Jacumba News

With the help of a narcotics detector dog, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 24 pounds of heroin concealed in a 1999 Dodge Durango in a specially built compartment near the engine.

On Saturday night, a Border Patrol agent's good deed led to the discovery of more than 81 pounds of cocaine stashed inside a SUV, which was stranded on Interstate 8 in Jacumba.

A newly deployed Border Patrol canine made an immediate impact by assisting with a 477-pound marijuana seizure in Jacumba, California Tuesday.

Not bad for a rookie. A drug-sniffing patrol dog on its first night on duty found a 477-pound stash of marijuana, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Thursday.

Another sexually violent predator may soon be released in Ramona. These are sex offenders with mental disorders who have been committed to a state mental hospital.

Jacumba, Calif. - This morning, Border Patrol agents helped rescue a 31-year-old woman who was involved in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 8 in Jacumba.

James Bethke, a farm adviser with the University of California Extension, walked the land at Bornt & Sons Farm on the edge of Jacumba last summer in search of eye gnats, which have annoyed residents for years.

Three of San Diego County's five member Board of Supervisors were sworn in again today.

Heavy snow falling on Interstate 8's mountainous grades has caused several trucks and cars to collide, and others to lose all traction on the steep road, the California Highway Patrol reports.

Travelers headed westbound on Interstate 8 are being turned around by the California Highway Patrol.Get Weather Alerts Delivered to YouOfficials with the El Centro CHP office shut down the westbound I-8 at ...