The unemployment rate in San Diego County was 10.2 percent last month, down from 10.6 percent in August, but well above the 6.4 percent jobless rate from a year ago.

Border Patrol agents found two bodies today in rugged terrain in the far southern reaches of San Diego County, a sheriff's official reported.

The California Highway Patrol confirmed a motorcyclist died following a traffic collision with a bus owned by a private security firm that was transporting prisoners for U.S. Border Patrol Saturday.

The state budget crisis has led to increased tensions in an East County community, where residents are arguing over whether students are legally attending school in the United States .

It seems like a little thing to go out there with weed-whackers and hedge-trimmers, but for these people it's a huge thing "It's going to take years," said Teresa Manley predicted two years ago in reference to the recovery efforts for the wildfires that scorched 500,000 acres and destroyed 2,000 Southern California homes in 2007.

EAST COUNTY: A 37-year-old Spring Valley man was killed yesterday morning when he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a guardrail on state Route 94 in Dulzura, the Medical Examiner's Office said.

Flames blackened about 40 acres Friday along Highway 94 west of Dulzura, but no buildings were damaged and no firefighters injured, a Cal Fire official said.

A 41-year-old woman was behind bars today on suspicion of growing $12,000 worth of marijuana in the East County, a sheriff's sergeant said.

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