Escondido Police

With the most divisive national election in generations just days away, San Diego-area law enforcement officials expressed confidence this week that they are prepared should the long-simmering divisions boil over into clashes on the streets as ballots are cast and counted.

A 30-year-old man was behind bars after he was found in Escondido with weapons, a ballistic vest and other gear he allegedly stole from a law enforcement officer in San Diego.

A man charged with a deadly Passover shooting at a Southern California synagogue has formally pleaded not guilty to murder.

A 20-year-old former college student will stand trial on charges of firing an assault rifle inside a synagogue, killing one woman and injuring three, including a rabbi and an 8-year-old girl, a judge ruled Friday.

A judge decided that the Poway synagogue shooter will stand trial. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan has the latest information.

Burglars targeted an optometry office in Mira Mesa, the seventh burglary of its kind since July.

Police are investigating another optometry store break-in, this time in Carmel Mountain Ranch.

Police are investigating two separate burglaries at optometry stores at two ends of San Diego County Thursday morning.

An optometry office was broken into overnight Friday, the San Diego Police Department said.

NBC 7’s Liberty Zabala reports from Sorrento Valley where surveillance video shows 4 burglars taking dozens of frames from an Optometry store.

Not everyone knows their limit when it comes to alcohol, so Escondido police were out helping the evening crowd become more familiar.

Escondido police officers were letting drinkers blow into breathalyzers, but not because they were in trouble. NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes has more.

A stolen car investigation prompted a heavy law enforcement response from both local and federal agencies in Escondido late Tuesday.

Agents and officers with CBP, Escondido police, SDSO, and at least one U.S. Secret Service agent were at the scene. NBC 7’s Liberty Zabala reports.

Authorities arrested six men accused of making arrangements over the internet to trade money for sex, the department announced.

An Oceanside doctor is accused of targeting women online for sex. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado has the details.

A man was shot following a Fourth of July fireworks show in Escondido Thursday night, Escondido police said.

Escondido police are trying to figure out who shot a man and where it happened. The challenging part is that it happened during last night’s fireworks. NBC 7 Allison Ash has the story.

NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has more.