City News Service

Food baskets heading out to families in the San Diego Unified School District Wednesday will be sent without a letter from President Donald Trump.

Following its selection by San Diego officials to redevelop the Sports Arena site in the Midway District, Brookfield Properties and ASM Global began the Sports Arena Community Advisory Board.

A Catholic priest who oversees churches in four California counties, including San Diego, is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom and 19 other state, county and municipal officials, alleging COVID-19 restrictions on places of worship are unconstitutional.

San Diego County public health officials reported 354 new COVID-19 infections and seven deaths from the illness Wednesday.

Surfer magazine, which helped legitimize wave-riding as a global sport through its lush photography and California-cool stories, printed its final edition this month and suspended its Carlsbad-based operations.

San Diego County will remain in the second, or red, tier of the state's four-tier COVID-19 reopening plan for at least another week.

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.