The courtroom door swings open. The eyes of the family of Julio Hernandez (felony case number 107301) lock on the tall man - tie swinging, jacket flying - who veers toward them. Never quite breaking …

This lunacy is the Baja 500. It’s an off-road race, for race cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs. It’s been going on for 28 years. Mark Thatcher, the British prime minister’s son, ran it in 1982.

Many strange paths end in San Diego. But none, perhaps, as twisted as the path that brought James Meredith to the comfortable Mission Hills address he now calls home. You don't have to be a …

It was one of the weekends when my wife announces, out of the blue, that she is miserable, and except for our son, our marriage, essentially, is a disaster. I was building a chicken coop. …

Sometimes I forget just how long ago that was — the Challenger space shuttle explosion stands as an ominous marker in memory, a national tragedy illuminating the end of a personal catastrophe. Since putting down …

The small ad in the back of Surfer magazine has a simple, irresistible appeal: "The Paskokwitz 7-Day Surfari. An experience that will last a lifetime." For young beach rats, aching to get away from mom …

Gabacho: This is the border word for gringo. It seems to come from the Pyrenees Mountains of Spain, referring to someone who speaks gavat — who speaks Spanish badly. But how did this word get to Tijuana?

The commission recommended the government purchase 3438 acres adjacent to Pala, Some 2000 of the acres were arable and 700 irrigable, as compared to the 200 acres that were arable and 150 irrigable at Warner Springs.