City News Service

The blaze, dubbed the Border 32 Fire, was about 20% contained as 7 a.m. Friday, according to Cal Fire.

The extreme heat and low humidity could create elevated fire weather conditions as well, NWS forecasters said.

Ag Pass cards will identify farmers and ranchers to firefighters, law enforcement agencies — including the California Highway Patrol and county sheriff's deputies — and other emergency personnel.

August will end on a high note in the San Diego area — extremely high temperatures, that is.

The San Diego Unified School District welcomed students back to classrooms Monday with expanded Universal Transitional Kindergarten at 118 schools.

The county's latest numbers show that 85.5% of children between the ages of 12 and 17 have received at least one dose of a vaccine, compared to 47.3% for children between 5 and 11 and just 9.1% for children six months to 4 years old.

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive-heat warning, effective from 10 a.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. next Monday.

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.