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Brenden Tuccinardi

Brenden Tuccinardi is a news web producer at KPBS. He is part of the team responsible for writing and editing web stories, updating the station’s website, and producing content for social media.

Members of the Loma LGBTQIA+ Alumni and Allies Coalition rally, Friday, outside the main campus of Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, Calif., April 14, 2023.

LGBTQ students, alums and allies rally for equal representation at Point Loma Nazarene University

LGBTQ students, alumni, and allies held a rally outside the PLNU campus, Friday supporting equal rights for their community on campus.

Sudafed and other common nasal decongestants containing pseudoephedrine are on display behind the counter at Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla., Jan. 11, 2005. On Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 advisers to the Food and Drug Administration said that a different ingredient, phenylephrine, is ineffective at relieving nasal congestion. Drugmakers reformulated their products with phenylephrine after a 2006 law required pseudoephedrine-containing medications be sold from the behind pharmacy counter.

The Food and Drug Administration convened an expert panel to review the latest data on phenylephrine. That's found in over-the-counter versions of Sudafed, Dayquil and other cold medicines.

Lea Nepomuceno graduated from Scripps Ranch High School in June and now attends George Washington University. Last weekend, she returned to San Diego County to drop off beauty and hygiene products for inmates at Las Colinas Detention Facility, Santee, Calif., Oct. 7, 2023.

Beauty Beyond Bars is an unconventional social justice project supporting inmates

Beauty Beyond Bars is a new social justice project led by a former San Diego Unified student school board trustee supporting inmates in maintaining their appearance and humanity.

People shop ahead of Black Friday at a Walmart Supercenter in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2023.

Skip the shopping frenzy with these 4 Black Friday alternatives

From hiking local trails to studying black holes, some Americans are finding creative ways to mark America's busiest shopping day without spending a dime.

Fill photo of ex-Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza walking on the sideline during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Aug. 13, 2022.

Jets work out punter Matt Araiza after SDSU says there were 'no findings against' him

The New York Jets hosted punter Matt Araiza for a workout at the team's facility Wednesday, six days after San Diego State University said there were "no findings" against Araiza in the investigation of an alleged gang rape at an off-campus party in October 2021.

Montezuma Hall on the San Diego State University Campus serves as a voting center during the 2022 California primary election.

Tuesday is deadline to vote in District 4 San Diego County supervisor election

In-person voting will be taking place at seven locations on Monday and 14 locations on Tuesday.

Hurricane Otis devastated the Mexican city of Acapulco, after rapidly intensifying over abnormally warm ocean water. A new study finds it is unlikely that humans will successfully limit average global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the lower target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.

It's unlikely, but not impossible, to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius, study finds

Humans are still pumping enormous amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. That puts this decade's climate goals further out of reach.

Photographer Lisa Ross' "Black Garden (Crib with Door)," 2009, is part of "Elegy to a Uyghur Homeland" at San Diego Museum of Art, opening Nov. 5, 2022.

5 works of art to see in San Diego in November

Must-see visual art exhibitions in San Diego right now: Lisa Ross at SDMA; Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio at the Athenaeum; Francisco Eme at Best Practice; "Piñatas: The High Art of Celebration" at the Mingei; and "Script/Rescript" at SDSU Art Gallery.

When the Lewiston High School Blue Devils boys' soccer team won a state championship, they brought joy to a community that was rocked by a mass shooting in late October.

Lewiston High School's state soccer title is a salve after last month's mass shooting

"We just wanted to give back to the city with all they have gone through," Tegra Mbele, who scored the winning goal for the Lewiston Blue Devils, told a local newspaper.

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