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Pedestrian fatalities reached their highest number in decades, while methamphetamine-related deaths and homicides also increased last year compared to recent years.
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A year ago, the department started a pilot program to see if unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, would be a valuable tool to help the SWAT team.
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Jimmy Cha is a nationally recognized criminal defense attorney in Orange County who trains judges and law enforcement on gangs. But in 1996, he was in prison for his gang involvement and struggling with anger. He remembers getting into fights often while in custody and out. Cha, 40, spoke at the eighth annual Passport to […]
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Prescription drug abuse has become an epidemic in San Diego. Statistics from the County Medical Examiner’s Office show a significant rise in fatal heroin and other opiate drug cases in recent years.
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Is there an earthquake fault near your home, your workplace or your child’s school? Or perhaps you live or work in a floodplain, high-risk wildfire area or a tsunami inundation zone. If so, there are steps you can take to reduce your risk in some cases, register for emergency notifications, and to better prepare your family for an emergency.
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Kids are back in school at Montgomery Elementary in Chula Vista, and they were welcomed back by men and women in uniform.
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The County Board of Supervisors today adopted a new alternative custody program that will help inmates with a mental illness re-enter the community.
