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  • Appeals court action averts shutdown of Uber, Lyft service

    Updated Aug 20, 2020

    RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Uber and Lyft will keep operating in Riverside County and across California -- for now -- with a state appeals court Thursday, Aug. 20 putting on hold a ruling requiring the ride-hailing companies to classify their drivers as employees instead of independent contractors. The decision by the state's 1st District Court of Appeal averted threats by Uber and Lyft to shut down all California operations at midnight. Uber officials said earlier this week they would...

  • Scorching heat continues in San Diego County, relief could arrive Friday

    City News Service|Updated Aug 20, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Scorching heat is expected again Thursday, Aug. 20 in San Diego County's inland areas, but relief could arrive as early as Friday, according to the National Weather Service. High pressure over the southwestern United States will slowly weaken as it moves southward into Arizona, forecasters said. An excessive heat warning will remain in effect until 10 p.m. Thursday in the San Diego County valleys, mountains and deserts. The NWS urged residents to drink plenty...

  • SD officials hoping appeals court will avert Uber/Lyft shutdown

    Updated Aug 20, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo are urging an appeals court to stay an injunction that could lead to a statewide shutdown of Uber and Lyft's operations at midnight Thursday, Aug. 20. The rideshare companies recently lost a court battle regarding Assembly Bill 5, with a judge ruling the companies must classify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors in order to comply with the law, which went into effect J...

  • SD County still awaiting guidance after falling off state COVID-19 watchlist

    City News Service|Updated Aug 20, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - As San Diego County continues to await guidance on the effects of its removal from the state's coronavirus watchlist, public health officials reported 212 new COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths today, raising the region's totals to 35,376 cases and 638 deaths. The county was officially removed from the state's monitoring list Tuesday, setting in motion a 14-day countdown that could see K-12 students back in the classroom as soon as Sept. 1, depending...

  • Heat wave continues in SD County, thunderstorms possible in mountains, valleys

    City News Service|Updated Aug 19, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A record-breaking heat wave continues today in San Diego County's inland areas, but temperatures are expected to cool slightly this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. High pressure over the southwestern United States will slowly weaken starting today as it moves southward into Arizona, forecasters said. An excessive heat warning will remain in effect until 10 p.m. Thursday in the San Diego County valleys, mountains and deserts. The NWS urged residents to drink plenty of fluids, stay out of...

  • DA's office to notify crime victims of early prisoner release

    Updated Aug 18, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County District Attorney's Office Tuesday, Aug. 18 announced the creation of a team that will notify local crime victims when prisoners connected to their cases are being released from custody as part of a statewide effort to reduce the prison population amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of inmates have been released early and thousands more could be eligible for impending release as part of efforts to improve quarantine measures within California's prisons, according to the California...

  • Man, 92, and wife, 89, found dead in car in Carlsbad

    Updated Aug 18, 2020

    CARLSBAD (CNS) - A 92-year-old man and his 89-year-old wife were found dead in their car on a road near Batiquitos Lagoon today in a suspected case of murder-suicide. The husband called a relative about noon and told him he had just killed his spouse and was going to take his own life, according to the Carlsbad Police Department. Alerted by the alarmed family member, officers searched the city, finding the couple's vehicle parked on Estrella de Mar with the husband's body behind the wheel and his wife's in a passenger seat,...

  • San Diego County removed from state Watch List; schools could reopen Sept. 1

    Updated Aug 18, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County has officially been removed from the state's COVID-19 monitoring list, a county official confirmed shortly after noon Tuesday, Aug. 18, setting in motion a 14-day countdown that could see K-12 students back in the classroom as soon as Sept. 1, depending on the guidance of individual school districts. The announcement follows six straight days of San Diego County public health officials reporting a case rate of fewer than 100 positive... Full story

  • Scorching heat strikes San Diego County again, expected to last until weekend

    Updated Aug 18, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Another day of scorching heat baked San Diego County Tuesday, Aug. 18, with relief not expected to arrive until this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. High pressure over the southwestern United States was expected to peak today, then weaken slightly for the latter half of the workweek, forecasters said. An excessive heat warning is posted until 10 p.m. Thursday in the San Diego County valleys, mountains and deserts. The California Independen...

  • Governor says San Diego County could exit state monitoring list by Tuesday

    Updated Aug 17, 2020

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - After six straight days of San Diego County public health officials reporting a case rate of fewer than 100 positive COVID-19 tests per 100,000 people, Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday, Aug. 17 said it was ``very likely'' the county would come off the state's monitoring list tomorrow. The county reported a rate of 89.9 positive cases per 100,000 people, along with 282 new positive cases Monday, raising the region's total to 34,960 cases. No new deaths were reported a...

  • 9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines

    Associated Press|Updated Aug 17, 2020

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California's ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution's protection of the right to bear firearms. "Even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster," appellate Judge Kenneth Lee wrote for the panel's majority. California's ban on magazines holding more than 10 bullets "strikes at the core of the Second Amendment -...