City News Service

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday that Southern California shoreline segments affected by an oil spill have been returned to their original condition.

Despite a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations over the weekend, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency Tuesday followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance recommending people testing positive for the virus isolate for just five days, rather than the previous 10.

Just hours before kickoff, the SDCCU Holiday Bowl between UCLA and North Carolina State at Petco Park was abruptly canceled Tuesday due to COVID-19 issues within the Bruins football program.

The latest winter storm due in Tuesday tonight is expected to bring chilly temperatures countywide and significant snowfall in the mountains, the National Weather Service said.

Authorities confirmed Tuesday that the small airplane that crashed in a neighborhood near El Cajon was carrying four people and no survivors from the plane have been found.

San Diego County's number of coronavirus cases surged over the weekend, officials said, while the number of county residents hospitalized with COVID-19 surpassed 400, according to the latest data.

The latest in-custody death comes on the heels of news that a sheriff’s deputy was arrested for allegedly having illegal drugs on county jail property.

Officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a statement in response to Southwest's cancellations, noting that the department will be looking into the situation.

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