Wildfires are common in California and can happen any time of year. A wildfire researcher at San Diego State University shares three ways to prepare.
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While flu and RSV cases are increasing, hopeful signs are emerging that suggest the post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 case load will be milder compared to previous waves. -
The new rules will improve access to health care in many communities where it is lacking, supporters say. Some physicians are concerned the rules will expand the scope of services nurse practitioners provide. -
Sheriff-elect Kelly Martinez announced the appointment of two veteran lawmen to the leadership team that will help her helm the San Diego County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday. -
Yusef Miller of the North County Equity and Justice Coalition said they’re ready to work with Martinez after she becomes sheriff. -
U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 230,000 times on the Mexican border in October, the third-highest month of Joe Biden’s presidency. -
Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California governor Gavin Newsom, has taken the stand at the trial of Harvey Weinstein. -
Captain Jerry Boylan was arraigned Thursday in Los Angeles federal court for the second time. A federal judge tossed out the original indictment on a technicality on the third anniversary of the tragedy aboard the Conception. -
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minnesota at police hands, California stepped up with a plan: Put the state in charge of investigating police shootings of unarmed people. CalMatters is tracking these cases and, so far, the Justice Department is struggling to keep up. -
Federal and local health care leaders came together to discuss different respiratory illnesses circulating across San Diego. -
Delays in testing evidence left behind during sexual assaults have been a lost opportunity for investigators and a source of frustration for victims.
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