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SunPower Corp. solar panels technician Jose Arrechiga braves the extreme heat as he installs solar panels on a residence's roof in Pasadena, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The European climate agency calculates that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded globally.

2023 was the hottest year on record. Is this how it's going to be now?

Global temperatures soared past previous records in 2023, according to new data from the European Union. Nations must slash fossil fuel emissions to avoid even higher temperatures, scientists warn.

Dr. João Goulão, director-general of the General Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies General Directorate, is widely credited with shifting Portugal's addiction response toward a focus on health care and treatment. Overdose deaths have plummeted.

How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketed

Portugal cut drug deaths by 80%, using free health care and addiction treatment. The U.S., meanwhile, focused on drug busts and tough crime laws. Overdose deaths keep rising catastrophically.

EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in over a decade

The new regulations could save thousands of lives from deadly air pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's calculations.

This 3-ton slab of the original Berlin Wall is on permanent display in Tijuana. Marcos Cline-Marquez thought it was important to place the Berlin Wall near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Part of Berlin Wall finds new home in Tijuana

A section of the original Berlin Wall is now on display in Playas de Tijuana. It is meant to encourage migrants looking for a better life.

San Diego weekend arts events: Wild photography, French farce and ballet

This weekend in the arts: Christina McFaul, City Ballet, "Tartuffe," San Diego Dance Theatre, San Diego Latino Film Festival and Honor Choir. Plus, live music picks including Sleepy Pearls, Xin Xin, Buddha Trixie, Brittney Spencer and more.

More than 20% of those surveyed describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious." The study finds a wide variety of religious experiences and expressions among those who consider themselves "spiritual."

7 in 10 U.S. adults consider themselves spiritual

Although Americans have grown less likely to identify with an organized religion in recent decades, Pew Research has found many say they are spiritual in some way.

The dark lanes of interstellar dust in Taurus, which are known as the Taurus Dark Clouds.

Checking your 2024 horoscope? Astronomy explains why your sign might have changed

Our view of the constellations has changed since they were first mapped thousands of years ago. That new perspective could also mess with your astrological horoscope in the new year.

Shaimaa Ali Ahmed, 12, lost her leg at age 6 after happening upon an unexploded rocket. Yemeni children like her bear an outsized burden from the civil war, where land mines and ordnance litter the landscape.

She's 12. A rocket took her leg. She defines the pain and resilience of Yemen

Shaimaa Ali Ahmed lost her leg at age 6 after happening upon an unexploded rocket. Children like her bear an outsized burden from the civil war, where land mines and ordnance litter the landscape.

A Bed Bath & Beyond sign is displayed in 2012, in Mountain View, Calif. Overstock.com is dumping its name online and becoming Bed Bath & Beyond.

Overstock.com is revamping using Bed Bath & Beyond's name

Overstock bought Bed Bath & Beyond's intellectual property in bankruptcy court. Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson said the company wanted Bed Bath & Beyond's name recognition.

Broken sidewalk near Texas Street and Meade Avenue in North Park, Sept. 17, 2014.

City Council votes to reduce permit fees, process time for damaged sidewalks

The San Diego City Council on Monday voted to allow a permit fee waiver and expedited permit process for sidewalk repair permits through Fiscal Year 2026.

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