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She's learned a lot about chimpanzees. But what's she learned from them has given her a new mission: improve the health of the planet.

As food policy gets more attention in Washington, lobbying groups are training chefs to stir up Congress. The hope is that they'll sway lawmakers on issues like school lunch and GMO labels.

San Diegans For Gun Violence Prevention is asking local school districts to adopt resolutions supporting federal gun legislation. About 90 of its members are expected to attend a Cajon Valley Union School Board meeting to apply pressure — riled up by a response from one of its trustees.

Angela Gui, a history student at Britain's University of Warwick, became a human rights campaigner after her father — a Hong Kong bookseller — was abducted and held in China.

It could still take weeks to contain the raging blaze in Southern California, which has destroyed nearly 100 homes and put more than 80,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders.

"The epidemic of malicious fake news and fake propaganda that flooded social media over the past year, it's now clear that so-called fake news can have real-world consequences," she said.

Returning immediately to demanding physical or mental activities after a concussion can be bad for the brain, neuroscientists agree. But what about after symptoms resolve? How much rest is best?

The San Diego City Council has approved an update to its long-term growth plans for North Park, aiming to increase housing density near public transit stops to reduce car dependence. Environmental groups sought to delay the plan because of concerns it will fall short of the city's Climate Action Plan goals.

The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to change the name of Robert E. Lee Elementary School to Pacific View Leadership Elementary School.

House Democrats have pushed through an extension of tax cuts for the middle class -- sending the bill to a certain death in the Senate. Republican House Speaker-elect John Boehner called the move "chicken crap," but will the Democrats' symbolic act pay off with voters in 2012?