City News Service

A health-care company doing business in San Diego County could face repercussions in coming weeks as a congressional committee overseeing the COVID-19 pandemic has opened an investigation over reports it administered vaccines to wealthy people who were not eligible to receive them.

San Diego County public health officials reported 352 new COVID-19 cases and 25 additional deaths Wednesday as health care sites await more vaccines, including the one-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.

Authorities Wednesday released the name of a Navy man who died in a freeway pileup involving a convoy of military trucks en route to Camp Pendleton.

Supervisor Joel Anderson, who co-sponsored the proposal with board Chair Nathan Fletcher, said the investment means the 98-acre parcel of land in Lakeside "will be restored to its full potential."

A storm system will move into San Diego County Wednesday, bringing rain showers throughout the county along with gusty winds and a touch of snow in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service.

The bill would require that court proceedings remain public for the civil commitments of Sexually Violent Predators — or SVPs — offenders convicted of sexually violent offenses and diagnosed with a mental disorder that makes them likely to re-offend, according to Sen. Patricia Bates, R-Laguna Niguel.

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.