San Diego County News

Santa Clara County has its first death attributed to what has become known as swine flu.

Authorities are sarching for a convicted felon who they suspect of firing a handgun during a party in Ramona and pointed the weapon at several party-goers. Rigoberto Vargas Salas, 36, is wanted by the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force, according to San Diego County sheriff's Deputy Adriana Uribe.

A small earthquake has rattled the San Diego coast but there are no reports of damage or injuries.

The City of Santee, California, and San Diego County are currently embroiled in a big fight over the expansion and renovation of a women's detention facility located in Santee.

Crimestoppers is marking its 100th murder solved, years after it all began with Cara Knott.

Friday, July 10th, 2009. Issue 28, Volume 13. SAN DIEGO- The number of confirmed cases of swine flu reported in San Diego County this year stands at 571 as of this morning, five of them fatal, public health officials said.

A federal indictment unsealed Thursday charges three San Diego County residents with operating a $30 million investment fraud scheme.

The California Supreme Court Monday upheld the death sentence for an actor who killed two ex-girlfriends and a former Navy buddy in the mid-1990s in San Diego County.

Authorities say a 36-year-old man has died of swine flu in San Diego County, its fifth resident to die of the disease.

Enrollment at San Diego County's community colleges is up this summer despite fewer classes being offered because of proposed cuts in state funding, it was reported Thursday.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Article Date: 08 Jul 2009 KPBS profiled San Diego's "only clean syringe exchange program," a mobile van that twice weekly provides injection drug users with clean needles in exchange for used ones.

Teachers from across the county held a rally to deliver a message to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A postal carrier who pleaded guilty to stealing gift cards and other mail has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years' probation.

The County of San Diego will begin issuing medical marijuana identification cards on Monday; nearly two months after the U.S. Supreme Court denied the County's appeal to a proposition legalizing the use of medical marijuana in California.

A scrub-filled gorge historically used as a staging area for immigrants to gather by the hundred before dashing illegally into the U.S. has been all but sealed off by a massive berm topped with a steel-meshed fence and bright lighting.

Friends and family Monday are mourning a 60-year-old retired school teacher from Illinois who was declared brain dead over the weekend after she fell out of a pedicab in the Marina District.

A record 1,274,442 people attended the San Diego County Fair this year, fair organizers announced Monday.

DEL MAR, Calif., - The theme for the fair was "Music Mania." And it ended as such.

The Bothwell residence on Knollwood Drive in Pasadena has one of the larger residential solar panels projects in Pasadena, installed in 2007.

Authorities say a 3-year-old boy has drowned while fishing at a San Diego County reservoir with his uncle, who was later also found dead in the water.