Ukrainian authorities say Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering about 400 people in the besieged port city of Mariupol
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From wetlands to badlands, plants and wildlife in eastern San Diego County are struggling to survive. Ecologists face tough decisions about how to respond.
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As we enter the third year of the pandemic, we visit six artists who talk about how perseverance and resilience are helping them come back to life. Plus our picks for an arts filled spring.
Good teachers helped Lamont Jackson, a student from southeastern San Diego who didn’t believe in himself, become what he is today
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A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples, who were among those to whom she wouldn’t issue marriage licenses
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It’s been nearly 25 years since members of the Heaven’s Gate cult died in a mass suicide event in San Diego County. Caitlin Rother was a journalist at the Union-Tribune at the time and wrote about the cult’s strange rules and habits.
Roberto Abreu, assistant professor in the psychology department at the University of Florida, discusses Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill and its banning discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms with young children
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Voices of the pandemic
March 2020 was when the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, when a wave of schools first closed and when Gov. Gavin Newsom shut down the state of California amid rising cases. These days, the pandemic looks different, but cases are again rising in Europe and Asia. Here, writers looking to the future offer lessons of the last two years.
The queer, Latinx songstress San Cha tells Suzy Exposito how she achieved enlightenment by learning to create art from a divine place.
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SDSU equipment manager now has chance to be Aztecs super fan
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Pictures documented massacre and altered public’s perception of Vietnam War
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Eugenio Darío Molina-López has been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego
The Lodge at Torrey Pines hosts the annual food and wine festival that celebrates chefs, farmers, artisan foodmakers, wineries, breweries and more.
