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San Diego County voters have a lot to consider this election cycle, from which politicians will represent them on the local and national scale to a slew of measures — enough to use nearly the full alphabet. Here are the most noteworthy races and measures to keep an eye on as the ballots are tallied.

County health officials are reminding San Diegans to celebrate Halloween safely during the coronavirus pandemic.

To ease capacity, superpoll locations will be open for four days, from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Polls, as usual, will also be open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

County public health officer Dr. Wilma Wooten has signed eight cease-and-desist orders in anticipation of planned Halloween parties in the College Area.

A California Highway Patrol captain was arrested last week in the city of Carlsbad for an alleged domestic violence incident, law enforcement officials confirmed Friday.

Officials were notified Thursday morning of the discovery of possible human remains on Fiesta Island, San Diego Police said.

Steve Smiley has stood outside the Rancho Bernardo Community Park almost every night for the past few months. He waved at every car and spoke to anyone who wanted to know about his sign: “Stephen Smiley needs a kidney! Can you help? “I was hopeful that I’d get some response, but I wasn’t sure what would happen,” Smiley said....

Jeopardy!’s newest champion, Carmela Chan, who grew up in Rancho Peñasquitos, Poway and Carmel Valley, was — no surprise — a dedicated viewer of the show airing on NBC 7.