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A 10-story wood-framed building is tested on UC San Diego's shake table, which simulates earthquakes. May 9, 2023

10-story wood building passes earthquake test

Simulations of two devastating earthquakes didn't seem to damage a high-rise timber building on UC San Diego’s shake table.

The "Lemon" in Lemon Grove, part of the 79th Assembly District, which is in the midst of a special election to replace Dr. Shirley Weber, March 24, 2021.

Lemon Grove meets regional housing standard, rest of county playing catchup

Nearly every local government in San Diego County failed in its efforts to create enough housing for the growing population during an eight-year cycle. The city of Lemon Grove was the lone standout.

This 1976 file photo shows Oakland A's Vida Blue, the hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball's biggest draws in the early 1970's and helped lead brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles. Blue has died. He was 73. The A's said Blue died Saturday, May 6, 2023 but did not give a cause of death.

Vida Blue, who won 3 World Series in a row with the Oakland Athletics, dies at 73

Blue was drafted in the second round of the 1967 MLB Draft to the Athletics. He spent nine seasons with the team, and was ultimately selected to six All-Star teams throughout his 17-year career.

There's a toxic brew of mistrust toward U.S. institutions. It's got real consequences

Republicans are lambasting Democrats' attempts at uniform ethics standards at the Supreme Court as partisan politics. It's just the latest chapter in a decline in national unity.

Gompers Preparatory Academy is a public charter school operated under the San Diego Unified School District in cooperation with the University of California, San Diego, San Diego, Calif., April 30, 2023.

Teachers at Gompers Prep will vote on whether to decertify their union

A state agency gave teachers at Gompers Preparatory Academy voting approval to decide whether to stay or leave the San Diego Education Association.

San Diego Padres' Xander Bogaerts (2) celebrates with teammates after scoring off a two-run double by Matt Carpenter during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, April 30, 2023, in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Padres rally for 2-game Mexican sweep, beat Giants 6-4

The Padres beat the Giants 6-4 for a two-game sweep of Major League Baseball’s first regular-season series in Mexico City.

Sixth graders from Habu Primary School in Botswana on a safari. The trip is the high point of a multi-pronged effort by the nonprofit Wild Entrust to resolve a chronic conflict between rural villagers and the wild animals that destroy their crops.

Elephants are a menace for these 6th graders. Then they went on a safari ...

Botswana has one of the last thriving elephant herds – and a history of human-elephant conflict that threatens both sides. A nonprofit has a program to shift that dynamic. Will it work?

San Diego Padres Juan Soto dons a sombrero celebrating his solo home run against the San Francisco Giants in the 4th inning of an MLB baseball game at the Alfredo Harp Helu Stadium, in Mexico City, Saturday, April 29, 2023.

Machado leads 11-HR Mexico City slugfest, Padres top Giants

Manny Machado put San Diego ahead in the seventh inning with his second homer and the 11th of the night, and the San Diego Padres outslugged the San Francisco Giants 16-11 in Major League Baseball’s first game in Mexico City.

Merari Hernandez, 15, (center) walks down a Rady Children's Hospital hallway to ring the "transplant bell" celebrating a successful kidney operation, April 25, 2023.

Celebration recognizes successful kidney transplants at Rady Children's Hospital

Since last year 13 young lives have been transformed thanks to kidney donors. On Tuesday, they rang a bell signifying the end of a long road to healing.

President Biden responded to questions about his age during a press conference at the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday. The president would be 86 by the end of a second term.

Biden says his own age doesn't register with him as he seeks second term

Biden is 80 years old, and would be 86 by the end of a second term. While many voters see his age as cause for concern, a campaign strategist says there are upsides to his decades of experience.

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