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Students from Wegeforth Elementary arrive for a field trip to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Balboa Park, San Diego, Calif., January 18, 2024

ArtsBusXpress enriching student learning, one field trip at a time

The ArtsBusXpress helps teachers cover the cost of transportation to arts and science destinations. Donations are needed to lift a hold on future field trips.

Vegan cheeses are getting closer to the taste and texture of the real thing.

Vegan cheese doesn't melt like the real deal. That could soon change

An Israeli company may have taken a huge step forward in the quest for a vegan cheese with the taste and texture of the real thing.

A smart streetlight in front of a clear-blue sky in the University Heights neighborhood of San Diego on Oct. 15, 2023.

San Diego City Council to consider sweeping changes to surveillance technology ordinance

On Tuesday, council members will hear a proposal put forward by Mayor Todd Gloria that would exempt police databases from review.

Two Little Blue Penguin chicks are shown in this undated photo.

Birch Aquarium welcomes 5 Little Blue Penguin chicks this season

The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has hatched five Little Blue Penguin chicks this season, the first since the aquarium welcomed the birds in 2022.

Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, is displayed in a shop in Cherokee, N.C., on Nov. 2. On Election Day, legalizing the recreational use of cannabis is on the ballot in three states.

Voters could make recreational weed legal in a majority of U.S. states

Voters in three states will decide whether to legalize recreational use. Earlier this year, Pew reported that 88% of U.S. adults said marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use.

A teenage girl wearing a face mask, head scarf and long black robe, listens to a math teacher at a tutoring center in Kabul. The center was established by a women's rights activist to circumvent a Taliban ban on girls attending secondary school. The activist said she has informal permission by Taliban authorities to run the center as long as teenage girls abide by a strict dress code.

Many Afghan men believe in women's rights. But they're afraid to speak out

Men rarely speak out to protest the Taliban's stripping away of the rights of girls and women. A new study finds that many believe those lost rights should be restored.

A man walks by the Hillcrest DMV in this undated photo.

Gov. Newsom vetoes motor-voter bill that would have implemented automatic registration

The bill, SB 299, could have significantly boosted voter registration at the DMV.

A bill that could ban TikTok nationwide unless it divests from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, is on the fast track to becoming law.

TikTok ban expected to become law, but it's not so simple. What's next?

The Senate is poised to pass the bill the House advanced over the weekend. President Biden is set to sign it. From there, TikTok says the battle will move to the courts.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a campaign event Wednesday in Williamsport, Pa.

JD Vance says 'no,' he does not think Trump lost in 2020

Vance has faced repeated questions on the campaign trail about whether Trump lost in 2020. On Wednesday, he gave his most direct answer to date, answering "no" in response to a reporter's question.

Moungi Bawendi of MIT, one of the 2023 winners of the chemistry Nobel Prize, embraces his step-daughter Julia Teller, left, at their home in Cambridge, Mass.

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to three scientists for tiny, colorful quantum dots

Three scientists were honored for their work with the tiny nanoparticles that allow for very bright colors. They are used in many electronics, like LED displays.

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