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Governor Gavin Newsom gives his State of the State address, one year into the pandemic and amid growing pressure from a recall campaign against him. Meanwhile, while San Diego police are touting a lower crime rate in 2020, a closer look at the numbers shows that violent crime here has gone up a bit, as it has big cities across the country in 2020. Plus, San Diego City Council votes to create a “climate equity fund.”

In March 2020 we didn’t even really know what to call the new virus that had already shut down an entire province in China. As it gained traction in the U.S., we had weeks of mixed messages on wearing masks, about wiping off packages and about how contagious or how deadly this virus was. It was the beginning of the learning curve on COVID-19 that is still keeping researchers and scientists busy one year later.

Leaders of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia say they're planning a referendum to join the Russian Federation.

Jurors in Johnny Depp's libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce.

Supporters of the San Pasqual Academy in Escondido are calling on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to help the school for foster youth stay open. Plus, artificial tide pools may help keep rising sea levels from flooding the land around San Diego Bay. And our weekend arts picks: City Ballet, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, a dance film reflection on a year of closures and the acoustic rock of Grampadrew.

Child soldiers have fought by the thousands during the country's war. The Houthis signed what the U.N. described as an "action plan" to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict

Climate activists in San Diego say we need to move away from the greenhouse gas and follow the lead of other cities in the state that have banned the use of it in new construction.

You can fittingly close out Black History Month with an intergenerational poetry piece called "Spittin’ Truth To Power While Light Leaping For the People."

The case of a yacht detained in the South Pacific island nation is raising questions about how far U.S. jurisdiction extends.

Sweetwater Union High in the South Bay could soon have up to 10% of its students back on campuses, but Poway Unified and others will have to hold off on plans to bring back high schoolers.