The San Diego County Board of Supervisors passed a measure recently aimed at bolstering safety regulations for future battery energy storage facilities in the county.

Loma Fire initially started 1:48 p.m. Sep. 19 in San Diego County. It has been burning on private land for 16 hours. There is no information on the containment of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.

The former top Border Patrol agent for the San Diego area testified at a hearing on the border crisis that pimps were taking advantage of young female migrants after they were released into shelters.

County Supervisor Jim Desmond testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security in Washington on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that the arrival of so many migrants — many of them asylum seekers — has strained San Diego County’s resources and raised concerns about how border-crossers entering the U.

First discovered: 1:48 p.m. Sep. 19 A new wildfire was reported today at 1:48 p.m. in San Diego County. Loma Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, the cause of the fire has yet to be determined.

The commissioner credited the agents and officers for helping bring down the number of unlawful entries into the U.S.