City News Service

The City Council voted unanimously to approve borrowing $40 million from the state to help build a $77 million green waste recycling plant in Miramar expected to serve the region's composting needs.

The U.S. advanced to the semifinal of the biennial international championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region by winning a penalty kick shootout over Canada, 3-2, Sunday in Cincinnati after overtime ended in a 2-2 tie

The La Mesa City Council has advanced a draft ordinance requiring residents to keep firearms locked away or disabled with a trigger lock unless carried by — or near — an authorized user in the home.

Due to the potentially hazardous conditions, the agency has issued an excessive-heat warning, effective through 8 p.m. Monday for desert and mountain areas.

Mayor Todd Gloria was nominated Tuesday by President Joe Biden to serve on the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees, the independent federal agency which selects Truman Scholars.

Passenger rail service through San Clemente, which has been halted since early June due to debris and dirt falling on the tracks from an unstable hillside above, will resume Monday, transit officials announced Tuesday.

Hundreds of people lined the street Monday at an Allied Gardens gas station waiting to get free gas.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning urging people to be prepared for dangerous road conditions on passes and mountain roads.

Mayor Todd Gloria and City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera Wednesday announced an update to San Diego's climate action initiative.