San Diego Union-Tribune

A man with a long history of drunken driving was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years to life in prison for colliding with and killing a pedestrian in Pacific Beach earlier this year. Full Story »

Authorities closed a section of roadway in El Cajon on Tuesday morning after a noninjury accident knocked over a utility pole. Full Story »

The University of San Diego will host a forum Thursday that features a live discussion with the state’s delegates to the global warming conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Full Story »

A man killed in a fiery crash in Torrey Pines caused by a suspected drunken driver was identified Tuesday as Jared Franklin Purton, 33, of Pacific Beach. Full Story »

A man armed with a knife robbed a Hillcrest drug store early Tuesday morning Full Story »

If city leaders are unwilling or unable to fix San Diego’s ongoing budget deficit, then voters will have to do it for them by adopting ballot measures to force the city to fire workers or drastically cut services, according to a report being released today by a citizen task force. Full Story »

It took less than three hours yesterday for an El Cajon jury to convict Jeffrey Edward Nelson of attempted murder and torture for kidnapping 76-year-old Natalie “Sandy” Herbst-Vinge one year ago. Full Story »

A widowed father of eight whose home was transformed on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is struggling to save his Encinitas house from foreclosure. Full Story »

Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at a Lakeside home Monday night. Full Story »

Meaghan Biery will give gifts via a local nonprofit agency to a couple dozen children in the name of her daughter, Addison, a year since she was strangled by a long umbilical cord, leaving her mother a death certificate instead of a birth certificate. Full Story »

Rich Grosch has been re-elected to a second one-year term as the president of the board of trustees of the San Diego Community College District. Full Story »

Criminals operating from a penitentiary in Mexico City were linked to the abduction this month of a well-known physician who was rescued late Sunday by Baja California agents, authorities said yesterday. Full Story »

About 300 Marines from the Camp Pendleton-based 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment were expected to return home last night after completing a seven-month deployment in Afghanistan. Full Story »

A pilot whale from the Caribbean island of Curacao could be destined for SeaWorld in San Diego after efforts to integrate it with pods in the area have failed. Full Story »

Sol Price, a tough-minded businessman who pioneered the concept of warehouse superstores and later became a major philanthropist in San Diego, died yesterday at age 93. Full Story »

A fire damaged a two-story home in Alpine on Monday evening, a Heartland fire dispatcher says. Full Story »

A person who heard a smoke alarm at a neighbors home called firefighters Monday afternoon, who were able to knock down the flames in about 30 minutes. Full Story »

About 200 city workers will lose their jobs and municipal services will be trimmed as part of an 18-month budget plan that the City Council finalized today in an effort to close San Diego's $179 million budget deficit. Full Story »

A group of residents who say their cars were illegally towed for the North Park Toyland Parade is demanding a refund from the city, asserting that no-parking signs were either not properly posted or were absent altogether on parts of the parad-route area. Full Story »

All but a handful of customers had their power turned back on Monday afternoon after a large outage in the Carlsbad and La Costa areas knocked out service to more than 21,000 Sunday night. Full Story »

A judge ruled Monday that a man classified as a sexually violent predator will be allowed to continue living under supervision in a trailer outside an Otay Mesa prison. Full Story »

After the rainiest week in a year, the county should get an extended dry, sunny period, according to the National Weather Service. Full Story »

Damage from a fire Sunday night that destroyed the corporate offices for Deja Vu/Showgirls and Blow Out Video have been estimated at $3 million. Full Story »

Retail visionary Sol Price whose Fed-Mart chain and Price Club membership warehouse stores paved the way for retail juggernaut Costco has died. He was 93 years old. Full Story »

A man who was shot during a violent confrontation in Lincoln Acres has been identified as 37-year-old Leonel Lonnie Flores III, the Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday. Full Story »