A man was killed today when the raised bin of the dump truck he’d driven to the Miramar Landfill fell on him, crushing him against the frame of the vehicle, authorities reported.
A tsunami advisory is in effect which includes the coastal areas of California and Oregon following a powerful 8.3 earthquake in the South Pacific near American Samoa.
A long-running lawsuit between an Oceanside lesbian couple and two doctors that pitted the civil rights of same-sex couples against religious freedom for physicians has been settled.
Military prosecutors dropped a murder charge yesterday against Sgt. Jermaine Nelson, the last of three Camp Pendleton Marines accused in the execution-style killings of four enemy insurgents in house-to-house fighting five years ago in Fallujah, Iraq. His lawyer says he may face no punishment at all.
Toyota Motor Corp. said yesterday it plans to recall 3.8 million vehicles, the largest U.S. recall in the automaker’s history, over floor mats that may cause uncontrollable acceleration.
As the nation’s economy has plunged, the northbound flow of illegal border crossers has continued to ebb, with border-crossing apprehensions at a low not seen in almost a quarter-century.
Runaway-car incidents like the one that killed four members of a family in Santee last month happen often enough that they have their own acronym in vehicle-safety circles: SUA.
Local Samoans were desperately trying to reach family members in their devastated homeland yesterday.
Elected officials from Carlsbad joined local residents and two congressional candidates yesterday in calling on the California Energy Commission not to approve a new beachfront power plant in Carlsbad.
The San Diego City Treasurer’s Office yesterday said airport board Chairman Bob Watkins failed to pay city taxes on two businesses, and that it plans to investigate two more.