James Boget, 65, is accused in the slaying of 43-year-old William Mambro, whose body was found on Dec. 28, 1983, inside his La Mesa home.
"There's no question we have a crisis in our justice system. We have an opportunity to address the root causes of that crisis."
Assistant Sheriff Kelly Martinez is replacing outgoing Undersheriff Mike Barnett.
Frank Eldon Billeter, 33, is charged in the Feb. 10 slaying of 28-year-old Lakeside resident Dylan Michael Brooks.
San Diego County sheriff's deputies located the driver and determined that no crime was committed, authorities said Sunday.
A man was fatally shot inside a hotel room at the Singing Hills Golf Resort near Sycuan Casino east of El Cajon, authorities said.
A bicyclist suffered severe head trauma when he was struck by a car in El Cajon, police said.
Human remains were found Wednesday by hikers on a trail in Santee.
A suspect was taken into custody following a deputy-involved shooting that left a woman wounded on the Barona Indian Reservation.
The blaze, called the Campo Fire, threatened structures along Avenida Roberta and Calle Los Arboles, according to Cal Fire.
Tarynn was last seen in the 10000 block of Glendon Circle wearing her hair in low ponytail, a black pajama top with gray pants.
Three residents and their three dogs were displaced Friday morning by a fire in the garage of a home in unincorporated El Cajon.
Authorities Monday publicly identified a shooting victim who died last week after being dropped off at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa.
A lieutenant said the man was being sought on a felony warrant for alleged possession of a dagger.
An unidentified transient was found dead by another transient in a dirt field by a homeless encampment near an I-8 off-ramp in El Cajon.
Alexander Cesar Nghiem is accused in the Dec. 11 slaying of 29-year-old Escondido resident Di'Marcus Lavonne Mayes.
A total of 69 firefighting personnel from La Mesa, El Cajon and Santee responded to the blaze.
The driver fled after crashing a gray 2006 Nissan Pathfinder Monday at 793 Ellen Lane.
The blaze sparked in vegetation near Cuyamaca Street and Chaparral Drive.
A bicyclist was killed Monday afternoon in a collision with a car near Carlton Oaks Country Club, authorities said.
Medics took the El Cajon police officer to a hospital, where he was admitted in critical but stable condition, officials said.
An 18-year-old man was arrested inside a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip on suspicion of shooting a 16-year-old boy near El Cajon.
Plain-clothes deputies entered liquor stores in the two cities and acted intoxicated Saturday, attempting to buy alcohol.
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Daniel Charles Marshall, 34, was arrested and charged last week in connection with the April 25 death of 7-month-old Hailey Marshall.
A smokey vegetation fire broke out on the right shoulder of I-8 Saturday morning and had closed eastbound lanes near Los Coches Road.
Daniel Charles Marshall, 35, was arrested in connection with the April 22 death of the 7-month-old girl, according to sheriff's officials.
Daniel Christopher Allen, 49, faces 77 years to life in state prison if convicted of murder and several firearm use allegations.
Firefighters extinguished a fire that ripped through a home in Lakeside.
A man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he crashed head-on into another car, injuring two men in the other vehicle, authorities said.
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A man was killed in a shooting in an unincorporated area near El Cajon, authorities said Friday.
A 61-year-old man shot a female relative in the leg during an argument Sunday afternoon in Spring Valley, authorities said.
Davon Lee, an El Cajon resident, is suspected of committing seven burglaries in the East County city in recent weeks.
A man was stabbed in the back by an apparent stranger in a Lakeside river bed, authorities said.
Elisa Serna, 24, died last fall at the Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee.
Christopher Glenn Emison pleaded guilty earlier this year to a distribution of fentanyl count for selling more than 40 grams of the drug.
A man in his 30s was found dead under suspicious circumstances Friday in a home near the Interstate 8-state Route 67 interchange.
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Erik Anderson, 28, was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and booked into the San Diego County Jail, CHP officials said.