City News Service

A mild late-winter storm brought rain and dustings of mountain snow to the San Diego area Thursday.

Police have notified the state Department of Fish and Wildlife of the presence of a cougar in the city, police said.

The streak of increases to the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County was extended Thursday to 10 days with an increase of three-tenths of a cent to $4.915, its highest amount since Dec. 5.

A landslide on private property above the city-owned Mariposa Trail Pedestrian Bridge led to debris on the tracks on Jan. 24, halting all rail service.

A San Diego man who allegedly smuggled potent greenhouse gases from Mexico into the United States is the first in the nation to ever be prosecuted under a recently enacted law aimed at curbing climate change, it was announced Monday.

Along the coast, mostly cloudy conditions are expected this week, with daytime highs in the low to mid-60s.

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive-heat warning, effective from 10 a.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. next Monday.

The department is looking to fill over 400 positions, and willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in signing bonuses to attract new employees.

It's going to feel a lot like summer across much of San Diego County starting Wednesday.