bar-arm chokehold after following his vehicle off westbound Interstate 8 at College Avenue on May 4
Sign up for our newsletters!
Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS.
- In Escondido, a school board member changes her name but not her politics
- Community reacts after school board member comes out as transgender
- SCUBA divers volunteer at San Diego's Birch Aquarium
- San Diego City Council approves parking fees in Balboa Park
- San Diego Unified is getting rid of some K-8 middle schools