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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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pledged to fast-track hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of construction projects throughout the state.
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The U.S. government has approved a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send wind-generated electricity from rural New Mexico to big cities in the West.
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The university did not specify the reason, but said the men accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a teenage girl at a party off campus are no longer students.
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City Council approved a deal Tuesday which allows Falck, the city’s current ambulance provider, to contract with American Medical Response for additional ambulances.
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A 2021 state law took investigations into California police shootings out of the hands of local cops. Now, some families say the new system is agonizing in its own way.
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San Diego County continued to provide vaccinations to at-risk populations Tuesday as the number of cases of hepatitis A continues to increase.
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Three popular campgrounds at California’s Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Monday because of a forecast of flooding as warming temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada’s massive snowpack.
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Cmdr. Rick Goulding will now serve the North County of San Diego, which includes the following cities and neighborhoods: Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Rancho Santa Fe, Vista, San Marcos, Bonsall, Fallbrook, Escondido, Valley Center and Pauma Valley.
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The San Diego City Council has yet to appoint permanent members to the Commission on Police Practices, which voters overwhelmingly approved in 2020.
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More mental health clinicians and services are needed in San Diego County jails, particularly to assist a growing number of criminal defendants who are considered mentally incompetent to stand trial, according to a report released this week by the San Diego County Grand Jury.
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