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Physicist and Kyoto Prize Laureate John Pendry on stage at the UC San Diego Price Center, explaining how devices can redirect light waves. March 12, 2025

Kyoto Prize winner explains the science of invisibility

The annual Kyoto Prize winners came to San Diego for this year’s symposium. Kyoto Laureate John Pendry talked about the theory of bending light rays that’s led to technologies that do that and more.

Trump signs spending bill to avoid a government shutdown

President Trump's signature came after the Senate voted 54 to 46 to approve a spending bill to fund the government through the end of September.

A now hiring sign outside of Balboa Candy store in La Jolla, May 21, 2022.

County unemployment increases to 4.5% as most industries lose jobs

San Diego County's unemployment rate increased to 4.5% in January, up from a revised 4.2% in December and above the year ago estimate of 4.3%, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.

Children getting ready for a surfing lesson on Coronado's Central Beach, July 12, 2022.

County environmental health closes Coronado Beaches, citing Tijuana River runoff

The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality Friday closed the Coronado shoreline as a result of runoff from the Tijuana River reaching the city's beaches.

In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, a row of chimneys stand in a neighborhood devastated by the Tubbs Fire near Santa Rosa, Calif. In an order dated July 12, 2021, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel ruled that California Insurance Commissioner Richard Lara has the power to order the state’s “Insurer of last resort” to offer more options for homeowners who can’t buy traditional coverage because they live in areas threatened by wildfires.

State Farm can hike rates on California homeowners — if it pauses cancellations and proves need

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said Friday he will grant State Farm’s request to raise home insurance premiums by 22% on average if the company agrees to certain conditions — and wins approval at a public rate hearing next month.

Heavy machinery is used to create the West Pond, a habitat pond, at the Species Conservation Habitat Project as part of dust remission efforts at the Salton Sea in Imperial County on Sept. 13, 2024.

El Salton Sea es el lago más amenazado de California. ¿Puede una nueva reserva natural frenar la situación?

Una nueva entidad de conservación supervisará las obras para mejorar la vegetación, la calidad del agua y el hábitat natural en Salton Sea. ¿Serán suficientes casi 500 millones de dólares en proyectos?

The Salton Sea is California’s most imperiled lake. Can a new conservancy turn back the tide?

A new conservancy will oversee work to improve vegetation, water quality and natural habitat in the Salton Sea. Will nearly half a billion dollars in projects be enough?

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon arrives to President Trump's joint address to Congress on March 4 in Washington, D.C.

Over 50 universities are under investigation as part of Trump's anti-DEI crackdown

The schools under scrutiny include dozens of state schools and two Ivy Leagues. A number of private schools are also being targeted, including Georgetown, Rice, Vanderbilt, and New York University.

A man smokes out of a dab rig at The Farmers Cup in this undated photo.

How Vista became the first San Diego city to host a public cannabis festival

Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre usually hosts concerts, plays and holiday light shows.

Louis DeJoy, the U.S. postmaster general, attends a 2022 event at the Postal Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.

USPS head agrees to let DOGE find 'efficiencies' — with limits to employee data access

The head of the U.S. Postal Service has agreed to allow Elon Musk's DOGE team to help find "further efficiencies" at the mail agency. But the agreement limits DOGE's access to USPS employee records.

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