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A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Cal Fire in Julian, Calif. Feb. 3, 2021.

San Diego County reports 11,235 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths

Friday's data increased the county's cumulative totals to 639,139 cases and 4,566 deaths.

European carriers are urging the European Union to alter so-called "use it or lose it" regulations forcing airlines to continue flying empty or near-empty flights.

A teen's solo transatlantic flight calls attention to wasteful 'ghost flights'

Kai Forsyth relished being the only passenger on a flight from London to Orlando. But his solo trip highlights the wastefulness of near-empty flights that environmentalists are trying to ban.

People stand in line to receive their COVID-19 test at Cal State San Marcos, Jan. 2, 2022.

San Diego County reports 14,025 COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths

San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency reported 14,025 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths in its latest data.

Members of the California National Guard stand watch at the Downtown Commons area of Sacramento, Calif. June 1, 2020.

Bill to extend GI Bill benefits to Guard and reserves passes US House

U.S. Rep. Mike Levin, D-Oceanside, sponsored a bill to allow education benefits at the same rate at active duty troops.

Abbott's BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test is seen in the photo. The Food and Drug Administration authorized Abbott's BinaxNow and Quidel's QuickVue tests to be sold without a prescription for consumers who want to test themselves repeatedly at home.

DA's office warns against buying unapproved COVID-19 at-home tests

With test kits in short supply, the district attorney's office says scams involving illegitimate tests are expected.

Rep. Juan Vargas spoke to KPBS before a luncheon with the National Albondigas Political Society's San Diego chapter, in the Gaslamp Quarter, Dec. 14th, 2018.

Vargas speaks out against Biden administration’s treatment of asylum seekers

The congressman representing San Diego’s border region is calling out the administration for continuing two of former President Donald Trump’s most controversial asylum policies.

Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than 12 hours before a company reported a major leak in its pipeline and a cleanup effort was launched, records show.

Data shows ship crossed over oil pipeline that ruptured

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.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021.

Biden vows he, Manchin will 'get something done' on $2T bill

President Joe Biden appears determined to return to the negotiating table with Sen. Joe Manchin.

Women wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19 look at their smartphones at a public park in Beijing on Wednesday. China is reporting a major drop in local COVID-19 infections in the northern city of Xi'an, which has been under a tight lockdown for the past two weeks.

Residents of Xi'an, China, react to COVID lockdowns with outrage and humor

Lockdowns are so strict and so prolonged in the Chinese city that residents have taken to social media to complain and joke about a lack of basic supplies.

President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak during a visit to Crawford High School in Crawford, Texas, on Nov. 15, 2001. The appearance wrapped up a summit of the newly elected presidents in Texas.

With Bush in 2001, Putin sought to charm students at a rural Texas high school

Back in 2001, Vladimir Putin was seeking respect from world leaders while pledging a new openness in Russia. That's what brought him to tiny Crawford, Texas, at the invite of President George W. Bush.

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