The mother of a U.S. Army officer awoke Thursday to find racist graffiti on her fence – the day she was ordered to be deported after years of fighting to stay in the place she’s called a safe home.

A new law could impact what happens in a criminal case that has gripped San Diego: Two young children, killed in a fire, after their father – who had allegedly been drinking – fell asleep in their home with a lit cigarette in his mouth.

It may already be the first week of February but on Christmas Card Lane in Rancho Penasquitos, it is still Christmas – and with good reason.