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 ...

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

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