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Severe storms cause sinkholes, road closures, power outages and flooding across San Diego County. And mountain communities are expecting more snow to come.
Here’s your San Diego News Daily update for March 21, 2022.

Dozens of flight delays impacted San Diego International Airport (SAN) on Tuesday amid a powerful stormed that prompted the National Weather Service to issue a severe thunderstorm warning for much of the county.

An overnight storm dumped heavy showers to San Diego County early Tuesday, bringing with it a slippery morning commute, localized flooding and isolated downed trees to our rain-fatigued region.

A Riverside County man convicted of importing more than 80 pounds of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl into the United States was sentenced in San Diego federal court Monday to more than 16 years in prison.

U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the San Diego area have seen a nearly 30 percent increase in illegal border-crossing during the first half of the current fiscal year, as compared with the comparable period last year, the federal agency reported Monday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to make  $3.5 million available to make sure all middle and high schools have access to the medicine, including in San Diego where fentanyl deaths have been declared a public health crisis.

The region is again bracing for cold rain, gusty winds and potentially damaging floods as California is met this week by its 12th atmospheric river of the wet season

That project is intended to provide a long-term solution for the 56-year-old pier, which has been damaged by storms in the past several years — including the possibility of a full replacement.

The San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife team Monday assisted in the rescue of an osprey who was wrapped in fishing line, tethering her to her nest high on a light pole in Ocean Beach.

License-plate-reading cameras are coming to the city of El Cajon. It’s part of a one-year pilot program the El Cajon City Council approved last week.

The pandemic really pushed forward telemedicine as a first stop before heading to the hospital. The option especially helps folks with limited mobility or who are facing an illness and/or medical condition and unsure what warrants a trip to see a doctor.

70. That’s the key. On Friday, San Diego State plays Alabama in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Bammers are the number one team in the nation and the top overall seed in this year’s tournament. If the Aztecs want to pull off one what would arguably be the biggest win in program history (and we can debate…

Closure extended again for SR-78 until end of week: Caltrans. California to seek beds for mental health, drug treatment. Nine cars damaged in apartment fire in Chula Vista.