City News Service

About 50 protesters gathered at the San Diego Police Department headquarters to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake, according to the San Diego Police Department.

Another heat wave is expected to grip San Diego County this week, but it will not be as hot or last as long as the record- breaking heat wave last week, according to the National Weather Service.

The San Diego-based homeless services provider is seeking to raise $200,000 for the Distance Learning Fund to assist more than 150 school-age children, according to president and CEO Deacon Jim Vargas.

Margaret Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband — former Rep. Duncan Hunter — to illegally spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal purposes, was sentenced Monday to eight months of home confinement.

Even as the COVID-19 numbers continue to improve in San Diego County, local officials say the state has not yet provided guidance regarding a framework toward reopening the county — leaving many people in limbo.

Orange County was removed from California's coronavirus monitoring list over the weekend, starting the clock for all public schools in the county to potentially reopen in early September.

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.