A ten-story building made from cold-formed steel held up to a generated earthquake by the earthquake shake table at UC San Diego. They were testing the building material by reproducing the Bay Area’s Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989
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A prominent attorney says it’s likely to be a “one-side parole hearing in their favor,” because all surviving family members are in favor of them being released.
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Tee times at Torrey Pines and Balboa Park golf courses have become increasingly hard to get. Some golfers say hackers are likely using bots to hoover up tee times and then selling them on the secondary market. City officials say they have not found evidence of this.
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Her callout of the county leadership comes a day after sewage flow across the U.S.-Mexico border temporarily increased in the Tijuana River Valley as part of a sewer line-repair project in Mexico.
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The Cali-Baja YMCA Binational Initiative aims to serve more than 7 million people living near the border.
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It appeared to be part of a deal between the Sinaloa Cartel's Ovidio Guzmán López and the Trump administration. The family flew from Sinaloa to Tijuana and crossed on foot to San Diego.
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The San Diego author’s new novel moves between grief, intimacy and identity, drawn from their own experience as a Division I athlete.
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The investigation will examine conditions at the county's East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility and Youth Transition Campus, according to a statement issued Tuesday, which said the Attorney General's office will look into.
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She was one of the first players signed to the squad, which made its debut in 2021. Morgan scored the Wave's first goal and led the team to consecutive playoff berths.
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Member of Congress launched an investigation into last year after a KPBS investigation revealed the credit union collected millions of dollars in overdraft fees from Marines.
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