City News Service

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.

The water contact closure has been downgraded to an advisory for the Silver Strand State Beach at the Imperial Beach Shoreline, North End and Avenida Lunar.

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

The lawsuit comes days after Fletcher announced he is taking a medical leave due to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse.

California has been battered by 10 previous atmospheric rivers this winter.