City News Service

Forecasters are predicting widespread rain over San Diego County starting Monday.

Mayor Todd Gloria announced Friday the city had reached a three-year tentative agreement with labor unions representing nearly 2/3 of the city's workforce.

Caltrans construction crews will close a series of off-ramps on Interstate 8 in East County, beginning Friday and running through Thursday, for wrong-way driver pavement marking configuration, including recessed markers.

Three orphaned bear cubs, rehabilitated by the San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center, are back in the wild since Wednesday evening.

Metrolink shut down service at 1:11 p.m. after staff noticed the debris rolling down a hillside north of Metrolink's San Clemente Pier Station, said Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson.

Teamsters were picketing outside First Transit in El Centro as of Tuesday morning, according to the local's Twitter feed. Drivers in San Diego stopped work in solidarity.

The announcement comes after a judge struck down San Diego's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying only the state can make that a requirement.

Earlier this month, supervisors unanimously voted to oppose any further placements of sexually violent predators until local jurisdictions are able to fully participate in the placement process, including having full veto authority.