San Diegans are sweating through a heat wave for the next few days. KPBS reporter Thomas Fudge spoke to forecasters and some folks who are trying to keep cool.
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Californians who don’t file taxes — because they don’t earn enough to owe any — won’t receive the new round of state payments. That includes some seniors and disabled people, as well as some of the lowest-income adults.
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The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park is still closed as firefighters battle a blaze that threatens the trees and has forced hundreds of campers to evacuate.
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A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday near Borrego Springs in San Diego County, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.
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Black families experience higher and more volatile inflation, impacting prices on groceries and household essentials, according to a report published Monday with research from UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy.
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The startup company Amplisal says remote work and flexibility of hours are here to stay.
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The reservoir is now below 30% of capacity. Its level has dropped 170 feet (52 meters) since reaching a high-water mark in 1983, leaving a bright white line of mineral deposits on the brown canyon walls that looms over passing motor boats as high as a 15-story building.
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A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, telling the former Minneapolis police officer that what he did was “simply wrong” and “offensive.”
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A jury on Thursday convicted former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani of collaborating with disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in a massive fraud involving the blood-testing company that once enthralled Silicon Valley.
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Erica M. Pinto, chairwoman of The Jamul Indian Village of California, was appointed to serve on the Department of Interior's Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, it was announced Tuesday.
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State hospital officials have proposed placing a 79- year-old man classified as a sexually violent predator at a supervised home in Borrego Springs, it was announced Wednesday.
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