City News Service

An excessive heat warning will be in effect in the western valleys, the mountains and the deserts from 10 a.m. Friday through 8 p.m. Monday. Another excessive heat warning for coastal areas will run from 10 a.m. Saturday through 8 p.m. Monday.

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.

California has been battered by 10 previous atmospheric rivers this winter.

The latest in-custody death comes on the heels of news that a sheriff’s deputy was arrested for allegedly having illegal drugs on county jail property.

Officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a statement in response to Southwest's cancellations, noting that the department will be looking into the situation.