A crash on Navajo Road near Cowles Mountain killed one person and sent several others — including a child and an infant — to the hospital.

Sheriff's deputies are searching after an 11‑year‑old was reportedly sexually battered near Midland Road in Poway. Detectives say the suspect fled and ask anyone with information to come forward.

A vegetation fire near South Mission Road shut down eastbound SR‑76 Saturday evening, with North County Fire crews on scene.

Family members are pleading for answers after 24-year-old Keith Aaron was found dead on State Route 76 in Oceanside. Police say investigators have no suspect description.

A federal judge handed more than a decade in prison to Samuel Melvin Cooper after prosecutors said he forced a 15‑year‑old into commercial sex across San Diego, Phoenix and Tucson.

A person reportedly fell from a cliff into a canyon near La Jolla on Friday; lifeguards, firefighters and a rescue helicopter responded and the person's condition was unclear.

Prosecutors dropped criminal charges against a San Ysidro preschool aide, saying evidence was insufficient to meet the criminal standard. A family civil suit is still active.

A 29-year-old man died after an MTS bus struck his lower legs near 300 West B Street in downtown San Diego. Police are investigating and asking witnesses to call Crime Stoppers.

CBP's San Diego field office announced it seized more than 158 pounds of meth at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in a social post, part of a recent run of major interdictions.

A judge sentenced Ziyah Jay Patterson to 26 years to life for the Dec. 26, 2023, killing of Angela Marie Lanway in San Marcos.

A 39-year-old former Carlsbad dance instructor was arrested after several women alleged they were sexually abused as teens, and police say more victims may exist.

CBP officers at San Ysidro stopped two April smuggling attempts that yielded nearly $2.8M in fentanyl and meth, and two arrests. The hauls underscore a sustained interdiction push at San Diego ports.

A 25-year-old man was killed while running on Di Giorgio Road in Borrego Springs after being struck by a pickup, the CHP says.