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A California Highway Patrol vehicle in San Diego County. Sept. 1, 2020.

Junior Seau's brother Savaii named as victim in fatal head-on crash

The 56-year-old motorist who died in a head-on collision with a big rig near Lakeside was identified Wednesday as the brother of former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from a modified truck during a campaign event in Hadera, Israel, on Oct. 6. Israel will hold a national election Tuesday, after its coalition government collapsed in June.

Will the far right rise to power in Israel's election? Here's what to know

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to stage a comeback. He has allied with far-right politicians in a quest to subdue the Arab community and take greater control of the justice system.

Nothing this year brought home the dangers in private ownership of major social media platforms more than the capricious, often-destructive and regularly unpredictable actions of Twitter CEO Elon Musk. He is pictured above at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Germany on March 22, 2022.

Six ways media took a big step backward in 2022

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

Abortion-rights protesters gather following Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.

San Diego elected officials largely condemn Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade

The ruling, however, was met with praise from Republicans across the country.

Chrysta Bilton's mother is a lesbian and her father was a sperm donor. She writes about her unusual upbringing in <em>Normal Family.</em>

This author's 'Normal Family' includes a sperm donor dad and 35 siblings

Chrysta Bilton's mother was a lesbian who asked a man she'd just met to be her sperm donor. It was only much later that Bilton learned the same man had donated sperm to countless other women.

Britain's Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss pledged to deliver on a range of issues after being named the new Conservative Party leader on Monday. Truss will be the U.K.'s third female prime minister, following Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

Liz Truss is the U.K.'s next prime minister

Truss, who currently serves as foreign minister, will be the U.K.'s new prime minister, after the Conservative Party named her as its next leader on Monday, replacing the outgoing Boris Johnson.

Andrew Bird, 'Atomized'

Andrew Bird ruminates on a line from Joan Didion's 1968 essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

Rural communities with struggling hospitals often turn to outside investors willing to take over their health care centers. Some are willing to sell the hospitals for next to nothing to companies that promise to keep them running.

Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies

Some rural hospitals are in such bad shape, they're selling for next to nothing. One company is snapping several distressed or closed hospitals in rural Tennessee, hoping to turn a profit.

Sacheen Littlefeather on stage at AMPAS Presents An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Sept. 17, 2022 in Los Angeles.

Sacheen Littlefeather, who gave Marlon Brando's Oscar rejection speech, dies at 75

In 1973, Littlefeather provided one of the most dramatic moments in Oscar history: Offering Brando's regrets for refusing the award because of Hollywood's treatment and portrayal of Native Americans.

San Diego Weekend Arts Events: SDMA+, Swish Projects, ‘Taxilandia’ And ‘From Ashes’

Our weekend arts and culture picks include a new Digital WOW production, Amel Janae’s solo exhibition, a group show at Thumbprint, and Icelandic contemporary music paired with Ana de Alvear’s art.

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