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On Jan. 23, 2020, as the coronavirus spread in China, residents of Wuhan, where it was first identified, donned masks to go shopping. The U.S. didn't officially endorse masks as a preventive measure for the public for a number of weeks.

COVID flashback: On Jan. 30, 2020, WHO declared a global health emergency

The World Health Organization issued the statement as the novel coronavirus, calling it an "unprecedented outbreak." Here's what we knew — and didn't know — about the virus at that time.

San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chairman Nathan Fletcher addresses the media on the county's new Mobile Crisis Response Teams at the County Administration Building on May 12, 2022.

All San Diego County law enforcement now able to refer to Mobile Crisis Response Teams

There are 16 Mobile Crisis Response Teams working different shifts daily all across San Diego County.

A commercial for the Temu app run by production services company The Lift in Mexico City. This ad aired during the 2023 Super Bowl.

More shows and films are made in Mexico, where costs are low and unions are few

American and European companies are increasingly having their commercials, shows and films shot in Mexico, taking advantage of lower costs and experienced Mexican crews.

Gilbert Castellanos plays the trumpet in a black and white photo. He is standing outside against a leafy background, and is wearing a light-colored suit jacket and sunglasses.

32 years later, SDMAs still highlighting local music

The San Diego Music Awards were founded in 1991. Thirty-two years later, it still remains important to some in the local music community.

FILE - Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez at podium, and Mayor Eric Garcetti, standing to her right, are seen during a news conference at Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles on April 1, 2022. The president of the Los Angeles City Council resigned from the post Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders. Council President Nury Martinez issued an apology and expressed shame.

Los Angeles Council president resigns after racist remarks

The president of the Los Angeles City Council has resigned from the post after she was heard making racist comments in a leaked recording.

Biden warns of rights under threat from Trump and 'MAGA extremists' in reelect launch

In announcing his bid in a video Tuesday, President Biden says he cast his decision to run again as a fight for personal freedoms.

People walk along Ocean Beach pier on a cloudy day, July 11, 2022.

Atmospheric river ‘family’ soaks the soil and batters the coast

A string of heavy rains in Southern California brought needed moisture but more damage to the aging Ocean Beach Pier.

Jon Ward says it got to a point where he didn't like being in an environment where everyone thought the same thing.

He walked away from his evangelical roots to escape feeling suffocated

The evangelical movement was Jon Ward's church, his family, his community, his music, and his identity. And then he broke away.

<em>Frame of Reference</em>, Muldoon, Texas, 2018.

This photographer frames the future by assembling the past

In her photographic project Frame of Reference, April M. Frazier presents archives of her family's deep-rooted Texan lineage from 1890 through to the present day.

Jordanians evacuated from Sudan arrive at a military airport in Amman, Jordan, Monday, April 24, 2023.

Sudanese seek refuge from country's fighting as foreigners are being airlifted out

As foreign governments airlifted hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens from Sudan, Sudanese on Monday desperately sought ways to escape the chaos amid fears fighting will only escalate.

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