Crime and Public Safety

Irving Pineda, 35, died Feb 18 due to chronic drug use and heart disease, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office

Radio traffic said the woman was alone on the boat and fired a flare that immediately bounced back, setting the vessel on fire

Fire officials said 300 firefighters and three helicopters were working on dousing the Creelman fire Thursday as it burned for a second day.

Nine vehicles collided in the 8 p.m. crash at Garnet Avenue and Mission Bay Drive, San Diego police said.

Howard Berkowitz, owner of Duck Sanctuary, had recently relocated operations to Valley Center from Riverside County.

A homeowner’s association had proactively cleared brushland abutting homes on Oak Springs Drive before the Creelman fire Wednesday

The blaze, named the Creelman fire, broke out around 3 p.m. on Creelman Lane near Big Sky Road, Cal Fire officials said

The fire is roughly 3 miles east of I-15, and Cal Fire has ordered an aerial attack.

Prosecutors said the pair used stolen mail to impersonate the victims and opened accounts in the victims’ names.

The man fell onto the road after he allegedly jumped onto the side of a tree-trimming truck while armed with a knife, sheriff’s officials said