Search

Vince Staples' latest album, <em>Dark Times</em>, represents a new direction in an already singular major-label rap career.

Staples has always lived in a few worlds: art-rap hero, hall-of-fame interviewee, and a homebody whose inner life is none of our business. On Dark Times, his worlds finally converge.

Fidel Martinez raises a quarter-acre of chile at his ancestral home in Chimayo, but he only gives it away to family and friends.

A rare treat getting rarer: Chimayo Red, New Mexico's "Holy Chile"

A beloved heirloom variety of New Mexico red chile commands high prices because of its scarcity. Finding farmers to continue cultivating it has become a challenge.

Flood and mud damage is shown on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 at artist Maxx Moses' Graffiti Gardens space in Southeast San Diego. Moses said the murals appear to be undamaged, but the surrounding garden space will need a lot of work to rebuild.

Flooding damage in the San Diego Black Arts and Culture District

How did last week's historic rainfall affect the recently designated San Diego Black Arts and Culture District?

Bjorn Hecke (AfD) after the publication of the first forecasts for the state election in Saxony and Thuringia, in Erfurt, Germany, on Sunday.

A German far-right party wins its first state election

The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country's east, and was set to finish at least a very close second in a second vote, projections showed.

Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, made 12 misleading or lacking-in-context statements during her speech at the Democratic National Convention last week.

12 misleading or lacking-in-context claims from Harris’ DNC speech

They range from characterizations of former President Trump’s stances on abortion rights and Social Security to her plans to address housing and grocery prices.

A photo of the Carlsbad sign spanning Carlsbad Boulevard, May 23, 2022.

City of Carlsbad closer to banning smoking in apartments and condos

Carlsbad could be the first city in San Diego County to ban smoking and vaping in multiunit homes.

"Pásale Pásale" director Maria Patrice Amon watches actors during rehearsal, May 28, 2024.

San Diego’s South Bay gets its own swap meet musical

A musical created for and by San Diego's South Bay is ready to bring the swap meet to the stage. "Pásale Pásale" is a hyperlocal production that focuses on the resilience of the Latinx community.

Lillian Risser, left, and Sophia Loveland, right, approach an encampment in Humboldt Park on Sept. 23 in Chicago. Risser and Loveland are outreach workers for Thresholds, a mental health care provider in Illinois that works to move people out of encampments into more permanent housing.

Politicians often link crime and homelessness. The reality is more complex

As the homelessness crisis grows, it’s common for the public and politicians to conflate homeless encampments and criminal activity. But how much do these camps really affect crime in cities?

Bill King stands outside his home in Arrowbear Lake, a community near Running Springs, on Jan. 15, 2024.

350,000 Californians are now on the FAIR Plan, the last resort for fire insurance. Now what?

As the FAIR Plan writes more fire-insurance policies, homeowners complain about poor service, rising costs and threats of getting kicked off.

Assemblymember Josh Hoover listens to Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost address members of the community during a meeting in Folsom on Sept. 19, 2023.

How well is your legislator representing you?

With few strict rules on what California lawmakers must do, politics, policy priorities and personal preferences determine how much they follow the wishes of voters who put them into office.

Search results for