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Gina Champion-Cain, 57, ran what prosecutors characterized in court documents as "the largest known Ponzi scheme" in the history of the Southern District of California, which encompasses San Diego and Imperial counties.

The coronavirus pandemic has created an opening for vaccine opponents to peddle alternative therapies, unproven cures and website subscriptions.

Data shows a massive cargo ship that was supposed to be at anchor repeatedly crossed over an undersea oil pipeline during a January storm. That pipeline just off the Orange County coast later ruptured, and crude washed up on beaches.

High food and gas prices are squeezing working families, sending some to food pantries for the first time. But providers are struggling with high costs, fewer donations and supply chain woes.

Zola Jesus has spent years contemplating the spiritual quandaries of what it means to be an artist. On her album Arkhon, she grapples with political and economic structures of power and disconnection.

New COVID-19 shut downs reverberate through the business community, but San Diego County stands firm behind the decision to pull back Plus, a USC study shows that racial minorities bear the brunt of COVID-related discrimination. Also, with the rollbacks on reopenings, more people are expected to be out of work. And, recruiting young people to join the military has gotten difficult with coronavirus restrictions. And the Army is looking for new ways to recruit online. Finally, a new novel by Oceanside native Brit Bennet reveals what it’s like to be defined by the color of your skin.

Mayor Todd Gloria Friday announced a tentative 10-year agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric to provide energy services to San Diego residents and businesses.

Haitian migrants are camped out on the beaches of this Colombian town, which is a stopover before the Darién Gap leading to Panama. They hope the United States will take them in.

A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses waiting for shipments from Asia, while off the coast of California, dozens of container ships have been anchored, unable to unload their cargo.

Misha Smetana lives in Kyiv, and has stayed there throughout Russian attacks on Ukraine. He tells NPR's Scott Detrow what that's been like, and about the communities forming between people who stayed.