City News Service

According to a Department of Labor statement, the companies "engaged in similar schemes to exploit workers and circumvent the FLSA, including using affiliates in Mexico to pay their employees as if they worked in Mexico, not in the U.S."

The former officer was later charged with a felony count of filing a false police report, though an El Cajon jury acquitted him last year. He faced three years in prison had he been convicted.

Researchers found that during the period when the "in-person" economy was shut down, neighborhoods with high Asian and Hispanic populations experienced disproportionately large declines in air pollution. That means the inverse is true when it's business as usual.

The average price has dropped 14 cents over the past nine days, including 1.8 cents Wednesday.

Temperatures are expected to push triple-digits in some areas into Friday.

The park's water system supplies 37 service connections, including the office, ranger residence, 32 recreational vehicle spaces and three public restrooms, with an average daily population of 100 persons.

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.