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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The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning and a high wind warning for the San Diego region Monday. Fire officials also got a warning - in the form of a report with 90 recommendations based on their performance during May's Bernardo fire. -
A kidnapping attempt and a sexual assault case were investigated by campus police at San Diego State University Sunday, but police made no link between the two incidents. -
The first threat occurred Thursday morning at Torrey Pines High School, and the second happened in the afternoon at Canyon Crest Academy. -
KPBS Midday EditionInternational women rights activists are in San Diego for the 2014 Women Peacemakers Conference underway at the University of San Diego. We hear from two experts on "honor violence" being committed against women and girls worldwide and find out how the rise in extremism is linked to violence against women. -
Strong northeast winds coupled with drier than normal conditions threatened to fuel a wildfire in the valleys and mountains of San Diego County Monday and Tuesday, meteorologists said. -
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department has taken down its Facebook page after a man accused it of violating his free speech rights and sued for deleting his comments. -
Gusty Santa Ana winds in San Diego County's mountains and inland valleys, combined with low humidity, will raise the risk for wildfires over a roughly 24-hour span starting Sunday evening. -
An onset of windy, dry atmospheric conditions will create acute wildfire risks in the San Diego-area inland valleys and mountains starting Sunday evening. -
The siblings were arguing shortly before 8:30 a.m. Friday when one of them picked up several knives and reportedly began acting in a threatening manner toward his mother and police officer brother. -
San Diego Police Department pay ranks low compared to most other California cities, reporting sexual assault on campus can be a huge ordeal and some well-known veterans charities get failing grades.
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