Gary Robbins

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Gary Robbins

The U.S. Forest Service has finished prescribed burns for the season in the Cleveland National Forest, and new signs of smoke are likely wildfires the public should immediately report by dialing 9-1-1, the agency said Tuesday. Large swaths of the 460,000-acre forest are located in eastern San Diego County, mostly in the Palomar and Descanso ranger districts. The forest also covers parts of Orange and Riverside counties.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Gary Robbins

There’s a reasonable chance the marine layer will mostly burn off Wednesday when the San Diego County Fair begins its nearly month-long run in Del Mar, and “June gloom” could temporarily vanish Friday, the National Weather Service says. Temperatures also will be at or slightly above normal at 1:10 p.m. Wednesday when the Padres begin play against rival Los Angeles at Petco Park. The daytime high could reach 74 degrees.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Gary Robbins

The tall ship Californian, a popular tourist attraction at the Maritime Museum in San Diego, will be out of service during the opening weeks of summer so that it can undergo periodic repairs and inspections in Chula Vista. The 139-foot vessel, the official tall ship of California, will travel to Marine Group Boat Works next Monday for a haul-out that will cost about $75,000, said Jim Davis, director of ship operations.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Gary Robbins

Chula Vista’s long and often humbling effort to get a top university to establish a major presence in South County might become a reality on a scale far larger than many people imagined. Local politicians and educators are proposing to build a super-campus on the eastern edge of the city where large satellites of UC San Diego, San Diego State University and Cal State San Marcos would share buildings, creating the region’s first large higher education hub.

3 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Lolita Baldor |Gary Robbins |Maura Fox

El secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, ordenó a la Armada cambiar el nombre del USNS Harvey Milk, construido en San Diego, una medida excepcional que despojará al buque del nombre de un activista por los derechos de los homosexuales asesinado que sirvió como marinero durante la Guerra de Corea. Funcionarios estadounidenses afirman que el secretario de la Armada, John Phelan, formó un pequeño equipo para renombrar el petrolero de reabastecimiento y que se espera un nuevo nombre este mes.