City News Service

The warmest day this week appeared to be Wednesday, forecasters said.

The average price has dropped 46.1 cents since rising to a record $6.435 on Oct. 5.

The tropical moisture was predicted to move across Southern California Friday night, followed by weak ridging Saturday afternoon through Sunday for warm, dry weather.

A run of 54 increases in 58 days totaling $1.045 that boosted the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County to its highest amount since Oct. 17 ended Thursday with the decrease of a half-cent to $5.989.

Not much change or slight cooling was predicted for the early and middle part of next week.

Thursday is the final day to file a claim for $543,171 in county unclaimed monies before it is rolled into the county general fund.

The announcement comes after a judge struck down San Diego's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying only the state can make that a requirement.

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.