City News Service

Officers with the Chula Vista Police Department arrested Jaylen Devon Fleer, 27, on Wednesday following a nearly four-month-long investigation.

San Diego County public health officials reported 501 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths related to the illness, raising the region's totals to 25,608 cases and 512 deaths

It was not immediately clear if the plane made an emergency landing or crashed, but neither occupant was injured.

Christopher Dougherty, 47, pleaded guilty earlier this year to securities fraud and grand theft charges for offering victims investment opportunities in companies he owned, then using some of their funds for his personal expenses, such as home remodeling, travel and college tuition, according to the state Department of Insurance.

Gina Champion-Cain, founder and former CEO of American National Investments, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission last summer with taking millions from investors and telling them the money would be used to support loans for people seeking California liquor licenses. Instead, she used the money for personal expenses, to fund her other businesses or to pay back other investors, prosecutors said.

Sewage-contaminated runoff in the Tijuana River has been entering the Tijuana Estuary, and observations indicate contamination of ocean water now extends from the International Border north to the Imperial Beach shoreline.

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.