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A few years ago, "A" experienced a psychotic episode. His boss made a decision that saved his life.

Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children.

With higher utility bills, a house that produces more energy than it uses may be appealing. In Southern California, one such house has existed for more than a decade: the "Green Idea House" in Hermosa Beach.

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives have been stored in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid. A local official says some products were stored improperly and are largely unusable.

"Save the Ocean 5" art and poetry exhibition from March 26 to May 28 celebrates the richness of the ocean environment by displaying a variety of mediums from a diverse range of artists, whose work is about the ocean world. Front Porch Gallery in collaboration with Surfing Madonna Oceans Project endeavors to promote a love and understanding of the fragile coastal environment by encouraging people to be stewards of the ocean, to appreciate what we have and preserve it for future generations. Artists will have the opportunity to share their experience at Docent Tours, and poets will be invited to read at the reception. Throughout the exhibition we’ll host opportunities for the community to view the work and experience creative engagements at the gallery through making, discussing, and viewing programs. Awards given for exceptional and thought provoking visual artwork and poetry. Visit: https://www.frontporchgallery.org/save-the-ocean-5-prospectus/ Front Porch Gallery on Facebook / Instagram

Join Museum educators in using iPads and Adobe Express to create surreal digital collages. Learn about the process of removing the background of a photo to create a transparent PNG cutout. Layer images, texture, collage, and PNGs to build imaginative artworks. Finished collages are printed onsite and saved digitally for participants to keep. Please join us! Museum of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art on Facebook / Instagram

The American Federation of Teachers is seeking a preliminary injunction that would force the department to resume student loan forgiveness.

Stream now with YouTube. Sloths are notoriously hard to see, so they can be hard to help. But one furry creature is at the heart of sloth conservation in Costa Rica. An award-winning zoologist, her spirited right-hand woman, and their sloth-sniffing rescue dog team up in Costa Rica’s lush jungles for the first-ever sloth census. Mixing science, adventure, and plenty of laughs to protect these lovable creatures. The team studies at-risk sloth populations by tracking their poop and stress levels, combining forces with an all-female film crew to capture fascinating and rarely observed sloth behaviors on camera.

In an annual effort to keep intoxicated or drugged motorists and other traffic scofflaws off local freeways and unincorporated roadways during the holiday, the CHP will conduct a 12-hour maximum enforcement period, or MEP, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Friday, during which all available officers will deploy onto freeways, highways and unincorporated roads throughout San Diego County and statewide, to nab DUI suspects and other lawbreakers.

The Sudan Emergency Response Rooms was considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year and last. Here's their story.