Times of San Diego

A pilot was able to get out of the wreckage of the light plane he had been flying Thursday after it crashed onto a city street in eastern San Diego County. The single-engine Cessna 195 went down shortly after 10:30 a.m. between two bridges separating the eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 8 over Greenfield Drive in El Cajon, Heartland Fire & Rescue spokesman Andy McKellar said.

Qualcomm is considering a return to the server market with a new chip in a bid to decrease its reliance on smartphones, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with its plan. Shares of San Diego-based Qualcomm rose nearly 3% in afternoon trading. The chipmaker is seeking customers for...

Jack Murphy was a mover and shaker in San Diego’s sports world. His statue once greeted fans exiting the trolley at the main entrance of “the Murph,” a nickname attached to former Qualcomm Stadium. Now you can see the statue of the veteran sports editor and columnist...

Three orphaned California black bear cubs, transferred to San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center for rehabilitation about a month ago, have passed their health exams and have been housed together to grow strong until they are ready for the wild, it was announced Thursday. The cubs are playing...

San Diego State has announced a seven-year agreement with Cox Business as a founding partner of Snapdragon Stadium at SDSU Mission Valley. San Diego State athletic director John David Wicker noted SDSU’s “long history together” with Cox. “The partnership will provide fans in the Cox Business Club...

The semester is about to start, but if you are faculty at the CSU, it’s hard to generate any enthusiasm. It’s not that we don’t like teaching or research. Generally, we love both, and we are very good at both. It’s that our bosses, the administration, think...

The body of a female was discovered by firefighters working a brush fire in the Morena neighborhood Thursday. San Diego Fire & Rescue crews responded to reports of flames coming from the hillside on Friars Road near Morena Boulevard around 2:50 a.m. An unidentified burned body was found after the...

An 18-year-old man suspected of taking part in a San Diego street takeover with a minor in his vehicle was in custody Wednesday and facing felony child endangerment charges. Around 10 p.m. on Saturday, San Diego Police and California Highway Patrol officers learned of six locations where takeovers were planned and spotted a white 2010 Dodge Charger performing burnouts at the intersection of Garnet Avenue and Mission Bay Drive, according to Lt. Dan Hall of the SDPD.

Authorities Wednesday publicly identified the 27-year-old man who was fatally shot by an unknown assailant at a Lincoln Park-area apartment complex. Patrol officers responding to a report of gunfire shortly before 9:30 p.m. Friday found Tre’Von Stewart-Jordan gravely wounded in the 4900 block of Logan Avenue, according to the San Diego Police Department.

The last text message Darin Taylor Hoover sent his mother from Kabul’s airport a year ago was short but one she still reads every day. “Mamma I’m safe, I love you,” the 31-year-old Marine Corps staff sergeant wrote as he worked to keep some semblance of order while thousands of desperate Afghans tried to get on the last few evacuation flights.

What do you do with a stray cat that crosses your path?. Or in the case of the San Diego Humane Society, what do you do with 2,381 cats that entered their program last year for free-roaming felines?. And these are just a portion of the more than 9,500 cats...

A man arrested in San Diego during a nationwide sex trafficking sting has been charged by federal prosecutors with trafficking a 15-year-old girl. The arrest was part of “Operation Cross Country,” which was conducted earlier this month by the FBI and local law enforcement agencies. Officials said the...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday discussed enhancing a program to make decorative identification signs more affordable for unincorporated communities, including possible fee waivers. Supervisors unanimously directed staff to return with a proposed ordinance in three months. The county will also look into prioritizing funding for lower-income communities,...

For decades, experts have debated the impact of energy consumption, along with other human activities, on the overall impact to the environment. Regardless of one’s view, as population increases, the veracity of weather events seemingly intensifies with every report. Given this reality, it is important that we take a...

A man who pleaded guilty to taking part in a nationwide racketeering scheme targeting the elderly, which took more than $300,000 from at least 10 San Diego County residents, was sentenced Wednesday to nearly four years in federal prison. Jack Owuor, 25, of the city of Paramount in Los Angeles...

Fourteenth in a series republished with permission from the San Diego County Water Authority‘s website. Whether you installed a new water-saving landscape or are just looking for tips on how to conserve in your existing landscape, here are ways to maintain your landscape while saving water. Plan ahead. Keep...

A Hemet man suspected of killing a 47-year-old woman whose remains were later found stuffed in a vehicle was booked into a Riverside County jail Wednesday following his detention at a San Diego County facility. Michael Lee Lorence was arrested last week on suspicion of murder for the death of...

The first statewide Flex Alert of the summer occurred Wednesday afternoon amid a heat wave across the West. There’s no way to predict if there will be more, but here are six tips provided by San Diego Gas & Electric for reducing your use of electricity while staying cool on future hot days.

A federal judge has ruled that a new trial may be held to determine how much money should be awarded to the family of a man who died following his arrest by San Diego County sheriff’s deputies seven years ago. The ruling issued this week from U.S. District Judge...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to apply for $11.6 million in state funding to upgrade the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park. If the county receives the grant from the California Natural Resources Agency, it will apply it toward a planned $37 million improvement project at the park, according to board Chairman Nathan Fletcher’s office.