Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas are the focus of an updated beach hazards statement issued at 12:35 p.m. on Saturday by the National Weather Service. The statement is in

Runway lights and an automated system that provides weather conditions were out of operation at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport before a Cessna crashed into a San Diego neighborhood amid foggy conditions, killing all its passengers, investigators revealed Friday.

The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to proceed with landing but came up short and crashed into a neighborhood.

A critical weather observation system at Montgomery Field Airport was malfunctioning for days before the plane crash early Thursday morning. The FAA did not issue an advance notice about the outage, records show.

The long weekend is here! The unofficial start of summer is going to bring slightly cooler temperatures, and overall calm conditions. Be careful if you plan to head to the beach, since we'll have elevated surf and strong rip currents.