Before the November election, the campaign supporting Proposition 36 was all about retail theft. Images of flash mob robberies on social media combined with frustrations about shampoo locked in ...

An attorney said he’s received three reports that San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez violated the policy, which ...

In California, the position of sheriff is the closest approximation to the lawless, authoritarian presidency Trump is fashioning.

ACLU lawyers and other advocates had raised questions about whether the transfer of a man with a 21-year-old assault ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include assertions made by the San Diego County Sheriff's Office after it was originally published. San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez might have ...

Ray Vogelman’s death was one of three on the board’s March agenda that have prompted lawsuits but at first no findings of ...

The proposal introduced by Supervisor Jim Desmond sought to overturn what he has referred to as the “super sanctuary” policy, ...

Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Thursday, March 6. Advocates say San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez violated state law by transferring a jail inmate to immigration agents.

The man who killed Brandon Yates was known to be violent, and was already classified as “keep separate” — not to be placed in ...

The decision came on a unanimous vote at the recommendation of Sheriff Kelly Martinez, who has been under pressure to improve jail operations and reduce the number of deaths of people in her custody.

Brandon Yates’s parents are suing San Diego County and its sheriff a year after a cellmate allegedly killed their son while ...