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"The Bachelorette" scandal isn't just about one bad casting decision. It's a case study in how reality TV motivates networks to elevate "toxic" personalities and how that dynamic can backfire.

March 18, 2026 · 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. · Zoom Join us for a lecture with UC San Diego Associate Professor Dr. Annie Nguyen, followed by a Q&A moderated by Executive Director Danielle Glorioso, LCSW. Dr. Annie Nguyen is an associate professor at the University of California, San Diego in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. She is also the Director of the School of Public Health’s Healthy Aging and Longevity Science Research Program. Prior to joining the faculty at UCSD, she spent nearly 10 years on the faculty at the University of Southern California, School of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Nguyen received her PhD in Public and Community Health from the Medical College of Wisconsin and her MPH from Dartmouth College. Her federally-funded research portfolio focuses on promoting multiple aspects of healthy and resilient aging, with particular emphasis on priority populations facing structural disadvantage, including people living with HIV and people who have been incarcerated. Her work is grounded in community-based participatory research (CBPR) and she is committed to engaging communities as research partners and centering their voices in the research process. Visit: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/kztkvpm/lp/624a7eb1-b1bc-41c9-90a1-68d8e2cbe30e UC San Diego Public Health on Instagram and Facebook

With Virginia on board, the National Popular Vote Compact is now enacted in states worth 222 electoral votes. Here's what that means.

In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity.

The 9th Circuit found California didn't narrowly enough tailor its law to address concerns about high dialysis costs in the private insurance market. Dialysis patients make up a tiny sliver of the private insurance market — so why do they account for 33 times the average monthly costs?

First, county employees get $1,000 bonuses despite financial challenges to come –we explain why. Last week the Trump administration designated most of the US-Mexico border in California as a militarized zone. Then, the fight over a data center in the Imperial Valley is now heading to the courts. Followed by, the San Dieguito Union High School District passed new rules following a pair of controversies. Lastly, we interview Jake Gotta for our weekly segment ‘The Pod Behind The Package.’

UC San Diego researchers have found a new way the body can stop the spread of breast cancer, possibly making it easier to treat the disease, according to a study released Wednesday.

Eleven cooks at Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center in National City earned international recognition as certified Cocineras Tradicionales, or experts who preserve ancestral Mexican recipes and techniques.

NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure.

Projects that are supposed to offer mental health and substance use care to foster youth, new mothers, unhoused people and other vulnerable Californians have been delayed or cancelled.