City News Service

City officials in Oceanside described their drinking water as consistently "high-quality, safe and reliable" Wednesday in the hope of reassuring residents after a lawn care company ranked Oceanside's water at 198 out of 200 cities nationwide.

A woman who alleges she was shot in the face with a police projectile at last year's contentious protest at La Mesa police headquarters filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city and its police department.

San Diego County health officials issued an advisory Wednesday about ocean water quality in La Jolla, after extending a three-month beach closure Tuesay in Imperial Beach due to sewage contamination in water samples.

Gina Champion-Cain, 57, ran what prosecutors characterized in court documents as "the largest known Ponzi scheme" in the history of the Southern District of California, which encompasses San Diego and Imperial counties.

Craig Martin Voss, who previously was held on $1 million bail, was charged earlier this month with three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and one count of driving under the influence of drugs causing injury in connection with the March 15 morning crash on B Street near San Diego City College.

Most San Diego city and county offices will be closed Wednesday in observance of the Cesar Chavez Day holiday.

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.