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No coin shortage here: While it's closed for the pandemic, the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores has drained a 30-foot waterfall and cleaned off 100 gallons of pocket change.

There’s been a major breakthrough in the fight against HIV which also may change the way vaccines are used to fight other diseases. Scripps research has announced success in the first-clinical trial of a new approach against the disease, one that involves vaccines that boost the body's ability to produce antibodies. Researchers have been working for 40 years to find a key that would unlock the riddle of HIV prevention. This clinical trial’s results are the first step toward realizing that goal.

Amid unrest at local jails, surging gun violence and a pandemic that has disproportionately hurt people of color, Tishaura Jones says: "We are done avoiding race and how it holds this region back."

SDFD will pursue financial penalties after an early review of Falck’s 911 contract found the company was regularly understaffing ambulances.

California’s power grid operator has called for a second day of voluntary energy conservation as the state swelters under a record-setting heat wave.

Lyft and Uber fares are estimated to be nearly 80% higher than pre-pandemic prices in some cities. The companies say a driver shortage is pushing up prices.

An expedition went where few have ever gone to locate the remnants of a ship that became trapped in the ice 106 years ago, dashing the famed explorer's ambitious mission to cross Antarctica.

The big money for both sides in the California recall election is coming from the same wealthy enclaves, and not so much from out of state.

A Pacific Beach doctor who was a key figure in that reporting on a controversial diabetes treatment is now facing state medical board charges.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $4 billion spending plan he says will create jobs and help small businesses recover from the pandemic. Small businesses would get $575 million. The money would pay for grants of up to $25,000 each.