City News Service

The rate increases include withdrawals from the authority's Rate Stabilization Fund — created in 1990 to help avoid rate spikes, especially those driven by reduced water sales.

The numbers represent only the cases reported to county or hospital sites. As the proliferation of at-home tests has increased, the actual number of infections is likely higher.

According to the foundation, San Diego County's 28 senior centers serve only 8% of the older adult population.

An unknown person made the telephone threat against Del Norte High School via a call to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department in the early afternoon, a lieutenant said.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline dropped two-tenths of a cent Thursday to $6.018.

A man and woman charged in a nationwide racketeering scheme targeting the elderly that took more than $300,000 from at least 10 San Diego County residents pleaded guilty to federal charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.

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.