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The San Diego City Council meets at the city administration building.

San Diego City Council strengthens protections for home family child care providers

Family child care providers who operate their businesses out of their own rental units will now have greater protections and education, the San Diego City Council voted Monday.

FILE - In this Sunday, April 28, 2019 file photo, a San Diego county sheriff's deputy stands in front of the Poway Chabad Synagogue in Poway, Calif.

Report: Antisemitic incidents on the rise in California

Hate crimes and antisemitic incidents are on the rise in California. That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.

A woman walks between tents that house the hospital wards at a camp for displaced persons in South Sudan. The photo was taken in February.

Remembering David Gilkey: His NPR buddies share stories about their favorite pictures

It is the 7th anniversary of the death of NPR photographer David GIlkey, who was killed by a grenade attack while on assignment in Afghanistan. His colleagues talk about his life and work.

Detail of Fernando Casasempere's "Earth Books," shown in a May 1, 2022 photo at the San Diego Museum of Art.

5 works of art to see in San Diego in May

On our must-see list this month: visual art by Andrea Chung at MCASD La Jolla, Shinpei Takeda at Oceanside Museum of Art, Fernando Casasempere at San Diego Museum of Art, Cheryl Sorg at Mesa College Art Gallery and Mark di Suvero at Tasende Gallery.

Planning a long-haul flight? Here's how to outsmart jet lag

Wondering how to prepare for sleep disruption? Should you take melatonin or other sleep aids? Here's answers from researchers and seasoned travelers — including NPR's international correspondents.

For more than a month, witnesses gave graphic testimony of how former film producer Harvey Weinstein would lure women to private meetings in hotel rooms that quickly turned violent.

Harvey Weinstein found guilty on 3 of 7 charges in Los Angeles

Weinstein's legal trouble is far from over. In London, he faces criminal charges of indecent assault of a woman in 1996.

When humans interact with dogs, the feel-good hormone oxytocin increases — in the person and the dog.

Petting other people's dogs, even briefly, can boost your health

You don't even have to own one. Research shows just 5 to 20 minutes interacting with other people's pooches can reduce stress hormones and increase well-being.

Danilo Andres, 60, outside his home in Lahaina. The fire jumped his home and a surrounding cluster.

Their house miraculously survived the wildfire, but no longer feels like home

It's unclear when water and power will be restored in Lahaina, but one family is working hard to ready their home for return anyway.

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, people arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami. One supposed feature of the U visa program is a faster track to citizenship. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

A visa program created to help law enforcement puts immigrant victims at risk instead

The U visa program was created to both help law enforcement solve crimes and protect the immigrant crime victims reporting them. But it puts applicants in limbo for years, unable to work legally.

Andre Gay spent more than 50 years in prison and watched himself and others grow older behind bars. By one measure, about a third of all prisoners will be considered geriatric by 2030.

The U.S. prison population is rapidly graying. Prisons aren't built for what's coming

By one measure, about a third of all prisoners will be considered geriatric by 2030. Prison systems are grappling with how to care for their elderly prisoners — and how to pay for it.

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