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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., administers the House oath of office to Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.

U.S. Congress reaches a milestone in Indigenous representation

As of Sept. 13, six Indigenous Americans are in the House of Representatives, which now has Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native members.

Federal judge Dabney Friedrich castigated Capitol riot defendant Brandon Straka for making, in her view, "questionable" comments about his case in public since his sentencing.

A judge unleashed a tirade on a prominent Jan. 6 defendant for his post-plea comments

Brandon Straka pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for egging on rioters during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The judge in the case said he has since made "questionable" comments about his plea.

University of California research and student employees are on strike at all of the UC system campuses. At UC San Diego several hundred union members walked the picket line, San Diego, Nov. 14, 2022.

As UC strike enters second month, grad workers risk arrest pushing for raises

Teams of striking UC graduate student workers are willingly getting arrested in acts of civil disobedience.

Eastbound traffic crowds Interstate 275 as people evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 27.

As Ian's death toll rises, questions swirl on why more Floridians didn't evacuate

Most deaths were in Lee County, where local officials delayed hurricane evacuations until the day before the storm hit. Leaders in other nearby counties ordered evacuations a day earlier.

Summer Music: Sonido De La Frontera Fuses Cumbia With Sound System Culture

Local supergroup embodies the San Diego-Tijuana region with a fresh cumbia sound and danceable songs in a forthcoming new album.

An image made from a 2017 broadcast by North Korea's KRT shows what was said to be a "Combined Fire Demonstration" in Wonsan, North Korea. North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells — many of them likely from old stock — to its Cold War ally Russia. Russia has called a U.S. intelligence report on the purchasing plan "fake."

North Korean ammo will stretch Russia's supply, but with clear limits and drawbacks

The north's stockpile of bullets and artillery rounds are compatible with Russia's weapons, but may be lower-quality. Transferring anything more powerful would get much more complicated.

Wildfire Smoke Days Tripled In San Diego

In San Diego, wildfire smoke days have more than tripled in the last decade, and smoke from western wildfires is causing air pollution problems and health issues far away from fire zones. That’s according to a new analysis of satellite imagery from the California newsroom and Stanford’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab. Meanwhile, Mayor Todd Gloria announced a proposal on Monday to establish a $5 million legal defense fund to support struggling tenants as statewide eviction protections end. And, our partners at inewsource found that Black students and kids with disabilities are being reported to police at school at disproportionately higher numbers.

UCSD Students See Opportunity to Cut Political Ties To La Jolla

In public statements to the San Diego Redistricting Commission, students highlighted several issues that they believe should separate them from La Jolla, including transportation, differences in demographics and where they spend their time. But the biggest issue by far is housing.

Russia threatens to kick out U.S. journalists unless U.S. treats Russian media better

Russia is warning foreign journalists that they could lose the right to stay unless the situation of Russian journalists in the U.S. improves.

California Recall Election Enters Final Stretch

Recent polls suggest good news for Newsom, though voting continues through next Tuesday.

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