Screenshot from the Physics Girl YouTube channel
San Diego's Dianna Cowern, also known as Physics Girl, was one of the internet's most popular science communicators. Long COVID left her bedbound and facing a medical mystery with life-and-death stakes.
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A city council committee took the first step to cancel the city's use of Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology on Wednesday.
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KPBS StaffShowers were expected to move into the county Wednesday afternoon, with a second round arriving in the late evening, according to the NWS. -
Matthew BowlerSorrento Valley is one of the areas of the city with a higher risk of flooding during rain events. The maintenance work helps ensure channels can more effectively convey stormwater during the upcoming rainy season, according to city officials. -
Adriana Heldiz/CalMattersCalifornia community colleges are trying to discourage immigration enforcement on campuses, but they can’t do much to bar ICE agents from public spaces. -
Courtesy of Birch AquariumGuests entering the exhibit will walk beneath a canopy of giant cloth monarch butterflies, representing their journey across North America, before seeing artist Itzel Islas' illustration of Lake Xochimilco and hand-painted graphic signage about Xochimilco created by Oscar Ríos and David Mondragon.
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It is hard not to fall in love with Katherine Browne, the eager to please, mini-skirted narrator in Barbara Trapido's 40-plus-year-old debut novel, reissued this month. -
Here's what's behind the fluctuating costs of everyday grocery items such as ground beef, eggs and chocolate chip cookies. -
Comic artist Dabin Han shares how backpacking as a novice has helped her push through discomfort and allowed her to make new friends across the country.
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A KPBS investigation earlier this year found the nonprofit owner of the Imperial Regional Detention Facility had avoided millions in taxes by operating as a charity. -
Many now find themselves without the ability to work legally and are at risk of detention and deportation.
- Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive
- Vanessa Kerry is the new WHO envoy for health resilience. What's on her to-do list?
- Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospital
- Encinitas reserves shelter beds in National City despite councilmember’s objections
California election officials say the state is prepared. What does that mean?
This La Jolla Museum has a new name and identity
When health advice goes viral, these San Diego doctors are trying to cut through the noise
As temperatures soared, Donovan state prison confined people to their cells
Inside the effort to bring Mexican gray wolves back from the brink
How a beloved South Bay film lab found a new home
Can Garbage Pail Kids be considered high art?
After Trump ends protected status, San Diego’s Haitian community is struggling to adapt
Why are people sharing their deepest trauma with this comedian?
Remembering Jimmie Lew, the heart of Lew's Market
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As part of our Ballot Breakdown on KPBS Midday Edition, we discuss the race to represent California's 48th Congressional District — a key race with national implications. -
First, students at SDSU are calling on the CSU system to put an end to its current OpenAI contract. Then, ICE arrested a Lemon Grove nail salon employee over the weekend. Next, we spoke to some college students about navigating voting for the first time. And, more than a dozen neighborhood groups have now joined forces under a new name to oppose housing developments.
- San Diego City College student Renatho Casseus shares details on ICE arrest and immigration detention
- Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting alleged noncitizen voters
- San Diego City College student Renatho Casseus to be released from ICE detention
- Point Loma High students get chance to question US senator
