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Volunteers plant a tree at Raintree Park in Vista Calif. Sept. 7, 2022.

Beating the heat with trees; Vista park gets more trees planted

Funding for the new trees came from a $1.253 million Cal Fire's Urban and Community Forestry’s Urban Forest Expansion and Improvement program grant.

People rally outside the Supreme Court as the court begins to hear oral arguments in two cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in Washington.

Justices raise doubts on race-conscious college admissions

Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority are questioning the continued use of affirmative action in higher education.

The college enrollment drop is finally letting up. That's the good news

The bad news: Colleges are still seeing enrollment declines, and many haven't made up much ground after the pandemic's dramatic drops.

Workers at a coal mine in Ukraine start their shifts. Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted global supplies of fossil fuels and led to more reliance on coal for electricity in some countries.

Here's what happened on Day 5 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Russia's war in Ukraine also threatens to wreck climate goals, members of Congress arrive, and an actor changes his name to draw attention to global warming

Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, a San Diego Democrat, says goodbye to colleagues after she announced her resignation from the state Assembly on Jan. 3, 2022. <br/>

What’s behind the ‘Great Resignation’ of California lawmakers?

An unusually high number of influential state legislators are retiring or running for higher office. The reasons include a combination of new electoral districts, term limits and political ambition.

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an Aug. 18 news conference to announce that the state's new Office of Election Crimes and Security was in the process of arresting 20 individuals across the state for voter fraud.

Florida's effort to charge 20 people with voter fraud has hit some roadblocks

Months after the controversial arrests, one case ended with a plea deal and at least three have been dismissed. And attorneys say Florida's cases face a tough road — even if they make it to trial.

A man refreshes his face at a fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London on Tuesday.

The U.K. breaks its record for highest temperature as the heat builds

Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.

Paul Flores looks on at the second day of his preliminary hearing on Aug. 3, 2021. On Tuesday, jurors unanimously found Flores guilty of first-degree murder.

A jury convicted Paul Flores of murdering college student Kristin Smart in 1996

Kristin Smart, a college freshman, vanished from a California campus in 1996. Paul Flores was the last person seen with Smart as he walked her home from an off-campus party.

Smoke rises from a brick kiln on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, in 2015. India's pledge this week to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2070 factors into a new, more optimistic, analysis by the International Energy Agency on climate change goals.

Latest climate pledges could limit global temperature rise, a new report says

The rise in average global temperatures by the end of the century could be held to 1.8 degrees Celsius.

Looking towards Santee from Cowles Mountain, Jan. 13, 2018.

Heat advisory continues in parts of San Diego County

A heat advisory will be in effect until 8 p.m. in San Diego County valleys.

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