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 U.S. Navy held a memorial Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011. The 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami killed 16,000 people, left 2,600 missing and caused a partial meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. -
There's no sign yet of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — the Boeing 777 with 239 people aboard that disappeared early Saturday while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. But there's potentially significant news from the head of Malaysia's air force, who's being quoted as saying the jet was hundreds of miles off course when it was last seen on radar. -
A memorial ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan will be held aboard USS Ronald Reagan this morning. The Reagan was an instrumental part of humanitarian efforts in the wake of the tragedy in Japan. -
A judge refused Monday to release a San Diego woman wanted in Michigan for allegedly escaping from prison 37 years ago on a misdemeanor larceny conviction, giving prosecutors more time to obtain a governor's warrant from Michigan to send her back to that state. -
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San Diego's new police chief, Shelley Zimmerman, is a 31-year veteran on the force. She is now one of only eight women police chiefs in major U.S. cities. -
The ex-officer was convicted in November 2011 of felony and misdemeanor charges involving five women, including multiple counts of sexual battery by restraint, asking for a bribe and assault and battery by a police officer. -
The U.S. Coast Guard says nearly four tons of cocaine seized in nine operations off Central America has been brought to San Diego to be used as evidence. -
Shelley Zimmerman was unanimously confirmed by the San Diego City Council on Tuesday as the first female chief of the San Diego Police Department. -
Some community members community have likened members of the San Diego Police Department's gang suppression unit to Stormtroopers or a gang itself.
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