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Cyber Monday deals lure in consumers amid high inflation

Days after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers are turning online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that have ballooned in price because of high inflation.

Natalie Mering — who performs as Weyes Blood — has been known to swing for the fences.

The personal apocalypse of Weyes Blood's 'And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow'

The singer-songwriter's fifth album is an ecosystem of intimacy, in its power to redeem and to destroy.

A small group, including Stephanie Batchelor, left, sits on the steps of the Georgia state Capitol protesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 26, 2022. The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 23, reinstated the state's ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.

Georgia's highest court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks

A lower court's decision had prohibited enforcement of the abortion ban statewide. Seven of the state's nine justices agreed to let the ban go into effect.

Some mountain trails in the city of Phoenix are open before sunrise and after sunset to encourage hikers to avoid the heat of the midday. A large body of scientific research shows that climate change is making heat waves more severe. Communicating about that climate connection while a heat wave is still underway can affect peoples' attitudes about climate change more broadly.

Climate change is making the weather more severe. Why don't most forecasts mention it?

Scientists and forecasters are trying to figure out how to talk about the connection between climate change and severe weather. It could have big impacts on how people think about global warming.

A COVID-19 testing site at San Diego State University. Jan. 15, 2021.

San Diego County sees rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations

The number of people hospitalized with a coronavirus infection in San Diego County has risen to 224, an increase of 24 over the previous day, according to the latest state data released Tuesday.

Jacqueline Lewis is now raising her 7-year-old granddaughter; the child's father, Shaun Lewis, died of a drug overdose this fall. There are thousands of similar "grandfamilies" in the U.S. Lewis believes those families should have a voice in determining how the settlement money from cases against opioid manufacturers and distributors are spent.

States differ on how best to spend $26B from settlement in opioid cases

The cash represents an unprecedented opportunity to derail the opioid epidemic. But with countless groups advocating for a share of the pie, the impact could depend heavily on geography and politics.

J. Edgar Hoover is seen in his Washington, D.C., office in 1936. A new biography of the long-time FBI director looks at public support for his policies during most of his tenure.

Biography traces public support for J. Edgar Hoover in most of his 48 years in power

G-Man by Yale historian Beverly Gage examines how Hoover held onto power and describes his complicated legacy on racial justice and surveillance.

San Diego Pride Parade attendees sit on the sideline of the parade to cheer marchers on, July 16, 2022.

Q&A: Local LGBTQ leader reflects on Club Q shooting

Fernando Lopez, executive director of San Diego Pride, called the attack a violation of the entire community's sense of safety.

Jake Thacker in Portland Ore. had about $70,000 worth of investments in his account on FTX. He may have lost it all.

FTX investors fear they lost everything, and wonder if there's anything they can do

More than one million people may have lost their money in the spectacular collapse of the cryptocurrency trading firm. Some had big chunks of their life savings disappear into a black hole.

A windsock billowing in the wind in Jamul, Calif., Nov. 22, 2021.

High winds hit San Diego area Wednesday

All schools in the Mountain Empire Unified School District closed Wednesday due to high winds in some areas.

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