In a region where wildfires have ravaged entire neighborhoods, one couple's proactive approach to home hardening is setting an example for others, with defensible space inspections provided by Cal Fire.
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What has four wheels, a hydraulic system and a bumping stereo you can hear driving up the street?
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The president of a downtown San Diego medical marijuana collective is blasting last week's raid by federal officials.
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Crews are responding to a brush fire near Winona and University avenues.
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Fire danger is expected to increase on Thursday and Friday as near-record heat and dry Santa Ana winds arrive to San Diego County.
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A yearlong undercover investigation targeting drug-dealing at four North County secondary schools culminated today in the arrests of six minors and 10 adults.
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San Diego County's second-oldest city was established in 1887. National City still has some of the historic Victorian homes built back then. And today, a kid who grew up in the neighborhood is now its police chief.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Innocence Project at the California Western School of Law plans to march from San Diego to Sacramento to bring attention to their cases.
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The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead and his brother on the loose, authorities said Friday as thousands of officers swarmed the streets in a manhunt that all but paralyzed the Boston area.
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San Diego County's homeless population dropped to fewer than 9,000 in this year's one day count.
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Nextdoor users can privately share community-related news with their neighbors, who are verified by their home addresses. Now, San Diego Nextdoor users can access SDPD crime alerts and public safety tips.
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