Jules Hotz for CalMatters
In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that two of their leaders join its governing committee.
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The excessive heat warning will be in effect until 9 p.m. Friday. The hottest days are expected to be on Thursday and Friday. -
Doctors on the front lines of California’s homelessness and mental health crises are using monthly injections to treat psychosis in their most vulnerable patients. -
San Diego Gas & Electric alerted customers to a text-message utility scam trying to defraud local utility customers. -
The San Diego County deserts will experience dangerously hot conditions with temperatures from 108 to 113 expected Wednesday. -
By Wednesday, the National Weather Service says most of an area stretching from southeast California to central Arizona will see “easily their hottest” weather since last September. -
Palomar Health has agreed to pay $250,000 to resolve allegations that fentanyl was diverted from one of its facilities in Escondido. -
Friday is the last day to apply for a part of $1.16 million grant, provided by the Realtors Relief Foundation to assist flood survivors. -
About 100 San Diegans are part of a class action lawsuit against the city, alleging its “utter failure” to maintain Chollas Creek flood control infrastructure. -
The suspension takes effect at 8 a.m. Saturday and suspends all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris such as branches and leaves, CalFire officials said. -
New software allows officials to issue more precise evacuation alerts in San Diego County.
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