El Cajon

53-year-old Jose Orozco was arrested on suspicion of arson after a room where he was living was lit on fire, El Cajon authorities said Saturday.

A house in El Cajon caught fire early Wednesday morning for the second time in less than two years.

A house in El Cajon caught fire for the second time in less than two years. The first time, an elderly couple and their grandson died. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes has the latest.

California is one of only five states with protections for workers during extreme heat. Now, federal protections could be on the way.

Years after a beloved cyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash, his friends and family gathered on Sunday to erect a “ghost bike” memorial at the site of where he died.

Kevin Wilson was hit and killed while biking on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2020. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright has more on the new memorial.

The 14,000-square foot property in El Cajon is slated to open in the fall of 2025. NBC 7’s Brooke Martell reports.

County leaders broke ground Thursday on East County’s first crisis stabilization unit, an alternative site where those undergoing mental health crises can recover rather than in jails or emergency rooms.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a roughly hourlong spree of predawn armed robberies that took place last week in Pacific Beach, Clairemont and El Cajon, authorities said Monday.

Three people who kidnapped two women from an El Cajon residence, then threatened and assaulted them on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel, have been sentenced to lengthy state prison terms, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said.

A two-car crash ended with one of the vehicles upside down in the backyard of a home in El Cajon. NBC 7’s Dave Summer reports on July 8, 2024.

A car involved in a crash on Interstate 8 flew off the freeway and landed in the backyard of a home in El Cajon on Monday, officials said.

El Cajon police are asking the public for help Tuesday in tracking down whoever spray-painted five parked vehicles with swastikas and other hate speech.

El Cajon police are using new technology to investigate a cold case murder from a quarter century ago.

For investigators, it is at least a potential lead and at best a break in the 26 year old case. NBC 7’s Dave Summers tells us how investigators have a new face to put to this mystery.

Two people attempting to evade police on a motorcycle were killed when the cycle crashed into two vehicles in El Cajon, authorities said.

A court-appointed doctor declared Mohammed Sabah Abdulkareem competent to stand trial. Abdulkareem agreed that he is competent, but his lawyer wants an independent evaluation of his mental standing. The judge granted that on May 2, 2024, as NBC 7’s Joey Safchik reports.

In El Cajon people in one neighborhood know how lucky they are after a small plane crashed and narrowly missed homes. NBC 7’s Todd Strain has details on the incident.

The small plane was towed away Monday morning. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez reports.

The small plane’s landing knocked out some power lines, but spared nearby homes, NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada reports.