A fast-growing brush fire in Sorrento Valley prompted mandatory evacuations and road closures Monday morning.

A 62-year-old woman died after being struck on El Cajon Boulevard near Hamilton Street Friday night. San Diego police say their Traffic Division is investigating.

A brief Pacific Beach pursuit ended when a Mercedes struck another car on Garnet Avenue, leaving a passenger with multiple fractured vertebrae. Police arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of felony DUI causing injury and evading.

Three people were hospitalized after a stabbing at San Clemente Pier Saturday night; deputies say one person was detained and the incident appeared gang-related.

The San Diego medical examiner lists acute fentanyl toxicity and records Nadine Jett’s death as a homicide, according to a death certificate obtained by local reporters.

A San Diego man says a wrong turn into Mexico led to a guilty plea, a fine and six days in jail; he now wants California to clarify whether the foreign conviction strips his gun rights.

An archival San Diego Reader reprint recalls the 1999 abduction of Coronado Cays resident Georgina Romero de Crespo — a case that resonates as Baja officials step up anti‑kidnapping operations.

An Escondido officer pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge after prosecutors linked a patrol car collision to the death of a 39‑year‑old e‑bike rider in August.

The State Department reissued its Mexico advisory on May 29, 2026, keeping the country at Level 2 while placing six states under 'do not travel' warnings.

A driver died Monday after a Mercedes SUV veered off Jimmy Durante Boulevard and struck construction equipment. Investigators say it’s too early to tell whether impairment was a factor.

Santee advanced a plan to lease six automated license‑plate readers through the sheriff’s office, a move that revives debate over surveillance, costs and data‑sharing rules. The council asked staff to draft a formal agreement.

A brush fire that started in Tijuana crossed into San Diego’s Marron Valley; Cal Fire lists the blaze at 20 acres and 10% contained.

Federal agents arrested four people after finding a nearly 2,000-foot tunnel under a Buy 4 Less storefront in Otay Mesa and seized over a ton of suspected cocaine.