SD Union-Tribune News

A manhunt for a registered sex offender who is a suspect in the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint in National City Wednesday afternoon ended about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when he was arrested in National City, police said.

A police SWAT team surrounded a Tierrasanta residence early Thursday where a man who was said to be suicidal has been holed up for several hours.

A proposed development of 36 houses in Mount Helix was approved by the county Board of Supervisors Wednesday despite opposition from residents who said the project doesn’t fit in their community.

About 75 people from a local carpenters union picketed Tugwell Construction in downtown San Diego Wednesday, claiming the small San Diego-based company pays substandard wages and doesn’t provide health insurance.

San Diego County supervisors unanimously adopted a new study Wednesday morning that calls for the construction of 14 fire stations and creation of a governance structure to consolidate and coordinate the county's 50-plus fire agencies.

A California Highway Patrol officer used a Taser to subdue a belligerent man at a deli Tuesday, authorities said.

With thousands of online fans around the world watching in the early morning hours, the first of the San Marcos owls took flight.

A federal appeals court has lifted a ban placed on political party donations in the city of San Diego ahead of the June 8 election.

The decision by state lawmakers to give the San Diego City Council control over the fate of a La Jolla beach where a seal colony has taken up residence was supposed to simplify a long and complicated saga.

A former NASCAR driver pleaded guilty Tuesday to leading sheriff's deputies on a freeway chase that reached 140 mph in his Corvette.

The 7.2 magnitude Easter Sunday earthquake near Mexicali produced a 4.5 aftershock at 5:38 p.m. Tuesday centered near Ocotillo and felt in San Diego County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A federal appeals court has lifted a ban placed on political party donations in the city of San Diego ahead of the June 8 election, which could open the door to unlimited contributions from parties to City Council candidates over the next few weeks.

Longer sentences and tougher parole conditions proposed in “Chelsea’s Law” targeting sex offenders would cost taxpayers little initially, but the price tag will eventually climb into the tens of millions annually, according to a pair of just-released fiscal reports.

An illegal immigrant who was sought on a felony murder warrant for a drive-by shooting Sunday in San Jose was arrested Monday while trying to leave the country at the San Ysidro border checkpoint, authorities said.

Police are investigating a report of an attempted kidnapping of a 10-year-old boy in Bay Terraces.