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Pothole, faulty crosswalk claims cost city $500K to 2 injured women

A bicyclist was hurt after she hit a pothole, and another woman says she was hit by a driver in a crosswalk whose pedestrian-activated lights didn't work properly.

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Ex-Baja California state police officer sentenced for cocaine importation

A former Baja California state police officer who tried to drive through the San Ysidro Port of Entry in a drug-laden vehicle was sentenced

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Man sentenced to nearly 7 years for setting cars on fire at Fox5 San Diego

Dimitrius Cannon, 42, pleaded guilty to arson for Feb. 26 fires that damaged three cars and more at the Kearny Mesa site

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Driver convicted of murder, DUI in death of man struck in University Heights

Brandon Allen Janik, 38, ran a red light and struck Joshua Gilliland, 47, as the victim crossed El Cajon Boulevard in June 2023

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San Diego Border Patrol agent granted immunity, cleared in fatal crash

The Border Patrol agent claimed and was granted immunity from state charges under the supremacy clause of the Constitution

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Former Granite Hills High teacher sentenced in sex misconduct case

Gerald Lopez, 56, was sentenced Wednesday to six months in county jail for the case involving a former student, then 17

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Nearly 6 years after young man’s death in jail, county agrees to pay $5M just before trial

Michael Wilson, 32, went days without the heart medication he relied on for a lifelong condition. His family's lawyer said the case could have settled far sooner for less.

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‘Fat Leonard’ will soon learn his fate. But will he pay for the Navy’s worst corruption scandal?

Leonard Glenn Francis is expected to be sentenced to more prison time and be ordered to pay at least $20 million in restitution to U.S. Navy

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Bribery scandal involving former NAVWAR employee widens with new indictment

A San Diego federal grand jury charged Cask Technologies, LLC and a former company executive with bribing a government employee

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Prosecutors allege Navy sailor’s killing stemmed from nightclub fight

Ta'Kari Terell Benness, 20, pleaded not guilty in the slaying of operations specialist seaman apprentice Albert Soto, 18, in San Diego

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Lawsuit says probation officers abused 16-year-old boy in juvenile detention

His attorney says the county failed to protect the boy from being abused by two different officers back in 2012 on several separate occasions.

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No charges for protesters arrested after spring raid of UCSD Gaza encampment

Sixty-four people — most of them students — were arrested after police tore down protesters' tent city in May and clashed with their supporters.

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San Diego paying out $1.5M for injury lawsuits, inaccurate maps given to piping contractor

The largest payout — $1.26 million — goes to Orion Construction of Vista to cover the costs of spending several months longer than expected replacing water mains and sewer lines in Mission Beach.

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A fraudster from the South Bay got clemency from Trump. She was just convicted of fraud again.

Adriana Camberos, known as Adriana Shayota when former President Donald Trump commuted her prison sentence, was convicted Friday for a new fraud scheme