Orloff, a former lifeguard sergeant turned attorney, takes over Oct. 24 as the city stays silent on his predecessor's exit.

Two motorcycle crashes in Chula Vista—one in February 2025 and another in October 2026—left riders seriously injured.

Nelson Andres Zepeda ran Urban Feline without a license; eight animals were seized after a dog named Roble died in his care.

City workers flagged down tribal officers after the discovery near Willow Glen Drive, a stretch with a grim recent history.

Ashleigh Lynn Chavez forged a fake exoneration letter to land a San Diego job while on supervised release. A judge just added over two years to her record.

Derry the kitten wandered into a Stockton home starving and bleeding. He's since been adopted by the officer who helped save him.

Marisol Wojciechowski says her autistic 15-year-old son, Gabriel, needed IV fluids after sitting on a stifling Sweetwater bus.

Eduardo Vasquez was convicted of first-degree murder, while co-defendant Arturo Diaz pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after jurors could not reach a verdict in his case.

Brian Anthony Williams cooked under the name Troy Williams at Miss B's Coconut Club before marshals tracked him down.

CBP says a hidden compartment held 110 packages of cocaine on a bus entering the United States from Mexico at San Ysidro; the driver's visa was canceled.

The man's truck was struck after he stopped in a lane north of Palm Avenue. No one else was hurt.

CBP officers credited a detector dog with the find at Otay Mesa, part of a relentless stream of border drug busts this year.

A jury found Adrian Salgado Carranza guilty of gunning down Ronald Ray McKinney over suspected stolen drugs in Spring Valley.