The Army Corps of Engineers has announced a series of closures that will affect users of the San Luis Rey River Trail in Oceanside over the coming months. The closures will impact areas from Benet Road South to Interstate 5, …

Animals were taken by County in July, nursed back to health before adoption event

Nineteen of the 22 horses seized last month from Ramona woman Lori Patton found new homes over the weekend, the San Diego County Department of Animal Services reported Monday (August 26). After a herd of malnourished horses was found wandering …

Shortly after the California Supreme Court opined that San Diego County and the San Diego Sheriff’s Department might be found liable in the 2006 shooting death of a mentally unstable, intoxicated Santee man in his home, deputies in San Marcos …

The California Supreme Court last week, in response to an apparent 2006 incidence of “suicide by cop” in the East County suburb of Santee, ruled that the San Diego Sheriff’s Department could potentially be liable for negligence in the series …

Pair used online classified ads to lure victims into real-life muggings

Law enforcement officials are reminding San Diegans to exercise caution when conducting transactions in person with individuals met through online sources such as craigslist, after a man was lured into a attempted armed robbery in the 4S Ranch neighborhood of …

New desalinization plant at Camp Pendleton sought, disagreements over long-term storage capacity

The board of directors for the San Diego County Water Authority, whose membership is comprised of 24 local municipal water districts, ratified its response yesterday (August 22) to a May report from the San Diego County Grand Jury, Reduce Dependence …

Union leaders, along with Congressman Scott Peters and Congresswoman Susan Davis, stages a press conference downtown this morning (August 22) calling for an end to what Peters termed “mindless, across-the-board, non-mission-based cuts” in federal spending, commonly referred to as sequestration. …

On Monday (August 19), a 30-year-old Mexican national driving a bobtail truck carrying a load of frozen fish was stopped at the Otay Mesa border crossing. An imaging system at the secondary inspection area found “anomalies” in the truck’s fish …

On the heels of announcements from the state real estate trade group that home prices seem to be leveling off right at what’s typically the peak of the season comes the latest numbers from default-tracking organization PropertyRadar, launched as ForeclosureRadar …

SDG&E will test technology that monitors customers' energy use down to the individual device using it

Those who opposed the digital “smart meters” installed over the last few years by San Diego Gas & Electric may soon have a new technology to worry about: a real-time monitoring device that measures the power draw off every circuit …

Court reconsiders decision on advice of San Diego ACLU

A Sri Lankan man will get another shot at applying for asylum after the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties and the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic came to his aid, urging the federal Ninth Circuit …

Numbers released last week from the California Association of Realtors trade group paint a rather bleak picture for the prospect of home prices continuing to rise as rapidly as they have of late. First, the Association’s economists found that housing …

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has announced the results of two more driver’s license/DUI checkpoints conducted over the weekend, and is already planning another. On the 1400 block of East Vista Way in Vista, which deputies shut down from 7:30 …

A former San Diego local has a unique plan for commercial billboards: filling them with art, rather than advertisement. Nathan Horner, who lives in Hollywood but attended art school in San Diego and lived in the area for several years, …

August 15 marked a milestone for a group of local protesters, as San Diego Veterans for Peace celebrated one year of Thursday afternoon demonstrations near the Poway facilities of General Atomics, manufacturers of the well-known Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial …

Windy, overcast weather presents challenge to researchers

After a handful of tests over the first half of the summer, Dr. Andy Nosal from the Birch Aquarium and assistants were able to launch their shark-tracking weather balloon to study the movement patterns of leopard sharks off the coast …

Even if it were legal, proper studies weren't done, says Scenic San Diego

A local environmental group has lodged a formal objection to the “Negative Declaration” issued last month ruling that a proposed electronic billboard advertising a Santee used car dealership “.could not have a significant impact upon the environment.” Scenic San Diego, …

Gulf War veteran Michael Lewis and his family have filed a lawsuit against the County of San Diego, the City of Coronado, and several employees with each entity, claiming civil rights violations, battery, false imprisonment and negligence after the County …

The stock market value of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., operators of 11 theme parks nationwide including one of its namesake aquatic-themed destinations on Mission Bay, tanked yesterday after the company posted a loss of $15.9 million, or 18 cents per share, …

Man found hiding in tree after crashing into delivery truck

Sheriff’s deputies arrested 32-year-old Michael Green on a host of charges Monday (August 12) after he led police on a brief high-speed chase through the Spring Valley community of Casa De Oro. Members of the Sheriff’s Analysis Driven Law Enforcement …