An unidentified body washed ashore near Ocean Beach Pier on June 18; the San Diego County Medical Examiner has taken custody and investigators are probing the death.

Cal Fire and county officials say all consumer fireworks — even 'safe and sane' types — are illegal in San Diego County amid dry fuels and stepped-up patrols.

Travis Hughes, 48, died after being moved from Rock Mountain Detention Facility; sheriff's homicide investigators and civilian overseers are reviewing the death.

Survivors' lawyers say dozens of claim objections filed by the diocese and its insurer are slowing payouts two years after Chapter 11. Court orders have split which objections the judge will hear.

County Animal Services removed dozens of animals from a Rancho Santa Fe property after a report of possible horse neglect. Investigators say the animals are now in county care as the probe continues.

Inspections at San Ysidro and Otay Mesa this month produced arrests and a large drug seizure, prosecutors say.

An archival San Diego Reader piece recounts a North County man's claim that he robbed at least 10 banks while dealing drugs in the 1980s.

City records show SDPD settlements topped $116M since 2017, with $42M this fiscal year and two blockbuster payouts driving the tab.

A brush fire in Mission Valley closed eastbound Friars at Santo on Wednesday and snarled local traffic as crews worked the scene.

Federal prosecutors say a San Diego man raised roughly $600,000 through charity appeals and diverted much of it to Hamas, a criminal complaint alleges.

A 26-year-old man died after his car struck a concrete pillar on northbound I-5 near Clairemont Drive; CHP is investigating.

A judge sentenced Mario Felix to 26 years after the August 2024 stabbing of an MTS bus driver at Escondido’s Valley Parkway Transit Center; prosecutors cited rising transit violence.

Carlsbad police established a perimeter at Solamar Mobile Estates after an individual fled a traffic stop; air support joined the search.