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Authorities have arrested 27 suspected thieves and made 21 additional arrests during a weeklong siege against organized retail theft and highway violence, it was announced Tuesday.

A critic whose writing was nearly music itself, Greg Tate — who died this week at 64 — influenced generations of writers. His colleagues, peers and followers offer a guide to his essential works.

A former La Mesa police officer was acquitted Friday of a felony count of falsifying a police report in connection with his high-profile arrest of a young Black man.

Closing arguments were delivered Wednesday in the trial of a former La Mesa police officer charged with lying on a police report.

Thousands of catalytic converters have been reported stolen in San Diego County. Law enforcement now has the green light to start making arrests.

Opening statements and testimony began in the trial of Matthew Dages, who is accused of lying about the basis of his May 27, 2020, arrest of Amaurie Johnson, a young Black man who was waiting for friends outside an apartment complex.

Activists opposed to the jury's acquittal gathered in several cities across the country, including Chicago, New York and Oakland. Authorities in Portland declared a riot.

The jury has now deliberated for about 23 hours, including nearly an hour spent reviewing versions of two key videos that captured Rittenhouse's first deadly encounter that night.

Photos of a father and his young daughter, drowned in the Rio Grande, underlined the deadly risks of the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Martín Espada drew on them for his book Floaters.

This weekend in the arts: Lilian Martinez of BFGF at Swish Projects, Kimber Lee's Van Gogh story at The La Jolla Playhouse, Marina Zurkow at ICA North, soprano Michelle Bradley and an in-store "Choose Your Own Adventure" reading.