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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was under intense pressure to step down after the state attorney general released an exhaustive report detailing multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

San Diego city beaches reopened at sunrise Monday, but there are rules for beachgoers. Also on the San Diego News Matters podcast: new pop-up COVID-19 testing sites, city officials say two homeless people sheltering at the San Diego Convention Center tested positive for the coronavirus and are currently in isolation and more local news you need.

Theaters rely on doing live performances but the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to close their doors and find new ways to deliver content and find audiences. The Old Globe Theatre quickly moved three strands of its programming online.

The coronavirus pandemic and its resulting impacts, feel like nothing we've ever experienced, but it’s not the first time a virus has swept the globe. Looking back to the last major pandemic, the 1918 flu, can inform our responses and add context to our current challenges.

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Many facilities are brand-new, but some may look familiar: The famous "Water Cube" that hosted swimming in 2008, for instance, is becoming an "Ice Cube," to host curling.

Max Brooks' "World War Z" book and Steven Soderbergh's film "Contagion" accurately predicted many aspects of today's current pandemic and even suggested ways to better prepare for such global catastrophes. But since they were works of fiction most people dismissed them as mere entertainment. Here's how pop culture has been considering the notion of climate change for more than a century.

SANDAG the regional body with representation from all 18 cities in the County of San Diego, published its first weekly report forecasting the potential impacts of the pandemic on the region's economy this week.

Many stayed in constant touch with their loved ones during the hostilities. And despite the ceasefire, their fears and feelings about a conflict thousands of miles away are still raw.

Eleven people were taken into custody after a standoff with law enforcement for several hours. The heavily armed men said they were part of a group called Rise of the Moors.