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San Diego Zoo researchers are doing what they can to help protect koalas, which are threatened by fast-moving wildfires in Australia. Plus, say goodbye to Lime scooters in San Diego. The company announced Thursday it was ending operations in America’s finest city as the company aims toward profitability in 2020. You’ll hear about a series of local ordinances that were announced Thursday to combat a spate of San Diego County vaping-related illnesses and injuries. And Imperial County gets $220 million in Governor Newsom’s proposed budget to improve the environment of the Salton Sea.

As families around the country fill their freezers with matzo balls and gefilte fish in preparation for the coming Passover Seder, a new book asks: What does it mean for a food to be Jewish?

The tented 200-bed cold-weather homeless shelter will open Nov. 1 at the end of a city street at 16th Street and Newton Avenue and remain in operation until the end of March.

Community advocates say this potentially lucrative agreement could be a significant source of revenue for the city, but are concerned that city leaders may be giving away too much. And the incumbent utility, SDG&E wants to pay even less.

Thursday marks three months since the opening of the city of San Diego’s first large tent shelter. Hundreds of homeless people living under the big gray dome are finding healing and a fresh start, but some may end up living there longer than expected.

As we enter 2020, our far-flung journalists took a look back at the past year of reporting and recommended some of their favorite online stories.

Here's a look at some mom-friendly weekend ideas.

The Karakoram Highway revamp is a key part of China's trade and infrastructure initiative in the region, and local communities' expectations are high.

Crews Thursday righted three cars of a freight train that derailed in the Barrio Logan neighborhood and blocked a stretch of a nearby roadway.

Gomez, a community organizer who campaigned on the promise to shake up city hall, is the newly elected city council representative for District 9. The district includes City Heights, Kensignton, College Area and some neighborhoods in southeastern San Diego.