City News Service

The unemployment rate in San Diego County increased to 4.7% in February, up from a revised 4.3% in January and above the year-ago estimate of 3.7%.

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.

It is a long-inactive commission focusing on the needs of women and recommending programs intended to fix gender inequality.

Hundreds of people lined the street Monday at an Allied Gardens gas station waiting to get free gas.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning urging people to be prepared for dangerous road conditions on passes and mountain roads.