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Psyche Calderon, center, pauses for a moment as she works alongside other volunteer health care professionals in a shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico, Dec. 14, 2019.

Volunteers Battle Health Crisis Of Asylum Seekers In Mexico

When the Honduran boy complained of a toothache, Dr. Psyche Calderon asked the obvious question: “When did the pain start?"

San Diego City Councilwoman Monica Montgomery speaks at a press conference before her first Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods committee meeting, Feb. 6, 2019.

Montgomery Outlines Plans To Improve Police-Community Relations

Newly-elected San Diego City Councilwoman Monica Montgomery now chairs the council's Public Safety Committee. She says she wants to improve police accountability and transparency.

'Late Bloomers' Makes The Case For Patience In A Culture Focused On Early Success

In an interview with NPR about his new book Late Bloomers, Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard talks about the idea that early achievement is not necessary for lifelong success.

South Korea was once the largest source of children for international adoptions. The U.S. became their main destination. Some Korean-born adoptees feel distant from both the country of their birth and the country where they were raised, but in recent years, many have gone back to build ties with their birth families.

'Feeling Like We Belong': U.S. Adoptees Return To South Korea To Trace Their Roots

South Korea was once the largest source of children for international adoptions. Now some adoptees are building ties with birth family members. Critics say South Korean adoption laws need improvement.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the annual F8 conference in San Jose, Calif., on May 1. California passed legislation that would allow users to sue for damages for data breaches like the one Facebook recently suffered.

Why The Tech Industry Wants Federal Control Over Data Privacy Laws

Though new data privacy laws in Europe and California have put the tech industry on the defensive, it's moving to craft federal legislation that would pre-empt state laws.

Deacon Jim Vargas, president of Father Joe's Villages, walks through rows of bunk beds inside a large dome tent in San Diego’s East Village, Jan. 4, 2017.

Homeless Advocates Support Using Golden Hall As Temporary Shelter

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said Father Joe's Villages will use Golden Hall for three months to house people who are homeless.

This Jan. 24, 2019 file photo shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom is praising San Diego County for providing a shelter for asylum seekers released onto the streets and wants the state to providing funding to help.

Newsom Discusses Border Region During San Ysidro Visit

Gov. Gavin Newsom met with local leaders and residents in San Ysidro Thursday to discuss the border region and celebrate the opening of a shelter that will temporarily house migrants.

Google published a map of most-searched-for spellings, by state.

Misspellings, Mapped: America The How-Do-You-Spell-Beautiful?

Just in time for the National Spelling Bee, Google published a map of the words people in each state have a hard time spelling. The results are not pretty. (And what's up with New Jersey?)

China Used Twitter To Disrupt Hong Kong Protests, But Efforts Began Years Earlier

Social media networks banned hundreds of thousands of accounts last month. In NPR's assessment of the data, telling details begin to depict large disinformation campaigns.

A parked school bus in San Diego, Nov. 1, 2018.

San Diego Unified To Improve Maintenance Process After Heating System Outage

The changes, detailed in a memo to the school board, come after KPBS reported on a heating system outage at a City Heights school that took more than four weeks to fully fix.

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