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Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital, the largest private provider of psychiatric services in San Diego County, as photographed on June 23, 2015.

San Diego psychiatric hospitals have more time to meet new state staffing rules

Hospital groups pushed back against the deadline, warning the proposed rules could strain a fragile behavioral health system.

An undated photo of a Little Blue Penguin chick and its parent on habitat at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Meet the first Little Blue Penguin chick raised at Birch Aquarium

This season, a new, young pair partnered up, resulting in the female laying a clutch of two eggs, aquarium leaders said.

Confetti falls as lion dancers perform at the San Diego Tết Festival on Jan. 31, 2025.

Where to celebrate Lunar New Year 2026 in San Diego

From lion dances to cultural fairs, discover the best community events in San Diego to welcome the Year of the Fire Horse.

China bans hidden car door handles, a design popularized by Tesla

China has introduced new regulations, starting in 2027, requiring all car doors to open manually from both sides. Electric door handles can malfunction in a crash or battery failure.

Students cut the ribbon to mark the official completion of a modernization project at Pacific Beach Elementary School on Feb. 2, 2025.

San Diego Unified celebrates completion of Pacific Beach Elementary modernization

The project included a transitional kindergarten and kindergarten building, an expanded grass joint-use field, a secure main campus entryway, renovated classrooms and shade shelters.

Protestors picket a Council committee meeting for a vote on taxing second homes in January 2026.

Why it Matters: Proposal to tax empty second homes and vacation rentals fails

A proposal to raise an annual tax on empty second homes and vacation rentals failed at a City Council committee meeting last week. There were two very different world views on display.

Members of immigration advocacy groups react as Los Angeles City Council votes to enact an ordinance to prohibit city resources from being used for immigration enforcement in anticipation of potential mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump, inside Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Research contradicts Trump administration claims about sanctuary cities

President Donald Trump often says immigrant sanctuary cities are hotbeds of crime. The facts don't back up his claims.

A group of about a half dozen protesters wave signs at passing drivers across the street from the El Centro Border Patrol station, Jan. 29, 2026.

Return of Border Patrol boss Bovino has some in El Centro on edge

After two U.S. citizens were shot and killed by his immigration agents in Minneapolis, Greg Bovino was removed as commander at large and is reportedly set to return to prior Border Patrol sector in Imperial County.

Research contradicts Trump administration claims about sanctuary cities

President Donald Trump often says immigrant sanctuary cities are hotbeds of crime. The facts don't back up his claims.

Syria, once home to a large Jewish community, takes steps to return property to Jews

A Jewish heritage foundation has set out to help restore private property appropriated after Syrian Jews left the country.

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