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Dozens of Imperial Valley residents packed the county administration building to protest officials' ongoing consideration of a massive data center project during an Imperial County Board of Supervisors meeting in El Centro, California on December 9, 2025.
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Environment
Imperial County supervisors to hold key vote on controversial data center project
Kori Suzuki
Tuesday’s vote will take place despite the city of Imperial's attempt earlier this week to obtain a court order to stop it.
A help wanted sign at the Tin Fish restaurant on Imperial Beach Pier, Sept. 12, 2020.
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Economy
County unemployment rate rises to 4.7% in January, delayed jobs report finds
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A baby Red octopus has hatched and settled behind the scenes at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Birch Aquarium at Scripps | Photo: Jordann Tomasek
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Breakthrough moment in octopus care: How Birch Aquarium helped baby red octopuses settle
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Martha Graham’s SPECTRE-1914. Spectre-1914 is the opening section of "Chronicle," which premiered in New York City in 1936. The solo is intended to evoke the foreboding prelude to war. "Chronicle" was a response to the menace of fascism in Europe; earlier that year, Graham had refused an invitation to take part in the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany. Performed by Leslie Andrea Williams at the Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, Italy.
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Mia Ochoa, 9, behind a Phoropter during an eye exam at Vision to Learn mobile optometry clinic at Esther Lindstrom Elementary School in Lakewood on March 20, 2026.
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  2. UCSD part of team granted $15.8M to study Latino brain health
  3. EPA flags microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water
  4. The FDA approves a new obesity pill, giving patients another option
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Max Reyes, the son of two Mexican American migrant farmworkers and the organizer of Brawley’s annual march to remember the struggle for farmworkers’ rights, sits with a United Farm Workers flag in his living room in Brawley, California on March 25, 2026. Playing
César Chávez was a hometown hero in Brawley. Now the city confronts his alleged abuses
A worker covers a mural by Emigdio Vasquez depicting Cesar Chavez, at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, Calif., Thursday, March 19, 2026. Playing
Chicana leaders grapple with the recent allegations against César Chávez
Dr. Donald Moore holds Theresa Margaret Mary Kelly's hand during her final hours on the day she died, February 20, 2026. Moore runs Autonomy Health and helped Kelly with the medical aid and dying process. Playing
California moves to strengthen end-of-life decisions, but gaps in access remain
Wind turbines trail off in the horizon looking east in Boulevard, March 6, 2026. Playing
East County green energy boom sparks concern over impacts to natural landscape, cultural sites
Scientists at UC San Diego's Soil Health Center at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are developing a probiotic designed to improve plant growth. They are testing it on several plants, including lettuce, at a Salk Institute Research greenhouse, as pictured here on March 6, 2026. Playing
To restore soil, UCSD scientists are experimenting with probiotics for plants
Jazzay Buncom, Diamond Brandon and Lucie Cishugi (left to right) hold red burgundy okra and black-eyed pea seeds at S&S Friendly Ranch on Feb. 27, 2026. Playing
A Black-owned ranch in the Tijuana River Valley fosters community and ancestral connection
In Encinitas, people gather to talk about end of life at a death cafe on February 28, 2026. Playing
In Encinitas, people are gathering to talk about death and find community
San Diego photographer Kat De Laet takes photos of Napoleon at the San Diego Humane Society on February 2, 2026. Playing
Through her lens: San Diego pet photographer uses her talent to help shelter dogs get adopted
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How Trump’s mass deportation agenda is playing out in San Diego
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Reps. Mike Levin and Sara Jacobs stand outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
  1. San Diego Congressional representatives visit Otay Mesa Detention Center
  2. Federal judge: Continued Border Patrol sweeps in California violated court order
  3. San Diego Catholics reaffirm commitment to accompany migrants inside federal courthouse
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