City News Service

An area of low pressure was expected to move into San Diego County over the next couple of days, maintaining cool conditions with gusty onshore winds over the mountains and deserts and a deep marine layer over the coast and western valleys, the National Weather Service said Sunday.

San Diego County public health officials Saturday reported 138 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 278,990 and the death toll to 3,737.

An unseasonably cool upper level trough was expected to push through San Diego County Saturday and Sunday, keeping a deep marine layer and cool conditions west of the mountains with areas of drizzle and light rain, the National Weather Service said.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County resumed increasing Saturday, rising six-tenths of a cent to $4.149, one day after a 16-day streak of increases ended when it was unchanged.

A total of 136 people were hospitalized in Friday's report, a decrease from Thursday's 151. That 136 is the lowest in at least a month.

Sheriff's officials Friday announced the arrest of the husband of a murder victim who went unidentified for nearly two decades after her legs were discovered inside a dumpster in Rancho San Diego.

Hundreds of people lined the street Monday at an Allied Gardens gas station waiting to get free gas.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning urging people to be prepared for dangerous road conditions on passes and mountain roads.

Mayor Todd Gloria and City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera Wednesday announced an update to San Diego's climate action initiative.