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Joe Jackson is pictured when he played for the Cleveland Indians.

'Shoeless' Joe Jackson-signed baseball photo sells for a record $1.4 million

Experts believe that it's the only authentic signed photo of Jackson in existence.

A door with graffiti on it, chair, bicycle and other items are piled against a chain-link fence on 33rd Street in San Diego, CA, on Friday, August 26, 2022. The area was flagged in the city's Get It Done app as a nuisance.

San Diego fields complaints on parking, homeless issues most

San Diegans have filed more than 200,000 complaints with the city through its Get It Done app so far this year. San Diego City Council is weighing spending $223 million on neighborhood services in the 2023 fiscal year’s budget.

Using a plastic skull, archaeologist Alicia Odewale teaches a lesson about Tulsa's ongoing search for mass graves containing victims of the city's 1921 race massacre. She taught it at Black History Saturdays, a free private program designed for students to learn unvarnished lessons in African American history that teachers say a new law targeting race education has made harder to honestly teach.

Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up

After Oklahoma Republicans targeted public school lessons on race and gender, some Black teachers and parents in Tulsa have banded together to ensure their kids still get honest Black history.

Inside a warehouse in Everett, Wash. the commercial fusion company Helion is building a next-generation device that it believes can revolutionize the electricity business.

Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work?

For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying to make nuclear fusion work. Will commercial companies sprint to the finish?

<em>The Great British Baking Show</em> has had a long and bumpy ride, but it's finally righted the ship by focusing on the fundamentals.

The recipe for a better 'Bake-Off'? Fun format, good casting, and less host shtick

The Great British Baking Show has had a long and bumpy ride, but it's finally righted the ship by focusing on the fundamentals.

In California's Central Valley, a long-disappeared lake has been resurrected. A power line dangles precariously over the edge of the water now filling the Tulare Lake Basin, and a building on the horizon is caught in the middle of the flood.

California's epic snowpack is melting. Here's what to expect

Warmer temperatures are melting the state's historic snowpack. Already flooded communities downstream are scrambling to prepare for the surge.

Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist Rebecca Makkai in person

On Friday, March 3 at 7 p.m., Coronado Public Library, in partnership with Warwick's bookstore, will host Rebecca Makkai as she discusses and signs her new book "I Have Some Questions for You" with author Lacy Crawford. Rebecca Makkai's last novel, "The Great Believers," was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal, the Stonewall Book Award, the Clark Prize, and the LA Times Book Prize; and named one of the New York Times’ Ten Best Books of 2018. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served, subject to availability. Limited preferred seating is available with purchase of "I Have Some Questions for You" through Warwick's bookstore. Please visit https://www.warwicks.com/event/makkai-2023 or call the store at 858-454-0347 for more information. Warwick's on Facebook / Instagram Coronado Public Library on Facebook / Instagram

Red Lip Theology with Candice Marie Benbow

Blurring the boundaries of righteous and irreverent, "Red Lip Theology" invites us to discover freedom in a progressive Christian faith that incorporates activism, feminism, and radical authenticity. Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow’s essays explore universal themes like heartache, loss, forgiveness, and sexuality, and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture. Join us for an intimate book talk by the author followed by a book signing. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Author Presentation 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Book Signing To register, visit: mysdpl.org/redliptheology

Members of the Bengaluru Solidarity Group in Support of the Bhopal Struggle take part in a candlelight vigil to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster in Bangalore on December 2, 2014.

The world's worst industrial disaster harmed people even before they were born

The 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India, killed thousands. New research finds babies born to mothers who were pregnant at the time have suffered long-term impacts worse than those directly exposed.

Miniature House Craft Workshop

Step into a world of miniatures! Visit our exhibit: "Memories in Miniatures by Joan and Bill Helton," and while you're at the Library, join us for a craft workshop to create your own miniature house with San Diego Miniature Crafters member Dot Roberts. The craft workshop will be on Saturday, January 21 at 11 a.m. Registration is required for the craft workshop. Go to cplevents.org to register. Please register each person individually. This is an adults-only workshop. "Memories in Miniatures by Joan and Bill Helton" is on exhibit from January 15 through March 26. Programs are made possible by the Friends of the Coronado Public Library. Visit: https://coronado.librarycalendar.com/event/miniature-house-craft-workshop

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