City News Service

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that state Capitol flags are being flown at half-staff in honor of married San Diego Police Department detectives killed last week in a wrong-way freeway crash in San Ysidro.

County supervisors Wednesday approved by a 4-1 vote an environmental review process for commercial cannabis operations in unincorporated areas, allowing for future expansion.

More than 2,000 rape kits from a dozen San Diego County law enforcement agencies have been tested following their delivery to an independent lab, the latest milestone in a three-year project to clear the county's untested sexual assault kit backlog, the San Diego County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.

A loud noise was heard across San Diego County Tuesday evening, but it was unclear what caused the boom.

A vehicle fire that left a man gravely injured in Escondido led deputies to find a woman dead inside a San Marcos home, and homicide detectives were investigating.

Dubbed Operation Trojan Shield, the San Diego-based FBI-led operation was centered around the creation of an encrypted phone company called ANOM.

Veterans, service members and families marked the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, with a ceremony at the museum Thursday.

A brush fire blackened scores of open acres in the area of Barnett Ranch County Preserve.

The lawsuit comes days after Fletcher announced he is taking a medical leave due to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse.