UC San Diego Health laid off 230 workers — about 1.5% of its workforce — across its clinics and hospitals last week. The cuts include many frontline workers.
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Writers Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan discuss the world premiere musical at The Old Globe, which tackles women's issues through humor and a 19th-century England setting. -
The owner and operator of the Del Mar Fairgrounds has launched a public outreach campaign to solicit input from local governments and county residents regarding the fairgrounds' future. -
Overwhelmingly Californians rate the intertwined issues of housing supply, living costs and homelessness as the state’s most pressing issues, as a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California confirms. -
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall’s play opens this weekend at San Diego’s Cygnet Theatre. Set in Memphis, “The Hot Wing King” follows a Black, gay couple navigating grief, family and a high-stakes hot wing contest. -
The budget delay request was proposed by Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe to allow the winner of a special District 1 election to have input on the spending plan, which is typically approved by the end of June. -
Mayor Todd Gloria’s chief of staff claims former city COO Eric Dargan, whose position was eliminated in February, was "terminated for cause" in response to his lawsuit alleging discrimination and a breached contract. -
The first returns in Tuesday’s special election for county supervisor show Chula Vista Mayor John McCann and Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre in the lead to advance to a runoff later this year. -
Proponents say Senate Bill 286 would close a loophole that allowed for early releases of violent sex offenders through the state's elderly parole program. -
The pieces in “The Art of Autism: A Different Lens" are as wide-ranging as the autism spectrum itself. -
A waiver issued by the Department of Homeland Security allows the federal government to bypass environmental regulations and begin construction immediately on stretches of the border wall in Southern California.
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