Police Beat

California vowed to expedite over a dozen commonsense gun safety laws aimed to protect people following a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Gov.

A man and woman pleaded guilty to a nationwide racketeering scheme targeting the elderly that took more than $300,000 from at least 10 San Diego County residents.

The pursuit began at around 5:49 p.m. when a Chula Vista Police Officer on patrol located a white Kia Optima that was reported stolen.

The U.S. Department of Justice will also allocate $10 million in grants to help communities confront hate crimes and increase reporting of these incidents to the FBI, among other moves.

An unidentified individual pulled a knife out on a security guard at a South Bay Walmart during an attempted robbery Saturday evening.

Husband and Wife research scientists plead guilty to illegally importing potentially toxic lab chemicals and illegally forwarding confidential mRNA vaccine research to China.

Port of San Diego officials swore in Magda Fernandez, a 21-year veteran of the bay-area law enforcement agency, as Chief, and promoted 20-year department member Jeffrey Geary, as her assistant chief.

The Chula Vista Police Department seeks the public's help in identifying a man who stole thousands of dollars worth of items from an unlocked car.

The man was among five others charged with a national fraud and identity theft scheme to establish fraudulent driver accounts with multiple Internet and app-based rideshare and food delivery companies during the pandemic.

Jesus Manuel Rodriguez, 34, is suspected of gunning down  45-year-old Shelby Dorris Jr. in the 800 block of Georgia Street in Imperial Beach on Jan. 30, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.