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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A listeria outbreak that has killed three people is linked to heat-and-eat chicken fettucine alfredo products sold at Kroger and Walmart stores. -
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Multiple agencies are working to put out the Mission Fire in Bonsall, near Mission Road. -
Crews had the burn zone completely surrounded by firebreaks as of about 3 p.m. Friday, CalFire reported. -
The aircraft went down for unknown reasons about 12:30 p.m. Sunday, shortly after taking off from San Diego International Airport en route to Phoenix, the Federal Aviation Administration reported. -
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended a two-day search Tuesday for the bodies of six people who were aboard a light airplane that crashed into the ocean off the coast of San Diego last weekend.
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Multiple law enforcement agencies Tuesday and late last night served search warrants at several locations in San Diego and National City as part of an ongoing human trafficking investigation. -
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office accused SDPD Officer Curtis Doll of purchasing more than $3,000 in personal items in recent years using the department’s School Safety Patrol bank account. Doll faces a felony charge. -
The San Diego Police Department is following a national and statewide trend that is making privately owned police scanners go silent. Law enforcement says it protects personal privacy while some others believe it withholds important information about police activity. -
A UC San Diego study published Tuesday found that more than 90% of freshwater game fish in Southern California had parasites capable of infecting humans and causing health problems.
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