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A row of four Feeding San Diego food rescue trucks at the business' distribution warehouse in San Diego on Jan. 8, 2024.

How business' leftovers may help the environment and prevent food insecurity

The state law requiring people to put their food waste in green bins now includes some businesses.

In 1952, the SS United States won the famed Blue Riband, the prize given to the fastest ship to cross the Atlantic. On the record-setting maiden voyage, the ship went so fast some of the paint on the hull was sheared off by the sea.

The fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic faces eviction from a pier

The SS United States, once a luxurious ocean liner, holds the speed record for crossing the Atlantic. It's rusting away at a pier in Philadelphia and could soon be evicted and scrapped.

Gov. Gavin Newsom casts his ballot at a polling site at the California Museum in Sacramento on March 5, 2024. He backed Proposition 1, a measure to fund housing and treatment facilities for mentally ill Californians.

Prop. 1 — Gavin Newsom’s mental health plan — has narrow lead in early returns

Recent polls show many Californians were undecided heading into Election Day on Gov. Newsom’s Proposition 1, which would fund new mental health treatment facilities.

San Diego City Council president Sean Elo-Rivera (center right) listens during a meeting. San Diego, Calif. Jan. 24, 2023.

San Diego City Council fills seats on Privacy Advisory Board that mayor had left empty

A recent KPBS investigation found vacancies on the board have undermined independent oversight of the city’s surveillance technology. After Mayor Todd Gloria’s inaction, the City Council moved swiftly to appoint new members.

Members of the Life Guards, a division of the Household Cavalry in London, on June 8, 2024. Three military horses have been recovered after bolting through central London on Monday morning.

Military horses ran loose through the streets of London once again

A trio of rider-less horses charged through central London, causing panic but no injuries before being returned to their barracks. A similar ordeal happened in April, though involved different horses.

The historic city of Lahaina on Maui was once the royal capital of Hawaii. It was destroyed by a wildfire on August 8 last year. This picture was taken on August 18, 2023.

Native Hawaiians aim to bring cultural sensitivity to Maui wildfire cleanup

A delicate cleanup is underway in historic Lahaina on Maui. Cultural monitors are working closely with federal officials to assure the process protects cultural and archeological artifacts.

County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher at a May 26, 2022 news conference highlighting available treatment options for COVID-19 in front of the Monoclonal Antibody Regional Center in Clairemont Mesa.

Nathan Fletcher spent $323K in campaign contributions for legal defense in alleged sexual assault case

Campaign finance experts question the spending.

An Alabama manufacturer shows how to retain working moms: child care

Child care has long been seen as a problem for mothers to solve. Now employers see it's their issue too. In Alabama, a carmaker is working with a tech company to help employees find and pay for care.

Matsu owner-chef William Eick holding a compostable take-out container his restaurant uses, July 9, 2024.

Oceanside restaurants embrace Styrofoam ban with compostable alternatives

The ban on polystyrene or Styrofoam is part of the city's Marine Debris Reduction Ordinance.

Mike Lynch remains missing after a luxury yacht sank off of Sicily's coast. Lynch, who sold his tech firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011, had recently been acquitted of fraud charges related to the sale.

Who are Mike Lynch and the other people missing after a yacht sank in Sicily?

Lynch, a tech entrepreneur, had recently been acquitted on federal fraud charges in the U.S. The yacht he was on, the Bayesian, sank two days after Lynch's co-defendant was killed by a car.

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