Beaches, parks, boardwalks and other open spaces in San Diego County and throughout California were ordered to close Monday to restrict unsafe gatherings prohibited by state and local laws.

A second patient with a confirmed case of coronavirus is being treated at a San Diego County hospital, a CDC spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. It’s the second confirmed case in the county since the deadly outbreak began.

A San Diego County resident who recently traveled overseas contracted COVID-19 and is being treated at an area hospital, county health officials announced Monday.

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Baja California, Mexico was felt across San Diego County Friday night. The earthquake was reported as a 5.5 magnitude near Alberto Oviedo Mota, near Mexicali, Mexico. But the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) revised it and later changed the location near Coahuila, Mexico, approximately 166.9 miles southeast of San Diego, according to USGS. Multiple people…

A woman is being treated for coronavirus at UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed. It is the first confirmed case in the county since the deadly outbreak began.

A former inmate who had a large portion of his face bitten off by a mentally ill inmate says the county of San Diego is liable for the attack.

A murder-suicide that left a father, mother, and three of their sons dead in Paradise Hills on Saturday sent shock waves of grief through San Diego County and left parents struggling to explain the tragic violence to their children. A San Diego psychiatrist says honesty and openness are key.

Two pit bulls attacked a man and his dog in Pacific Beach while they were out and about Monday. Torres’ dog was in bad shape with a large gash on her neck, he said, and claimed the pit bulls have been a problem for the neighborhood in the past.

No matter where you live in California, there is a risk of considerable damage due to an earthquake. Here is what you need to know before during and after the rumbling.

A sly fox broke into an Ocean Beach woman’s home for an overnight stay this week, a rare sighting that has only happened a handful of times in San Diego County, according to officials. Kessa Pellum awoke at about 4 a.m. Monday to her 25 pound French Bulldog sitting on her chest “barking ferociously” inside her home near Sunset Cliffs,...

Every year more than 9,000 cases of elder abuse are reported in San Diego County and data shows the crim is often underreported and difficult to fight in court, leaving a majority of cases “open” investigations.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law overhauling California charter schools Thursday in a move seen as a compromise between the state’s teachers’ unions and charter school supporters.

An Oceanside, California, physician accused of sexually assaulting and exploiting five female patients referred to him by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has pleaded guilty.

The County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a program that would provide free and confidential mental health services to San Diego’s first responders.

A 54-year-old man serving a life sentence for a murder in Santa Clara County is accused of killing a fellow inmate at a prison in the Central Valley on Tuesday night, according to state corrections officials.

Two gang members are facing potential life prison terms for the murder of a 19-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton, who was found shot inside his car in South Los Angeles.

Emergency crews rescued a dog over the weekend who suffered heat exhaustion while on the Three Sisters Falls hiking trail, the San Diego Humane Society said Tuesday while urging pet safety on hot summer days.

U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer issued a public safety alert for drug users in San Diego County to beware of a lethal strain of fentanyl showing up in counterfeit oxycodone.

A diamond mix-up is a rare occasion with jewelers, according to a local San Diego jewelry appraiser, but a Carlsbad Costco customer got caught up in a mistake he never would have known about had the store not given him a call.

A Moreno Valley man is suspected of carjacking a vehicle, posing as a rideshare driver and then kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Temecula, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.