City News Service

According to the EDD, total non-farm employment in San Diego County decreased by 2,200 jobs — from 1,357,000 to 1,355,000 — while farm employment remained unchanged.

Scorching heat is expected to continue Friday in San Diego County's inland areas, but relief is expected this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

County health officials reported three new community outbreaks Wednesday, bringing the number of outbreaks in the past week to 16.

A wildfire erupted amid a scorching summer heat wave Thursday in a sparsely developed area at the San Diego-Riverside county line, blackening dozens of open acres but causing no reported structural damage.

The study, published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, found minority students attain 0.8 additional years of education where affirmative action policies are in place. The study underscores previous work on affirmative action which shows the opportunity to be admitted to college may motivate students to graduate from high school.

Mike Fournier was piloting a Bell UH-1 helicopter, contracted to perform water drops over a brushfire in Central California when the airship crashed around 10 a.m. Wednesday in Coalinga, an hour southwest of Fresno.

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.