City News Service

The doubling, passed in an effort to address a looming $252.2 million deficit, is expected to bring in $800,000 each month for an average of $9.6 million annually.

Firefighters working to snuff out all remaining hot spots at the site of a wildfire that scorched some 10 square miles of remote terrain in the far southern reaches of the San Diego area over the past week had the sprawling burn zone fully contained Thursday.

Hundreds of volunteers will take to San Diego County's streets Thursday morning as the region prepares for its annual Point-In- Time Count, a yearly census of the county's homeless population.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Wednesday to convene a special meeting on the Tijuana River border pollution crisis, planned for this spring.

The land, which is in escrow but expected to close within 30 days, will be added to the city's Multiple Species Conservation Program with the intent of protecting threatened and endangered species.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to delay selection of a new chair, vice chair and pro tem until April 22, after the primary election to choose a new District 1 supervisor.

A brush fire blackened scores of open acres in the area of Barnett Ranch County Preserve.

The lawsuit comes days after Fletcher announced he is taking a medical leave due to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse.

California has been battered by 10 previous atmospheric rivers this winter.