This week’s big news in our part of San Diego County was the swearing-in on Tuesday of newly elected Supervisor Paloma ...

A June incident where El Cajon police repeatedly declined to help a civilian crisis response team emphasizes the challenges ...

The decision means county mental health teams sometimes also can’t respond to crisis calls involving a threat to a single ...

A few months ago, the El Cajon Police Department quietly stopped responding to certain mental health calls. The city’s police ...