City News Service

Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Nora Vargas said they proposed the initiative "to help young people in the region jumpstart their careers amid the pandemic-induced recession."

The city received $16.8 million in state and federal funds to provide relief to residents and is distributing the funds through the Chula Vista Emergency Rental Assistance Program in collaboration with South Bay Community Services.

The City of San Diego Tuesday announced plans to develop a program to promote ownership and employment opportunities in the legal cannabis industry.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed Tuesday to ask the state Department of Social Services to extend operations at the San Pasqual Academy in Escondido, which houses and educates foster youth and is slated to close in October due to declining enrollment.

Restaurants, movie theaters, fitness centers and other businesses will be able to resume indoor activities Wednesday with San Diego County advancing into the less-restrictive red tier of the state's COVID- 19 reopening blueprint.

San Diego County public health officials reported 178 new COVID-19 infections Monday, increasing the total to 265,649. No new deaths were reported. The death toll remains at 3,452.

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.