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.

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.

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 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Los Angeles County rose to 5.6% in August, up from a revised 5.5% in July, according to the California Employment Development Department on Friday. […]

In addition to San Diego, wastewater bird flu detections in California included west Contra Costa County on June 10, Turlock on Sept. 4, southeast San Francisco on June 18 and June 26 and Palo Alto on July 4, July 9 and June 19.

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.

California’s unemployment rate has been largely static this year. It was 5.2% in January, climbing to 5.3% from February through April. It then returned to 5.2% for May through July. The jobless rate stood at 4.

Los Angeles County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 5.6% in August, up from a revised 5.5% in July, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.