City News Service

A boil water notice caused by an extended water outage from a main pipeline remained in effect Friday for the Encanto community, city of San Diego officials announced.

Fifteen more vaccinated California residents — including three from Los Angeles County and one each from Orange, San Diego and Riverside counties — were chosen by the state Friday to receive $50,000 prizes in a COVID-19 vaccine incentive program.

San Diego County public health officials reported 111 new COVID-19 infections and one death Thursday as first-dose vaccinations inch closer to a county-set goal of inoculating 75% of the eligible population.

The San Diego County District Attorney's Office issued a warning Thursday regarding advertisements popping up on social media websites offering fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, the purveyors of which could face criminal prosecution.

How and why Sandra Daniels was driving on the wrong side of the interstate — at speeds as fast as 90 mph, witnesses told the CHP — remains under investigation.

In addition to appealing U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez's order that found the ban unconstitutional, California will ask the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to extend the current 30-day stay of the ban, which Benitez issued along with his ruling last Friday.

The announcement comes after a judge struck down San Diego's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying only the state can make that a requirement.

Earlier this month, supervisors unanimously voted to oppose any further placements of sexually violent predators until local jurisdictions are able to fully participate in the placement process, including having full veto authority.