The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to proceed with landing but came up short and crashed into a neighborhood.

Dense fog had rolled into the area around the time the plane was approaching the airport. Visibility was at half a mile at 3:55 a.m. and had dropped to a quarter of a mile just after 4 a.m. in the area around Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, which is just a few miles north of the crash site, according to the National Weather Service.

Music executive Dave Shapiro, whose clients have included Sum 41, Dave Navarro, Hanson and Bush, was among the people killed in a plane crash in San Diego.

De vuelta en el Navy Exchange, los trabajadores de Liberty Military Housing recorrieron el estacionamiento repartiendo comida y donas a las familias evacuadas. La agencia, que administra las propiedades de Murphy Canyon, estaba trabajando para ayudar a más de tres docenas de familias a encontrar alojamiento temporal.

Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a San Diego plane crash. He was 42.

Dozens of pets are reunited and cared for by the San Diego Humane Society after the Tierrasanta plane crash. Read about their incredible rescue efforts.

Daniel Williams, the former drummer for The Devil Wears Prada, was among the victims of a fatal plane crash in San Diego. The band paid tribute to the musician, writing, 'We owe you everything.'

The weather alert system and runway lights weren’t working at a foggy San Diego airport where a private jet was planning to land before it crashed into a neighborhood, NTSB officials said Friday, adding that they haven’t yet determined the cause of the crash.

Researchers have located the wrecks of two long-lost military vehicles on the seafloor a few miles from San Diego: an American submarine that sank during a training accident in 1917, and a U.S. Navy training aircraft that crashed nearby in 1950.

Word of arrests started coming in Wednesday, when a 22-year-old man from Venezuela was arrested as he exited the courtroom where his case had been dismissed by a judge, said his attorney, Michael Hirman. The man was only identified as José due to safety concerns.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather early Thursday, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks, authorities said.