City News Service

National Night Out is held annually to promote community building, police and community partnerships, and neighborhood camaraderie.

El Capitan County Preserve in Lakeside and Mt. Gower County Preserve in Ramona will be closed this month. These closures are undertaken every year.

Sweltering conditions are continuing in some parts of San Diego County, with multiple heat warnings issued this week, forecasters said Tuesday.

A document acquisition and storage service is now available for homeless people in San Diego, a nonprofit agency.

In an effort to ease animal shelter overcrowding, the San Diego Humane Society is sponsoring its 32nd annual photo calendar fundraiser to raise $125,000.

Blood drives will be held through Aug. 31 at various locations in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, Imperial Beach, La Jolla, La Mesa, Oceanside, Poway, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach and Vista.

A brush fire blackened scores of open acres in the area of Barnett Ranch County Preserve.

The lawsuit comes days after Fletcher announced he is taking a medical leave due to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse.

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