City News Service

County health officials also reported two new community outbreaks Thursday, bringing the number of outbreaks in the past week to 17.

The city of Carlsbad announced Thursday it was temporarily suspending its collection fees for sidewalk cafes, outdoor displays and curbside cafe permits to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Raymond Liddy — a former deputy attorney general and a son of central Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy — was sentenced Wednesday in San Diego federal court to five years of probation for possessing child pornography at his Coronado home.

A strong, high-pressure system will build over California on Friday and begin ushering in the sweltering conditions over Labor Day weekend.

Luke Wood, SDSU's vice president for student affairs and campus diversity, said all 200 in-person classes — mostly lab work classes — would move online, and all students who have moved into campus housing would be able to move out if they so choose.

The nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Carl Vinson returned to its home port of Naval Air Station North Island on Wednesday after 17 months of retrofitting at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

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.