JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tribune An F-16 Fighting Falcon took its turn dazzling the crowd at the MCAS Miramar Air Show yesterday. The event continues today.

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A former Air Force fighter pilot who logged more than 300 combat missions over Vietnam, Bill Reesman can still recall the day he became enthralled with the idea of flying. He was just 7 years old, and his father had taken him to see the Cleveland Air Races.

Mother Nature was not nice in 2007. When Santa Ana winds howled through the county's canyons in late October, they came after a second straight dry winter that had withered native vegetation and left it ready to burn.

SAN DIEGO – A woman accused of bombing the San Diego federal courthouse in May couldn't explain to investigators what was behind the explosion.

A 22-year-old student was stabbed to death and three other students were wounded during a street fight early yesterday on the San Diego State University campus.

2008 VOTE: COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Campaigns for community college board elections aren't known for getting the pulse racing. They usually draw about as much excitement as water district races. Until now.

JULIAN – In Julian, the real gold turned out to be red and round. The quaint mountain town founded during San Diego County's gold rush in 1869 has survived – and thrived – because its settlers planted apple trees while waiting to strike it rich.