North County rail service to shut down for staging work
Rail service along the North County coastline will be shut down for the second weekend this month, beginning tonight, while a trolley improvement project is...
Coast News wire services
San Diego County unemployment rate drops to 4.1 percent
San Diego County's unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent last month despite seasonal cutbacks in leisure and hospitality jobs, the state Employment Development Department reported...
Wildfires char more than 1,100 acres at Camp Pendleton
Two wildfires that have charred large swaths of open terrain in the northern reaches of Camp Pendleton this week continued to burn today, but were...
Santa Ysabel shaken by small earthquakes
UPDATED 8:38 a.m. OCT. 18 | A magnitude 3.2 earthquake rattled the rural town of Santa Ysabel early today and “scared the hell” out of...
Trial starts in Carlsbad murder-for-hire case
UPDATED 4:15 p.m. OCT. 17 | Trial is scheduled to begin today for a woman and her gun instructor accused of carrying out a plan...
Officials blame target shooting for wildfire east of Escondido
The smoldering footprint of a wildfire that blackened about 25 open acres in northeastern San Diego County over the weekend was 70 percent contained today,...
Man dies after struggling with deputies in San Marcos
UPDATED 4:52 p.m. OCT. 18 | Detectives today were investigating the death of a man who struggled with deputies at a Hobby Lobby in San...
California officials ratchet up response to hepatitis A outbreak
Municipal, state and federal officials announced various steps on Oct. 13 to try to corral a deadly outbreak of hepatitis A in San Diego and...
Authorities identify San Marcos woman killed in Carlsbad motorcycle collision
UPDATED 8:22 a.m. OCT. 16 | A woman was killed and a man was injured as a result of a motorcycle collision in Carlsbad, police...
1 dead, 2 injured in Escondido car wreck
One person was killed and two others were hurt in a two-car crash in Escondido, according to a police lieutenant....
Man convicted in 15-year-old murder outside Escondido bar
A homicide suspect arrested in Mexico almost 14 years after stabbing another man during a fight outside an Escondido bar was convicted today of first-degree...
Residents escape Oceanside apartment fire
Firefighters knocked down a blaze at an Oceanside apartment before it could spread to other units in the complex, but two cats died in the...
Suspect arrested in San Marcos bank robbery
An Arizona man has been arrested and charged with felony robbery charges in connection to a bank robbery in San Marcos, federal authorities said today....