City News Service

Officials from Lake Elsinore and representatives from a water treatment company that deployed a system earlier this year to eliminate algae and other impurities in the 3,300-acre water body will hold a "Global Water Summit" a week from Tuesday to highlight progress in the transformation process.

A convicted felon accused of trying to arrange a sexual encounter with an underage girl — who was actually an undercover law enforcement officer involved in an online predator sting

A 27-year-old San Diego police officer who was severely injured in the line of duty last week in a fiery Clairemont Mesa-area traffic crash that also killed a fellow officer and a teenage motorist was continuing his recovery at home Wednesday following his release from a hospital.

An evacuation warning was in place Monday in the Poppet Flats area of San Jacinto as firefighters battled a 517-acre brush fire that authorities believed was human-caused.

Riverside County supervisors Tuesday signaled that municipalities that contract with the Department of Animal Services need to start finding solutions to their stray pet overpopulation problems instead of always leaning on the county, causing it to suffer adverse publicity, especially on euthanasia rates.