Clairemont Mesa News

SAN DIEGO - A fire blamed on careless smoking broke out at an apartment building in the Clairemont area Friday, displacing residents even though it was extinguished rapidly.

SAN DIEGO - A deadlocked jury caused a judge to declare a mistrial Thursday in the case of a transient accused of shooting at cars on a San Diego freeway during the morning commute, wounding a 21-year-old college student and damaging the car of another motorist.

SAN DIEGO - A man "set himself up like a sniper" and should be convicted of attempted murder and other crimes for shooting at freeway motorists during the morning commute in San Diego, wounding a college student and hitting the car of another driver, a prosecutor told a jury Monday.

The public will have its say on Thursday regarding San Diego Gas & Electric's proposal for recovering costs from catastrophic 2007 wildfires - triggered in large part by the company's power lines.

A woman was in custody Friday after allegedly stabbing her 23-year-old boyfriend in the arm with a knife during a lover's quarrel in Clairemont Mesa.