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Coraline (Erika Alexander) and Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) in <em>American Fiction</em>.

Every era has its own 'American Fiction,' but is there anything new to say?

In Cord Jefferson's directorial debut, Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who echoes earlier Black protagonists in movies like Hollywood Shuffle and Bamboozled.

Thomas Guzowski greets his dogs, 13-year-old Mali and 15-year-old Yaretzi, as they climb onto the bed.

Inflation is pinching Americans — but they are still splurging on their pets

Americans are being forced to cut corners as they deal with lingering inflation — just not when it comes to providing for their furry companions.

Some police think a pullback in traffic enforcement may be contributing to more reckless driving.

America's roads are more dangerous, as police pull over fewer drivers

The fatality rate on America's roads remains higher than before the pandemic, and some blame the increase on less traffic policing.

A pedestrian walks in Elysian Park in Los Angeles during a heat wave on July 7, 2021.

California climate programs would lose billions in Newsom’s budget

As funds for climate change programs are cut, Democrats and environmentalists are pushing for a bond measure on the ballot to restore some funding.

State Sen. Kelli Stargel looks through redistricting maps during a Senate Committee on Reapportionment hearing on Jan. 13, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution, a state judge ruled Saturday.

DeSantis Florida redistricting map is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says

The decision was the latest to strike down new congressional maps in Southern states over concerns that they diluted the voting power of Black residents.

The SR-15 runs through City Heights with an overlay of archival photos from June 7, 1982.

Watch as 9+ blocks of housing in San Diego become a freeway

State Route 15 was one of the last freeways to get built in San Diego. See what City Heights looked like before it was built.

A study published in the journal <em>Nature</em> found that the status of amphibians globally is "deteriorating rapidly," earning them the unenviable title of being the planet's most threatened class of vertebrates. Here, an endangered Agalychnis annae, commonly known as a Blue-Sided Leaf Frog, is seen at National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica, INBio, in Heredia, Costa Rica.

Scientists looked at nearly every known amphibian type. They're not doing great

A new global assessment of the world's amphibians finds that more than 2 of every 5 known species is at risk of extinction. Habitat loss, disease and climate change are the main drivers.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, photo a woman types on a keyboard in New York.

UC San Diego researcher finds new vulnerabilities for email providers

San Diego cybersecurity experts discovered some email providers are very vulnerable to hackers who impersonate other people on the network.

Dr. Ala Stanford's new memoir is <em>Take Care of Them Like My Own.</em>

When poor Black communities were struggling with COVID, this surgeon stepped in

When the pandemic hit, Dr. Ala Stanford set up shop in parking lots, churches and mosques where she provided tests and vaccines to underserved Philadelphia communities like the one she grew up in.

Cars drive through a section of the I-5 freeway that cuts through Balboa Park, Feb. 8, 2024.

SANDAG considers 200 miles of new freeway lanes in next transportation plan

Expanding the capacity of San Diego County's freeway network would increase driving — and could make it impossible to achieve state and local climate goals.

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