El Cajon News

The 'Midnight Prowler' strikes again in El Cajon. Another string of burglaries over the weekend brings the total to more than 30 in the past two years, El Cajon police said Monday.

An 87-year-old San Diego County psychiatrist has surrendered his medical license after telling investigators he sold leftover prescription drugs to low-income patients.

A 35-year-old woman walking on a street was struck and killed by a pickup truck that went off a roadway, hit her, and then crashed into a house.

A driver is facing at least three felonies after leading police on a wild chase in the East County that damaged 12 cars, including a police car.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:26 a.m. Redevelopment of downtown El Cajon took two steps forward this week, but city officials backed off from a developera s request for a $3.5 million loan to help him fill a vacant downtown office building.

Close to 70 arrests were made early Wednesday morning as sheriff's deputies conducted a massive sweep targeting mostly DUI related cases.

A big-rig hauling empty propane tanks caught fire on an East County freeway late Tuesday, causing no injuries but prompting evacuations of several nearby homes and tangling rush-hour traffic in the area.

The News 8 CrimeFighters need your help to identify a handful of suspected credit card thieves.

A San Diego County photographer who molested young girls who posed for him has been sentenced to 60 years to life in prison.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 4:48 p.m. EAST COUNTY - It appears the third time was a charm for a man who made two unsuccessful robbery attempts in El Cajon Friday night before getting $50 from a store in an unincorporated area of La Mesa.

Muhammad's attorney, Jonathan Sheldon, says "Virginia will execute a severely mentally ill man who also suffered from Gulf War Syndrome the day before Veterans Day." John Allen Muhammad will be executed tomorrow, as scheduled.

A domestic dispute may have lead to a fatal shooting in the Flinn Springs area east of El Cajon.

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An East County man is dead and a woman is under arrest after a shooting east of El Cajon.

A man opened fire on a man who spoke to his girlfriend at a Bostonia convenience store, but none of the shots found their target, police said Monday.

Police are investigating a shooting that started over a man talking to another man's girlfriend Sunday night.

Toone says the exposed large rainwater collection tank just steps from his front door draws attention to his conservation efforts and provokes questions from passers-by. RESOURCES - A demonstration rain barrel system is displayed near the irrigation exhibit at the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon.

Toyota of El Cajon is hoping to be the first certified green building in that city.

After spending most of his adult life as a chef, Davey Kennedy, 46, is now a firefighter at Station 6 at the Vista Fire Department.

San Diego County supervisors on Tuesday approved an agreement to turn over downtown courthouse properties to the state in exchange for a new court facility and improvements to outlying complexes.