City News Service

Military personnel continued searching Friday for five air-crew members who went missing this week when a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of San Diego.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Thursday acknowledged San Diego county's first-of-its-kind policy declaring medical misinformation a public health crisis.

A pair of orphaned bear cubs were being rehabilitated to go back to the wild and are receiving care at the San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center.

Search-and-rescue efforts continued Thursday for five military personnel who went missing this week when a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of San Diego.

The 49 COVID-19 deaths reported in the past week nearly doubled the previous week's 25, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced Wednesday.

Vyvianna Quinonez, who was arrested May 23 at the culmination of the flight from Sacramento to San Diego International Airport, faces felony charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and interference with flight crew members and attendants.

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

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.