City News Service

San Diego County expects a mild week: mid-70s along the coast, upper 70s inland, and upper 60s in the mountains. Clear skies and sunshine.

Scripps Institution secures $6.5M grant from NOAA to enhance Earth science studies, advancing geodesy education and updating spatial reference systems.

Water contact closures have been issued for Imperial Beach Shorelines, Silver Strand Shoreline, Coronado Shoreline and Tijuana Slough Shoreline.

It is 9.4 cents less than one week ago and 40.4 cents lower than one month ago, but 8.4 cents more than one year ago.

The Trojans will face the Cardinals at 44th DIRECTV Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27 at Petco Park. Game airs on Fox at 5 p.m. First meeting between the two teams.

The state detected the tree-killing bacterial disease during routine inspections. It is a major threat to San Diego County's $138 million annual citrus crop.

Earlier this month, supervisors unanimously voted to oppose any further placements of sexually violent predators until local jurisdictions are able to fully participate in the placement process, including having full veto authority.