Michelle Moons

ESCONDIDO, California-Tensions ran high as an estimated 500 people packed Escondido City Hall, flowing into the foyer and courtyard, for a planning meeting Tuesday night to voice their opinions on a proposed 96-person, illegal alien youth detention facility. Escondido Mayor

The cause of a U.S. Navy sailor’s death during a routine parachute training jump remains unknown, reports CNN. The accident occurred in the desert near the southern California city of El Centro on Monday. The sailor has been identified as 31-year-old

Shots rang out Sunday morning near the Valley Center, California, property of Michael Steven Thyberg as he reportedly fired his weapon at two nature walkers passing nearby. Coaxed out of his home by a deputy in a San Diego County

Last-minute cancelations of two flights to southern California, each carrying 140 illegal immigrant children and family members, may only be temporary.  As public awareness grew and flight time grew near, U.S. Border Patrol has decided to cancel plans to fly

Illegal immigrant children and families overflowing into Texas from Central America and being held in overcrowded detention centers will soon see 300 detainees flown out to the southern California cities of San Diego and El Centro according to an Associated

144 sterilizations performed on female California inmates from 2005 to 2013 have been under review by the State Auditor, and many have been found suspect due to lack of consent or possible coercion in a resulting audit report. Documentation reviewed

“The budget reflects the parameters of the rainy day fund that the legislature unanimously approved last month. No budget is perfect and no one got everything that they wanted, but with this budget, that insures stability and expands opportunity, we

“In the end, truly, Tony Gwynn’s greatest achievement was not that he was so admired or emulated, but that he was so loved,” wrote Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times. San Diego and Padres icon Tony Gwynn, affectionately known

Illegal aliens from around the globe have been sneaking into the U.S. through the southern border. Recently the suspected head of a human smuggling ring was captured at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Two other men suspected as part

San Marino’s dog poop slinging Mayor resigned Tuesday in embarrassment and backlash from the community for tossing dog feces onto a neighbor’s yard. Surveillance of Mayor Dennis Kneier tossing the bag of excrement onto neighbor Phillip Lao’s lawn on June

In California’s contentious 52nd congressional district, incumbent Democrat Representative Scott Peters will square off against former San Diego City Council member Carl DeMaio in November’s general election. A new Union-Tribune and 10 News poll of 750 registered voters puts DeMaio

As the U.S.-Mexico border has been inundated with children crossing alone and ending up detained in U.S. facilities, liquid methamphetamines are also flowing across the border. The liquid form allows smugglers to disguise the substance in beverage and repurposed plastic

Some of the kids and parents at San Diego’s Loma Portal Elementary School are speaking out about a harmful bathroom policy that is leaving some of the kids sick according to ABC10 News. Instead of using good old-fashioned discernment, parents

A Blackfish bill was tabled by the California legislature earlier this year, and now the film’s controversial accusations against Sea World are rippling through Congress. Two members of Congress have gathered 40 signatures calling on the USDA to renew research

This summer one woman is offering a new kind of kids’ summer camp. While some youngsters are crafting, playing sports, or honing their science skills, the kids at Camp CEO Kids will be dreaming up products, making them reality, and

“Jobs and Education. That’s It.” But that’s not it for Neel Kashkari’s campaign plans going into the November general election. Kashkari has been repeatedly referring to the success of San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s campaign as a winning indicator for

Impersonating Twilight movie actor Kiowa Gordon, David LaVera allegedly lured a 14-year-old girl into his car, which contained two swords and five daggers, according to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. After allegedly abducting the girl from the family’s home in

Betty Yee and fellow Democrat John Perez continue to jockey for second place in California’s state controller’s race. The second place spot has also been held by Republican David Evans, who now sits in fourth. With over 320,000 votes left

Drought and water shortage have plagued California’s citizens and farmers as crushing government regulations compound natural causes of the water deficit. Desalination plants planned up and down the California coast offer one part of the solution, and have now been

Billions of dollars are being poured into the decommissioning of southern California’s San Onofre nuclear power plant. Although the plant stopped providing power after January 2012 and will be dismantled, the process will drudge on for approximately two decades, reports the

Gun control advocate and State Senator Leland Yee, indicted for arms trafficking and public corruption in March, received the vote of 323,858 California voters as of Saturday afternoon. Yee was running for the office of California Secretary of State until

As votes continue to roll in from California’s primary election, not all candidates know whether they have made it to November or not. As of 2:53 p.m. Friday afternoon, Republican David Evans had edged out Democrat John Perez by a

San Diego police officers, husband and wife Bryce and Jennifer Charpentier, were arrested for alleged involvement in sales, transportation, and possession of a controlled substance.  The husband has reportedly been abusing prescription drugs since an injury ended his hockey career,

Not since November 5, 1946 have fewer voters cast votes in a California statewide election, and never has a lower percentage of registered voters been recorded voting in an election in the state. At 18.3%, California has just seen the