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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About 75 people gathered at San Diego State University to remember the three college students who were shot to death this week. Police say a parking dispute sparked the killings, but they're investigating if it was a hate crime. -
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield made the comments while in San Diego this week to build partnerships with state and municipal law enforcement. -
A state appeals court reversed a San Diego Superior Court judge's decision to overturn charges against ex-Officer Anthony Arevalos of sexual battery by restraint and assault and battery by a peace officer. -
Three Navy rear admirals linked to a $20 million bribery scandal involving a Malaysian contractor known as "Fat Leonard" have been reprimanded but will not face criminal charges, the Navy announced Tuesday. -
The American Civil Liberties Union in San Diego sued the U.S. Border Patrol's parent agency Tuesday for records on its activities away from the nation's border with Mexico. -
Kyle Kraska, the CBS News 8 sports director, was shot Tuesday afternoon in the driveway of his Scripps Ranch home. The suspect in the shooting surrendered to SWAT officers in El Cajon around 10 p.m. -
An atmospheric river of rain drenched Northern California over the weekend, but San Diego remains in the grips of a historic drought — receiving less than half of an inch of precipitation since Jan. 1. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe tentative agreement increases benefits, such as uniform and equipment allowance, over the next three years and raises pay by 6.6 percent over the last two. -
The women serve as enforcers who still turn tricks — but they reap none of the profits and are used to shield pimps from police scrutiny. -
KPBS Midday EditionTotal cost of the contract is about $92 million over five years
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