City News Service

Twenty-seven dogs from the Lone Star state arrived at Helen Woodward Animal Center Wednesday, seeking warmer weather and a second chance at a forever home.

Starting Saturday, the vaccination pool will open for about a half-million more people, though Supervisor Nathan Fletcher cautioned that appointments would not be immediately available to everyone who qualifies.

Attorneys for the San Diego section of the CIF said Wednesday it will comply with a recent court order allowing youth sports to resume, though whether sports activities resume will largely depend on the individual schools' ability to meet COVID-19 protocols.

Tickets are expected to be sold out fast, with attendance at the Peoria Sports Complex limited for each of the Padres' 14 home spring training games to 1,960, 16% of the 12,518 capacity, because of coronavirus-related restrictions.

Residents of 31 counties in governor-declared disaster areas — including San Diego, Los Angeles and San Bernardino — now have a deadline of June 1 to apply for 2020-21 PTP.

Public-health officials in San Diego County have reported 454 new COVID-19 cases and 29 more deaths from the pandemic as a new vaccination site opened in Otay Mesa and an inoculation "super station" at Petco Park reopened following a five-day closure caused by weather-related delays in shipments of doses.

There were no reports of any damage or public threats related to the quake.

The plan calls for a permanent center that migrants and asylum seekers can use while they finalize travel arrangements to other parts of the country.

There have been 16 earthquakes reported near El Centro and Imperial since midnight.