Waymo, the self-driving division of Google parent Alphabet, announced Wednesday it plans to bring its autonomous taxis in San Diego this year.

Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, the company shared exclusively with The Verge. The vehicles will be manually driven, and the testing operations are not necessarily a precursor to the launch of a commercial robotaxi service.

Numerous wildfires have ignited in southern California this month, killing at least 27 people and spanning thousands of acres.

As wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles, several new fires broke out in San Diego County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.

In the same month that multiple fires devastated Los Angeles County, the Border 2 Fire sparked and set over 6,000 acres ablaze in San Diego County, prompting more evacuation orders, according to officials.

With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.

The Amber Alert included Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Riverside counties, with authorities saying the suspect may have fled to Mexico.

Some areas in Southern California, a region plagued by drought conditions, saw more than inch of rain this weekend.

An additional 1,500 troops have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in one of his first official acts.

More than an inch of rain fell in many areas, loosening Los Angeles hillsides burned bare by the recent blaze near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Torrey Pines will have double duty as a PGA Tour host this year. The tour announced Friday that the San Diego venue—which is the backdrop for this week’s Farmers Insurance Open—will serve as the temporary home to next month’s Genesis Invitational after the event,

Some behaviors, like yawning and scratching, are socially contagious. If one person does it, others are likely to follow suit. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that socially contagious behavior is hardwired in the brain.