San Diego County News

Seventeen hotels and two restaurants in Southern California, including four in San Diego County, are recipients of the AAA Five Diamond Award for 2010, the Automobile Club announced Friday.

A $325 million county program that provides care for the elderly and disabled will undergo reform under a plan adopted Tuesday by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

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Two men were behind bars Thursday in connection with a $1.2 million investment fraud scheme that targeted non-English speaking Hispanics in Southern California and dates back to 2001, Carlsbad police announced Thursday.

A man accused of robbing small businesses across San Diego County over a one-month period, and threatening to shoot female employees if they didn't hand over cash, pleaded not guilty today to 20 robbery counts.

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State court officials have recommended Los Angeles and San Diego counties to host the murder trial of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, several local news agencies reported.

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.

The board and management leadership of the North County Humane Society and San Diego Humane Society recently announced the decision to merge and are now completing steps to accomplish this merger before the end of the year.

A man suspected of robbing at least 19 businesses in San Diego County since late September was behind bars today, authorities said.

A motorcyclist was killed today in a head-on collision with a truck near the San Diego-Riverside county line, authorities said.

Most time-sensitive electronic gadgets have gotten smart enough to know when it's time to fall back an hour, but those that haven't will need a little human help when Daylight saving time ends early Sunday.

The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency received an unexpected 78,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine, it was announced Friday.

An insect that can harm fruit trees was found in Valley Center, causing quarantine and treatment plans to be considered, San Diego County agriculture officials said Friday.

Daylight saving time ends early Sunday morning. Before going to bed Saturday night, residents should set their clocks back an hour.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early Friday for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said.

Nearly 6,200 property tax refunds totaling $2.9 million are being mailed to San Diego County residents over the next few days in light of lower property values, it was announced Thursday.

The violent crime rate in San Diego County dropped slightly for the first six months of 2009, compared to the same period last year.

A wind storm is expected to affect all of San Diego County Tuesday. The windy weather will be noticed throughout the county, but the highest wind gusts are expected to be in the mountains and desert.

A wind advisory was in effect today for the deserts of San Diego County, where gusts of up to 45 miles per hour were expected, according to weather forecasters.