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China's top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, told reporters the two had reached a "preliminary consensus," while Trump's treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said there was "a very successful framework."
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A San Diego writer hunts ghosts in Presidio Park, gets her palm read at psychic shops and drives out to the cults that dot San Diego County. This Halloween episode examines why the supernatural still grips so many of us, and what our hunger for "presence" reveals about faith, meaning and the search for truth.
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Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera said the proposal is about making vacation property investors pay their fair share in a city chronically strapped for cash. -
Alexander Nguyen/KPBSPolitical stability is the bedrock of a healthy economy. The United States is inarguably struggling with both. Daniel Enemark, chief economist at the San Diego Regional Policy & Innovation Center, spoke with KPBS about the economic forecast for San Diego and the country. -
Write Out LoudExperience Edgar Allan Poe's macabre tales in the historic Villa Montezuma this weekend and next. -
Scores of students walk out of classrooms Friday, urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would hold fossil fuel companies responsible for damages caused by greenhouse gases. -
A San Diego federal judge has certified a class action lawsuit brought by two Escondido teachers who sued over school district policies governing what information can be shared with parents of transgender and gender-nonconforming students. -
Wounded Warrior Homes said it wants to help more veteran women and their families.
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"Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat," a vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar, had remained hidden from public view for more than eight decades. -
The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it. -
Drag performers say Twitch has become a thriving space for their art since the start of the pandemic. That growth was reflected at TwitchCon in San Diego earlier this month.
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Teachers and students say the Grossmont Union High School District board’s recent decisions to eliminate school librarian positions limit students’ access to libraries and further exacerbate concerns of censorship. -
A KPBS investigation revealed that data collected by the El Cajon Police Department was used in immigration-related searches more than 550 times in 2025.
- Opinion: Ask your doctor if the World Series is right for you ...
- In the rural South where Medicaid has been a lifeline, residents brace for cuts
- 3 culinary tricks that might get you to eat more veggies, according to chef Roy Choi
- California gives Planned Parenthood $140 million boost to keep clinics open
Grossmont schools already feeling impacts of library cuts
Veterans, supporters vie to get 2029 Invictus Games to San Diego
Researchers link wildfire smoke to hundreds of excess deaths each year in San Diego County by 2050
Historic reparations bills will be vetoed or signed by California governor in the next few days
Watch Duty app is revolutionizing how residents, firefighters stay updated on wildfires
Experts concerned about white nationalist imagery in ICE recruitment materials
Cal Fire offers defensible space wildfire home inspections
This volunteer dives deep at San Diego's Birch Aquarium
In Escondido, a school board member changes her name but not her politics
What's next for the historic Carlsbad Theater?
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First, health care premiums are set to rise for nearly 150,000 San Diegans who are insured through the Affordable Care Act. Then, lawmakers are asking why the Marines fired live ammunition over Interstate 5 last weekend. And, five tribes are launching a commission to safeguard a new national monument. We also tell you about dozens of emergency vehicles being used in an emergency-response exercise. Next, both top flight men’s and women’s soccer teams are playoff bound! Finally, a collection of events to check out this weekend.
