Even before she was sworn in as the 31st sheriff of San Diego County, the first woman to hold that job, Kelly A. Martinez knew the work ahead would be arduous. Martinez stepped in three years ago next ...

When someone dies in a San Diego County jail, the public typically learns only the basics: a name, an age, the charges that ...

Authorities Monday publicly identified an inmate who died last week after suffering some an undetermined type of health crisis at San Diego Central Jail. Deputies performing routine rounds found ...

Take a look at some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from across San Diego County.

The central jail on Front Street in downtown San Diego. (File photo by Chris Stone) A ruling on the cause of the death of an 82-year-old inmate discovered dead of unknown causes in his cell at the San ...

Calls for change and accountability are expected to be made Monday in response to what the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office says was the humiliating and illegal search of incarcerated women. An ...