A second alarm fire substantially damaged La Gordy's Taco Shop in Vista.
One person was killed and two others were seriously injured when a motorcycle crashed into a bicycle in Carlsbad, authorities said.
A look at some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from across San Diego County.
The woman was traveling with her 16-month-old daughter on an electric bicycle when the pair collided with a Toyota 4-Runner, police said.
A man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for fatally stabbing a 77-year-old retiree at the victim's Oceanside beach house.
A first-degree murder conviction was upheld by an appeals court panel for a man who shot and killed his wife in Vista.
Family-friendly community events are scheduled in Carlsbad to take a stand against crime.
Two lanes reopened hours after a car was engulfed in flames in Carlsbad on Friday morning.
Sean Richter of Oceanside was booked on suspicion of felony gross vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run causing death.
Daniel Dasko, 30, of Carlsbad is a teacher's aide, substitute teacher and youth hockey coach.
The fire was at the Ecology Auto Wrecking Storage site in Oceanside.
A car veered off a residential street in Vista and plowed into a house. The crash sparked a small fire.
Adam Daniel Barooshian, 29, was convicted in a retrial for the New Year's Day 2019 crash that killed an Oceanside man.
The fire erupted alongside a stretch of train tracks in Oceanside moved up an adjacent slope toward homes.
The 10-acre vegetation fire near the Buena Vista Lagoon briefly forced the evacuation of homes Saturday.
A smokey blaze that charred at least 10 acres in Carlsbad prompted officials to issue evacuations to resident around the Buena Vista Lagoon.
I-5 near Carlsbad closed for an hour Thursday morning after a shooting.
The sentencing hearing was continued until Aug. 5.
Shane Crawford, 53, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, assault with intent to commit a sex crime and other charges.
Mark "Gator" Rogowski was sentenced to 31 years to life behind bars for the 1991 killing of 22-year-old Jessica Bergsten in Carlsbad.
Michael Carmichael of Oceanside was booked into county jail in Vista on suspicion of impersonating a peace officer and other charges.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The pedestrian was hit and killed by a Sprinter train in Vista.
Paramedics took the injured man and woman to a hospital, where the latter was pronounced dead, officials said.
The collision happened near the intersection of Cassidy and South Meyers streets in Oceanside.
Jonathan Ryan McGuire of Oceanside is accused of sending a profane message to Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority leader.
The Rancho Buena Vista High student was arrested on suspicion of bringing a weapon onto school grounds and released to parental custody.
Carlsbad police arrested two people they say were driving a car reported stolen that contained one pound of methamphetamine inside.
One of two men convicted in the stabbing death of a Camp Pendleton Marine during a brawl was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison.