City News Service

As an intense late-summer heat wave descends on inland San Diego County Tuesday, the San Diego Humane Society reminded county residents to take precautions with their animals.

The Oceanside Police Department Tuesday announced it has begun its Drone as First Responder pilot program, where a drone operated from a rooftop in the city can be dispatched to incidents to provide video and information to officers before they respond.

Home sales increased in San Diego County in July, while declining statewide, the California Association of Realtors announced Tuesday.

Across the inland valleys and in the mountains, meanwhile, the temperatures are likely to climb into the mid-90s to around 100 degrees or a little higher, according to meteorologists.

The San Diego Association of Governments Tuesday began a four-year pilot project to offer an electric, on-demand transportation service in Southeast San Diego.

The city has begun working to allow the Chula Vista Homeless Outreach Team to clean up encampments on freeway ramps in the South Bay city — a task previously allowed only by Caltrans crews with a few exceptions.

The proposed law, SB 554, is titled “Safety Before Criminal Sanctuary,” and is a direct response to a policy passed by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors last December.

The two occupants of the aircraft have been rescued and transported to UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest for evaluations.

A dense fog advisory was issued by the National Weather Service for San Diego County's coastal areas until 10 a.m. Friday.