Couresy of UC San Diego
UC San Diego study of global lung cancer shows mutations that lead to cancer are common in people who live in cities with bad air pollution. But cancer mutations are quite close to normal among passive smokers.
MORE STORIES
-
An eighth grader at Bright Horizon Academy in San Diego advanced to the fifth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday in National Harbor, Maryland by correctly spelling shinplaster, a piece of privately issued paper currency especially one poorly secured and depreciated in value. -
The City Council might have been able to approve a budget with a simple majority but if it wanted to challenge the mayor on something like this, a supermajority of the Council would have to override him. -
The governing body for California high school sports has changed its competition rules for this weekend's state track-and-field championship. -
Recent amendments to the city’s regulations would allow the sale and purchase of individual ADUs. -
Bishop Michael Pham is the first Vietnamese American to lead a diocese in the United States. -
An attorney for the property owners said they were surprised by the suit saying owners did not properly maintain drainage facilities, causing the massive flooding. -
Many schools in the district already have cell phone policies in place. The new policy would set the same rules for all middle schools and high schools. -
Under the new proposal, the bluffs would be reinforced, and another track would be added to reduce rail congestion in the area. -
Investigators say six people aboard a private plane died when it crashed in a San Diego neighborhood in heavy fog last week. -
Dry and slightly warmer weather is expected to continue through the week in San Diego County, with breezy periods on the coastal mountain slopes into the deserts, forecasters said Tuesday.
Sign up for our newsletters!
Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS.
- Musk forms new party after split with Trump over tax and spending bill
- How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing
- Inside the evolution of Biosphere 2, from '90s punchline to scientific playground
- At least 78 dead and dozens missing after catastrophic Texas flooding
- How good was the forecast? Texas officials and the National Weather Service disagree
