San Diego County

Students in this San Diego beach town face sewage pollution that causes headaches, asthma, rashes and brain fog, as schools contend with sewage pollution from the Tijuana River.

The warden at a privately run immigrant detention center in San Diego County has authority to decide how to investigate rape reports there. A county supervisor wants to revisit the agreement giving that power to CoreCivic.

Korean War pilot Royce Williams battled Russian jets in the longest historic dogfight, kept secret for half a century. At 100 years old, he earned the Medal of Honor.

Critical infrastructure that holds up California’s foster care system is quietly collapsing in the wake of sex abuse lawsuits, leaving children at risk.

San Diego County is suing the Trump administration for illegally blocking officials from inspecting ICE detention centers. There have been ‘alarming reports’ about unsafe conditions inside the centers.

Despite hundreds of residents voicing their opposition to a contract with ICE to share the use of a police firing range, the Escondido City Council declined to cancel the agreement during a five-hour meeting on Wednesday night.

Southern California residents are noticing new license plate readers that appear to be operated by the Border Patrol. Some have had confusing encounters with agents.

Critics are urging Escondido to cancel its long-standing contract allowing ICE to use the city’s police firing range, as local governments across San Diego County differ over how much to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement under California Values Act.

Violence broke out in at least a dozen Mexican states after the slaying of a cartel kingpin known as 'El Mencho'. The instability could drive migrants to the U.S. border.

Sen. Alex Padilla and two San Diego County supervisors were blocked from inspecting the Otay Mesa Detention Center on Friday despite having received clearance from ICE days prior.