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The San Diego Wildlife Alliance is working with international partners to conserve threatened and critical species with its Frozen Zoo.

One hundred years after her birth, Maria Callas still commands attention in the world of opera, which she forever altered with her singular, searing performances.

Menendez has refused to step down as New Jersey's senior senator even amid growing calls from his fellow Democratic senators.

Debate is hot about the impact of a higher minimum wage. Half a million Californians work in fast-food, where wages had stagnated for decades. Restaurant owners warn of higher prices and fewer hours.

From girl supergroups to soul, here are our favorite songs of 2023.

Forever Balboa Park offers thematic park tours that focus on the park’s unique biodiversity and highlight the park’s horticultural wonders on the second Saturday of each month. Led by park volunteer and horticultural enthusiast Bill Edwards, the free tours leave from the Visitors Center at 10:00 a.m. Balboa Park features numerous trees from around the world that have monument status in the State of California. These “Guinness Book of Record Flora” are frequently noted on the internet and on various lists of amazing trees. The tour will point out their unusual features and provide background on their uses in the places where they originated around the globe. Stay Connected on Social Media | Facebook + Twitter + Instagram

Forever Balboa Park offers thematic park tours that focus on the park’s unique biodiversity and highlight the park’s horticultural wonders on the second Saturday of each month. Led by park volunteer and horticultural enthusiast Bill Edwards, the free tours leave from the Visitors Center at 10:00 a.m. Modeled after a famous garden in Seville, Spain, Balboa Park’s historic Alcazar Garden features regularly changing floral displays, colorful tile work, box hedged walkways, a pergola, and two fountains. The entire garden is nicely shaded by a variety of trees from around the world, including the massive fig tree towering over one of the most photographed areas in the park. Stay Connected on Social Media Facebook + Twitter + Instagram

Rice's whales are one of the world's newly discovered whale species – and already one of the most endangered. Protections for the whales in the Gulf of Mexico are not coming fast.

What to make of all the student loan news this year? We have three takeaways, and a literary analogy (it's NPR afterall).

Radio calls exchanged between first responders when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed show a coordinated response. But distress calls are not optimized for alerting construction crews.