Roberto Carlos Galeana-Guatemala, 21, fled twice — from National City to City Heights — before his capture and sentencing.

Salomon Olea bought his Escondido house for $127,000 in 1998. His son Angel rents in the same city while saving to buy a home.

A correctional officer was hospitalized after inmate Jorge Villa allegedly attacked with an improvised weapon at Donovan prison in Otay Mesa.

San Diego will see hot conditions Friday before cooler, foggier mornings arrive for the weekend.

Deputies found the man lying near a bench in the park Wednesday afternoon. His identity and cause of death remain unknown.

San Diego faces another hot Thursday with a high in the 80s at the beaches and an Extreme Heat Warning through 8 p.m. Cooler, foggier weather arrives Friday and expands through the weekend.

A Grand Avenue blaze tore through two second-story apartments Wednesday morning, leaving at least nine people injured.

One person died and the I-5 off-ramp onto Main Street closed at a spot city engineers flagged months earlier as a high-crash zone.

Crews stabilized the vehicle before extricating the patient through the sunroof and transporting them to a hospital by ambulance.

A semi carrying a 40,000-pound load of ice cream overturned on southbound I-5 near Encinitas Boulevard, backing up traffic for miles to Poinsettia Lane.

The San Diego Community Planning Committee voted 22-2 to support an appeal of the plan to demolish the fire-damaged Red Rest cottage at La Jolla Cove. Preservationists say 50 years of unenforced code let it decay.

Shawn Bell used his own belt as a tourniquet after a minivan struck him on Poplin Drive. He's since received extensive medical treatment.

Patagonia Cardiff kicks off a four-day run of film premieres, wetsuit repairs and ocean safety training starting Thursday.