City News Service

Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced Friday that San Diego will open its outdoor playgrounds Saturday, Oct. 3.

San Diego County public health officials reported 306 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths Friday, raising the county's totals to 47,791 cases and 794 fatalities as the city of San Diego plans to reopen its 289 playgrounds.

Triple digit temperatures are expected again today in most of San Diego County, but cooler weather will arrive this weekend and last into next week, according to the National Weather Service.

A COVID-19 vaccine trial sponsored by drugmaker Johnson & Johnson is slated to get underway soon in San Diego, and will include an estimated 2,000 participants at UC San Diego Health.

The San Diego State University football team received its schedule from the Mountain West Conference Thursday as the Aztecs prepare for a football season unlike any they have seen before.

San Diego County public health officials have reported 305 new cases of COVID-19 and nine additional deaths, raising the county's totals to 47,485 cases and 792 fatalities.

It is a long-inactive commission focusing on the needs of women and recommending programs intended to fix gender inequality.

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.