Crime and Public Safety

The crashes occurred throughout the county, including in Spring Valley, San Diego and near Lake Hodges over the past couple of weeks.

Robert Rothwell, 60, of San Diego was found on June 8. His cause and manner of death remain pending.

Family reported William Clayton Miller missing March 18 and investigators later found his unoccupied vehicle parked at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve

Deandre Towers was shot outside the Union Grantville apartment complex on Friday, police said.

No structures were threatened by the Mateo fire, which began in the Quebec training area on the north end of the Marine Corps base.

Sheriff’s detectives and search and rescue volunteers conducted a search Saturday but found “nothing of note.”

Fire in Quebec training area of the Marine Corps base had reached about 650 acres by Monday evening,

San Diego Fire-Rescue has long failed to comply with state law requiring annual safety inspections, a Union-Tribune investigation found last year. Now the agency estimates it completed just 58% this fiscal year.

Police said the teen rider struck the back of a vehicle on Carroll Canyon Road; the other driver allegedly fled the scene

The crash was reported at 10:27 p.m. on the southbound freeway just north of Carroll Canyon Drive in the Mira Mesa area, according to the California Highway Patrol.