City News Service

San Diego County is awaiting reopening data from the state Tuesday to find out if the region will remain in the second — or red — tier of the state's four tier COVID-19 reopening plan.

Pham was attacked Sunday evening after leaving a Midway-area strip club and coming upon an argument involving several people near his parked car, one of whom knifed him when he asked them to move away from the vehicle.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday for the first criminal trial to be held in San Diego Superior Court since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

San Diego County public health officials have reported 408 new COVID-19 infections and one more death from the illness, raising the county's totals to 50,551 cases and 826 fatalities.

A strong high-pressure system over the Pacific Ocean will expand over Southern California this week, weather forecasters said Sunday, bringing heat, low relative humidity and gusty winds to San Diego County, enhancing the wildfire risk.

San Diego County public health officials have reported 320 new COVID-19 infections and four more deaths from the illness, raising the county's totals to 50,143 cases, a milestone for the region, and 825 fatalities.

Mayor Todd Gloria and City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera Wednesday announced an update to San Diego's climate action initiative.

The announcement comes after a judge struck down San Diego's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying only the state can make that a requirement.

Earlier this month, supervisors unanimously voted to oppose any further placements of sexually violent predators until local jurisdictions are able to fully participate in the placement process, including having full veto authority.