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Southwest Airlines planes sit at the gate at San Diego International Airport on June 3, 2021.

As Pandemic Winds Down, Airlines Add New Service At San Diego International Airport

It might seem counterintuitive during a pandemic, but several airlines have been adding new service to San Diego. We take a look at the reasons why.

Trash piled up at the Miramar Landfill, June 24, 2019.

Trash Going Into Miramar Landfill Up 11% Since The Beginning Of The Pandemic

The Miramar Landfill has been getting a couple more tons of trash every month since the pandemic began. San Diego's Deputy Director of Environmental Services explains why.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives with his security detail as senators convene for a rare weekend session to continue work on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, at the Capitol on Sunday

Senators Push Infrastructure Bill A Step Closer To Passage

Senators hoisted the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package over another hurdle late Sunday, despite a few holdouts trying to derail one of President Biden's top priorities.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announcing expanded free Wi-Fi access in San Diego at the City Heights Weingart Library, April 20, 2021.

Gloria Releases Revised San Diego Budget, Bringing Library Hours Back to Full Week

The tweaks to the proposed budget will bring spending up to $4,631,966,620 for Fiscal Year 2022, which runs from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.

A technician waits to collect vials containing vaccine after they pass through a machine that checks for bottling and vaccine substance deficiencies.

The World's Largest Vaccine Maker Took A Multimillion Dollar Pandemic Gamble

NPR tours the factory of the world's largest vaccine maker: Serum Institute of India. It's manufacturing nearly 100 million doses a month of the Oxford-AstraZeneca formula and exporting them globally.

Participants sit a Blue Origin space simulator during a conference on robotics and artificial intelligence in Las Vegas on June 5, 2019. On Saturday, Blue Origin announced that an unidentified bidder will pay $28 million for a suborbital flight on the company's New Shepard vehicle.

An 11-Minute Flight To Space Was Just Auctioned For $28 Million

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is going up July 20 on a rocket made by his space exploration company Blue Origin. So is his brother. And now a mystery bidder has won an auction to join them.

San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel assisting National City Fire and Police departments with a natural gas leak near the intersection of Eighth Street and Olive Avenue, May 18, 2021.

Natural Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations In National City

Elementary school students and residents were evacuated Monday after a natural gas pipe burst in National City, a fire official said.

Comic-Con during 2019 under the Gaslamp sign downtown (left) and people eating outside along Fifth Ave (right).

San Diego Comic-Con To Hold In-Person Convention In November

San Diego Comic Con has announced dates for a three-day in-person convention over Thanksgiving weekend.

Travelers waited to flee Paris at the Montparnasse Train Station on Friday ahead of a new lockdown announced by the government in response to a surge in cases of the coronavirus.

New Lockdowns In Europe As COVID-19 Cases Soar; Pakistan's PM Tests Positive

Several European countries have imposed new lockdown restrictions as COVD-19 cases soar. In Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan is self-isolating at home after testing positive for the virus.

African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop Reginald Jackson announces a boycott of Coca-Cola products outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on March 25 because he said Coca-Cola and other large Georgia companies hadn't done enough to oppose restrictive voting bills. Coca-Cola spoke out against a voting bill after it was signed into law.

MLB's Move Out Of Georgia Is The Latest In A Line Of Political Boycotts

Today's boycotts aren't coming out of nowhere. Here's a look at some prominent examples in history and how boycotts got started.

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