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The U.S. and Mexico border wall is shown facing west from Otay Mesa, Sept., 20, 2022.

Venezuelans make way in San Diego, join 1.9 million migrants nationally in legal 'twilight zone'

San Diego County resources for immigrants in this legal limbo period haven’t caught up.

Teddy LaPietra wears a hat he made on his first day in transitional kindergarten, Aug. 29, 2022.

Transitional kindergarten came to San Diego, are schools ready for young kids?

Some parents and early childhood education experts say schools have not been adequately prepared for California's new multibillion-dollar program that brings 4-year-olds into elementary classrooms.

A man overlooks downtown Phoenix at sunset atop South Mountain, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Some slight relief may be on the way as seasonal thunderstorms could drop temperatures in Phoenix on Monday and Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Phoenix ends 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees — by reaching 108

The historic heat began blasting the Southwestern U.S. in June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California's desert.

On Aug. 12, 2011, Sonic Youth played the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn; it would be the band's final concert in the United States.

The sunset of Sonic Youth: An oral history of the band's final U.S. show

For the first time, the band members, their crew and their fans tell the story of a landmark moment they didn't realize was happening. Sonic Youth's new album, Live in Brooklyn 2011, is out this week.

Vanessa Zoltan's memoir is all about how she learned to read literature like sacred texts.

This 'Jane Eyre' enthusiast invites you to treat your favorite books as sacred text

Author and atheist chaplain Vanessa Zoltan finds spiritual meaning not in the Bible or the Torah but in secular texts.

A student works on crafts in her transitional kindergarten classroom in Alpine, Nov. 29, 2022.

Child care providers are a casualty of California's transitional kindergarten

An unintended consequence of the state's multibillion-dollar early education program is the damage being done to the business model of traditional child care providers.

JD Samson, Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman recently reformed as Le Tigre for a European and North American tour.

Le Tigre's feminist rage has always been fun

The synth-pop band just finished its first tour in nearly 20 years. After a recent show in Brooklyn, two longtime fans reflect on why this music still hasn't lost its power.

DeAnna Driscoll is Sharon (left, standing) and Keiko Green is Tina (at right, seated) in Green's play "Sharon," shown in an undated production photo at Cygnet Theatre in San Diego, Calif.

Not everything is as it seems in Keiko Green's 'Sharon'

Cygnet Theatre's world premiere from former San Diego playwright Keiko Green centers on an odd mother-son relationship, a decrepit apartment building and a big question: Who is Sharon?

'All we want is revenge': How social media fuels gun violence among teens

Teens share photos or videos of themselves with guns and cash, sometimes calling out rivals, on social media. When posts go viral, fueled by "likes" and comments, the danger is hard to contain.

Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian urbanist, has been helping spread the idea of 15-minute cities — where people can access key things in their life within a short walk, bike ride or transit ride of their home. But the climate solution is seeing huge challenges, including conspiracy theories.

It's a global climate solution — if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs

The "15-minute city" is an urban planning concept that aims to increase quality of life and reduce planet-heating pollution. But it faces obstacles, including conspiracy theories.

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