City News Service

A heat wave that appears likely for inland San Diego County beginning early next week, especially for the deserts, could last a week or more.

Slow warming is likely to begin during the weekend with greater warming for next week.

Volunteers flocked to San Diego County beaches Wednesday to clean up the mess left by Fourth of July beachgoers, collecting 2,832 pounds of trash.

County Supervisor Chair Nora Vargas and Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer continued pushing to have the transboundary sewage pollution from the Tijuana River declared a federal emergency, following the closure of several county beaches on the Fourth of July.

A mandatory evacuation was implemented in the lightly populated area, resulting in 15 homes being evacuated in the vicinity of Sandia Creek and El Prado.

The slow cooling trend in San Diego County continues Wednesday through Friday.

There have been 16 earthquakes reported near El Centro and Imperial since midnight.

Veterans, service members and families marked the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, with a ceremony at the museum Thursday.

A brush fire blackened scores of open acres in the area of Barnett Ranch County Preserve.