The goal is to determine whether it’s safe to build taller structures using cold-formed steel — a strong, lightweight, recycled material that could make construction faster and more affordable.
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Federal authorities say the fire harmed important habitats and that resources from the settlement will help rehabilitate burned areas. -
Authorities said all six passengers on the small Cessna jet that crashed into a home in Tierrasanta are presumed to be dead. -
A critical weather observation system at Montgomery Field Airport was malfunctioning for days before the plane crash early Thursday morning. The FAA did not issue an advance notice about the outage, records show. -
South Bay Union serves about 5,500 students in preschool through eighth grade from communities in Imperial Beach, San Ysidro and southern San Diego, many of whom are considered low-income and identify as Hispanic or Latino. Any approved consolidation option would impact hundreds of the district’s students. -
Federal investigators are combing a San Diego neighborhood a day after a private jet carrying a music executive and five others crashed there and are presumed dead. -
Groundbreaking music executive Dave Shapiro has died in a San Diego plane crash. He was 42. -
Agents, some in plainclothes, surrounded immigrants in narrow hallways as they exited courtrooms. Lawyers and advocates say the tactic, which ICE has used in other cities across the country, is aggressive and unnecessary. -
The sudden pullback of NEA funding — after money was already spent — is shaking confidence across San Diego's dance world and forcing organizations to rethink programming. -
The instrumentation pilots rely on to safely land planes has not functioned properly since Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Peter Dreher at Quint; a lucha libre exhibit at the Comic-Con Museum; Katori Hall's "The Mountaintop" at New Village Arts; San Diego Symphony does Mahler 3; SACRA/PROFANA perform Black American composers; Future Is Color's jazz night; Fringe continues; plus live music picks and more.
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