North County

A North County woman accused of attempting to hire someone to kill her husband is in custody, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

A criminal complaint filed in San Diego federal court states that the stabbing arose from an earlier altercation between Cuadrado and a USPS supervisor at a gas station.

The driver was “unable to avoid the skateboarder,” according to the CHP.

The City of Poway made a similar move as San Diego on Tuesday, voting to approve a ban on homeless encampments.

The last homeless census indicates 23 people live in the streets of Poway, NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports.

North County leaders met in Vista Monday morning to voice their opposition to the potential expansion of San Diego County’s harm reduction program, which is aimed at curbing the opioid epidemic in the region.

These programs are not new, but North County leaders want to make it very clear they want to tackle the drug crisis through therapy, treatment services and job rehabilitation programs.

An 18-year-old man and three teenage boys suspected of burglarizing 10 businesses in Escondido early Thursday were taken into custody following a brief predawn road chase that ended when the car they were in crashed near the intersection of Interstate 15 and State Route 78.

Three minors were among those detained early Thursday following a brief pursuit after Escondido police responded to a call of a group trying to put an ATM in a car.

Vista resident Sandra Ortiz faces charges that include DUI charges and six counts of felony child endangerment.

NBC 7’s Dana Williams was in court Thursday after the Vista mother pleaded not guilty on all charges.

The mother accused of driving under the influence at the time of her children’s deaths on a Vista freeway is scheduled to appear in court Thursday in connection with the fatalities.

A Vista mother accused of DUI and causing the deaths of her two children on a local freeway is slated to make her first appearance in court in connection with the fatalities.

The brother and sister died Sunday when they were hit by a vehicle on SR-18; their mother is in custody, reports NBC 7’s Allison Ash.

A woman who law enforcement said was driving the SUV that her two children were in before they hopped out and were killed by another driver on a Vista freeway was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

The incident occurred after their mother pulled over onto the edge of the freeway, possibly because of the luggage strapped to the top.

Thursday was the last day of school ever for students and teachers at Reynolds Elementary School in Oceanside after the district announced earlier this year that it would close for good.

A woman was killed and a man was critically injured in a house fire in Escondido.

One person was killed and another was critically injured in a house fire in Escondido.