The 33-year-old's death is under investigation, officials said.
Stick-up suspect sought, stolen-property viewing planned, sidewalk vendor crackdown & more police news this week from San Diego County.
The captain will go to federal prison for accepting elaborate bribes of money, travel and prostitutes from a foreign defense contractor.
Several of the firearms were in violation of state and federal firearms laws, police reported.
Police are still looking for the driver who killed a 23-year-old man in an Encinitas intersection on New Year's Day.
Officials identified the two, 19 and 20, shot Wednesday afternoon near Palomar College in San Marcos.
East County murder-suicide, fatal shooting near Palomar College, body found near airport & more police news this week from San Diego County.
A 19-year-old male died, while an injured man, 20, was found in a nearby car in San Marcos, authorities said.
Police are seeking the public's help to find a driver who fatally struck a pedestrian, authorities said.
Jail overdose, DUI crackdown, stepdad murder conviction, high-rise fire and other police news this week from San Diego County.
Prosecutors presented jurors with a farcically botched murder plot behind the death of a co-founder of Butterfly Farms in Encinitas.
Deputy Chief Josh Gordon now leads the Fire and Marine Safety Departments in Encinitas and Fire Departments in Solana Beach and Del Mar.
With chilly nights and early sunsets, San Diego area fire departments are offering tips on Christmas tree, fireplace, and candle safety.
Neurosurgeon sentenced, soccer star jailed for smuggling try, mini-mart worker shot and other police news this week from San Diego County.
Prosecutors contend Thomas Merriman, co-founder of Encinitas-based nonprofit Butterfly Farms, was drugged and murdered by Jade Sasha Janks.
The solo-vehicle wreck was reported Sunday night near the I-15 interchange, the CHP said.
California Highway Patrol investigators took 30-year-old Trevor Daniel Johnson into custody at Camp Pendleton.
The watery pursuit lasted for the better part of an hour before the man finally emerged from the North County estuary and surrendered.
Enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but celebrate responsibly, wear your seatbelt and designate a sober driver to get you safely home.
Vicente Rodriguez, 45, was booked into county jail in Vista.
Authorities believe the man may be connected to other prowling incidents in Cardiff in recent months.
A look at some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from across San Diego County.
The accused thief was tracked down by detectives and arrested on suspicion of grand theft and other charges, police said.
Riverside County Fire Department paramedics reached the location within a few minutes and pronounced the motorist dead at the scene.
A man has been charged by federal prosecutors with distributing fentanyl that caused another person's death in Carlsbad.
Christian Dwight Davis, 31, drove a U-Haul rental van into a crowd on a sidewalk outside an Encinitas bar, injuring three people.
A businessman and a bystander were wounded in a shooting behind Ironsmith Coffee Roasters in Encinitas.
John Martinez-Gutierrez pleaded guilty to an attempted murder count last month for striking multiple people with his vehicle.
Eric Monte Burns, 29, is accused in the Aug. 15 crash that killed Brad Allen Catcott, 68, of Solana Beach.
Richard Lee Ramirez, 53, has been charged with taking millions of dollars from investors in what federal prosecutors say was a Ponzi scheme.
A man with a pocket knife left the store in a vehicle with an unspecified amount of cash and cigarettes, authorities said.
See a helicopter overhead? Police are seeking Edgar Cruz who walked away from his home at 3200 Mission Cove Way, police said.
The driver intentionally injured three people before crashing into a roadside tree and the front of the bar, authorities said.