City News Service

The San Diego Superior Court announced Wednesday that jury trials will resume early next month as the court system works to reduce its growing backlog of criminal cases put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cloris Leachman, the prolific actress of stage and screen best known for her role as Phyllis Lindstrom on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its short-lived spinoff "Phyllis," died in her sleep of natural causes at the age of 94, her manager said Wednesday.

A former San Diego County sheriff's deputy accused of fatally shooting an unarmed, fleeing detainee outside the downtown San Diego jail was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on a second-degree murder charge.

Marriott intends to rebrand the Welk resorts in California, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, as Hyatt Residence Club properties.

With an unsettled atmospheric pattern moving out of the San Diego area, mostly dry conditions will continue Wednesday — but another significant storm is expected to move over the region Thursday night or Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Public-health officials in San Diego County reported 1,434 new COVID-19 cases and 46 deaths from the disease Tuesday.

Veterans, service members and families marked the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, with a ceremony at the museum Thursday.

A brush fire blackened scores of open acres in the area of Barnett Ranch County Preserve.

The lawsuit comes days after Fletcher announced he is taking a medical leave due to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse.