City News Service

The brunt of the storm is anticipated in the county Sunday into Monday, with a high potential for flash flooding in the mountains and deserts.

San Diego Thursday opened The Helm, an affordable housing development with 77 units built in collaboration with the San Diego Housing Commission.

San Diego City Councilwoman Monica Montgomery Steppe and "ReOpen San Diego" founder Amy Reichert are headed to a runoff election this November to become the next San Diego County District 4 Supervisor.

Firefighters are still working to extinguish a wildfire in the Potrero area. The blaze has burned 400-plus acres and is 10% contained as of Friday.

A city homeless encampment ban ordinance that will allow county sheriff's deputies to cite people for sleeping on public property if they refuse a shelter bed, and confiscate unlawful personal property within 24 hours' notice, takes effect Thursday.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose Thursday for the 24th consecutive day, increasing eight-tenths of a cent to $5.243.

All evacuation orders tied to the Springs Fire in eastern San Diego County have been lifted as containment improved Friday, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced.

The forward rate of spread for the Steele Fire in Rancho San Diego has been stopped and completely contained, according to Cal Fire. Evacuation orders and road closures have been lifted.

The blaze erupted for unknown reasons at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday off the 15000 block of El Monte Road in Lakeside, next to Brenna Drake's ranch.