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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Superior Court system will be postponing all civil jury trials for the next 30 days in order to meet state health guidelines regarding large crowds in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, court officials said today. The court system is instituting the trial postponements to reduce the number of prospective jurors coming in and out of county courthouses over the next month, according to the San Diego County Superior Court. The announcement came on the same day San Diego city and county...
While concerts, sporting events and other large public gatherings were beginning to be cancelled across the country Thursday amid concerns that COVID-19 has begun to spread in the community, Fallbrook-area schools had no immediate plans to cancel classes — yet. No school districts in San Diego County had announced school closures as of Thursday, but other school systems across the country, including all schools in the states of Maine and Ohio, were beginning to announce shutdowns. Meanwhile, San Diego County health officials...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The city and county of San Diego declared public health emergencies today, banning all mass gatherings of 250 or more people and announcing five new confirmed coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. Those five cases include a woman in her 70s who was aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship and is in home isolation; a man in his 50s with a travel history to Colorado; a man in his 40s with a possible travel history to Colorado who is under investigation; a woman in her 70s — also a passenger on the ship — who...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Governor Gavin Newsom appeared to confirm today that one of the passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship in quarantine at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar has tested positive for novel coronavirus. "We are aware of a number of people who have tested positive that have come off ship in addition to the 21 who were originally tested," Gov. Newsom said. "Two that were passengers, 19 that were crew members, one in Canada and one down in Miramar, but that information is coming in real time. That's all I...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Major League Baseball announced today the opening of the 2020 regular season will be delayed by at least two weeks due to the coronavirus, adding the league to the list of sporting events being impacted by the outbreak. "This action is being taken in the interests of the safety and well-being of our players, clubs and our millions of loyal fans,'' according to a league statement. "MLB will continue to evaluate ongoing events leading up to the start of the season." The league also canceled all remaining Sprin...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Citing concerns about the novel coronavirus and "out of an abundance of caution," San Diego State University suspended all of its spring sports today. The Mountain West Conference will suspend spring sports, as well. All team activities, including games, tournaments and practices are suspended for this weekend and SDSU officials say they will continue to monitor the situation. "At this time, there are no confirmed COVID-19 cases in the SDSU community. However, out of an abundance of caution, these...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Amid continued concerns about the coronavirus, more event cancellations and postponements were announced today, including the Kyoto Prize Symposium at UC San Diego and the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering at Miramar College, which was scheduled for Saturday. The Kyoto Prize symposium, which attracts international leaders in advanced technology, astrophysical sciences and theater, was planned for March 18-19. It will be rescheduled, according to a UCSD Twitter post that did not specify a new...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County supervisors today unanimously approved the $1.1 million purchase of a nearly seven-acre parcel for a park in Fallbrook. The 6.8-acre property, owned by Barr Ranch LLC, is located south of Fallbrook Road between Morro and Golden roads. Supervisor Jim Desmond, whose district includes Fallbrook, said the town doesn't have enough parks. He added the county will hold meetings with residents to see what kind of amenities residents would like included. He said some early requests include playgrounds and a...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved an ordinance to establish urban agriculture incentive zones, under which a tax reduction is given to residents who set up a small farm on their property. In exchange for a tax reduction, eligible landowners would enter into a contract with the county to dedicate their land for agricultural use for a minimum of five years. Those who qualify must have vacant parcels measuring between 0.1 and 3 acres, containing non-residential structures, and be located...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The nonprofit Climate Action Campaign did not award any San Diego County cities its "Gold Standard'' in its annual Climate Report Card, giving just a handful its second-tier silver designation in the climate change-focused report released on Tuesday. San Diego, Encinitas and La Mesa earned the silver awards, and Solana Beach, Del Mar, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach and Carlsbad earned bronze for their implementation of climate solutions. The report calls out El Cajon, Poway, Santee and San Diego County, "all... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to continue the recently declared local health emergency in response to the deadly coronavirus and to form a subcommittee to handle related challenges. County public health officials updated the board on their efforts to test everyone who may have been exposed to the virus and educate the public on how to stop the spread. Helen Robbins-Meyer, county chief administrative officer, said... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Rain showers are expected throughout San Diego County today and thunderstorms are possible this evening in coastal and inland valley areas. A slow-moving Pacific storm system is behind the heavy rainfall, which is expected to continue until Wednesday afternoon and be followed by lighter rainfall through Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The heaviest showers are expected Tuesday morning, forecasters said. Rainfall totals through... Full story
The Riverside County Fire Department is responding to a U.S. Forest Service controlled burn on South Main Divide Road near the unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore this afternoon. The request for assistance was made Friday, March 6 at 12:36 p.m. according to the Riverside County Fire Department's live incident feed. Firefighters began the prescribed burn about 8:30 a.m. today but a shifting wind pushed the flames over a containment line, according to Darrell Vance with the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Sen. Bernie Sanders mined the motherlode of delegates from California on Super Tuesday, it wasn't nearly enough and isn't getting counted fast enough to counter former Vice President Joe Biden's huge night. It became an issue of numbers and timing. After years of being a late season player in presidential primary politics, California joined the Super Tuesday crowd, and its 415 delegates were the biggest haul on the biggest night. But even though Sanders' victory in California was declared quickly, i... Full story
SAN DIEGO (AP) — With Republicans fighting among themselves, the only Democrat easily advanced to a runoff in the race to fill the California U.S. House seat vacated by convicted GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter. Now comes the hard part for Ammar Campa-Najjar. The 31-year-old former Obama administration public affairs official is trying to flip Southern California's most Republican congressional district, where the GOP holds an 11-point advantage among registered voters. His likely opponent in November is former nine-term GOP Congressm... Full story
