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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Sailors playing with pellet guns prompt a partial security lockdown at Naval Base Point Loma on Thursday. The lockdown has been lifted; two men are in custody. -
Thursday is the first day that people who want to run a marijuana dispensary in San Diego can apply for a conditional-use permit. -
Officers were told to limit when they sit people on the curb for questioning and when they ask them if they're on probation or parole. -
KPBS Midday EditionChula Vista police, the California Highway Patrol and more than 200 other law enforcement agencies have pledged zero-tolerance for drivers breaking the state's "hands free" cell phone law. -
One of the biggest battles at the California state Capitol two years ago is back for another debate. Hunting groups want to repeal the ban on using dogs to hunt bears and bobcats. -
The parolee apparently shot himself during a nearly six-hour standoff that started Monday morning at the Roadway Inn on Spring Street where deputies with the U.S. Marshals Service were trying to arrest the fugitive. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe latest report on crime in San Diego County is out, and a lot of people have been watching the trends carefully, concerned that realignment — the transfer of thousands of offenders from the state to the county system — might result in higher crime rates here. -
The head of the San Diego police union said officers are happy Mayor Kevin Faulconer included an extra $3.2 million in his proposed budget for police pay, but it may not be enough to keep them from retiring or leaving the department. -
No injuries have been reported from the quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey initially calculated at a 7.5 magnitude. The quake was centered northwest of the Pacific resort of Acapulco, where many are vacationing for the Easter holiday. -
Last year’s crude oil train explosion in Quebec that killed 47 people has raised awareness of the dangers of train accidents involving crude oil.
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