San Diego County's unemployment rate increased slightly in August, up to 5% from a revised 4.9% in July, and above the year- ago rate of 4.4%,according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.

Stokes Fire initially started 12:57 p.m. July 27 in San Diego County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for almost two months. At this time, the cause of the fire is still undetermined.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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