City News Service

The San Diego Unified School District postponed Monday's scheduled first day of school and rescheduled the opening for Tuesday.

The NWS issued a flood watch that will be in effect through Monday in the San Diego County mountains, deserts, valleys and coastal areas, along with the Riverside County mountains and valleys, the Coachella Valley and San Gorgonio Pass near Banning.

It's just the second time in the track's 84-year history that racing has been canceled due to weather. In 2019, a Thanksgiving Day card was called off ahead of a projected storm.

The fast-moving blaze erupted for unknown reasons around noon Thursday amid heavy winds off Coyote Holler Road in Potrero, approximately five miles north of Tecate.

Hilary was at Category 2 strength Saturday afternoon off the coast of Baja California and was expected to further weaken to a tropical storm by the time it reaches Southern California, but forecasters say the storm will still pack quite a punch.

The university plans to return to normal in-person instruction and on-campus work on Tuesday.

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.

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