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A Conquistador lands on the shores of modern Mexico in the provocatively experimental documentary "499," which screens virtually at the 28th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival.

San Diego Latino Film Festival Wants To Expand Horizons

Festival programmers discuss diverse films about Latinx experience

Patrons dining outside at Common Theory in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, Calif. August 5, 2020.

Reversal Of California Outdoor Dining Ban Points To Public Health Confusion

Who knows whether banning outdoor dining was a good idea. Now that it’s back, not even the experts can be sure it’s safe.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, says the union would support "safety strikes" by teachers if safety measures are not met when schools are set to reopen in the fall.

Teachers Union OKs Strikes If Schools Reopen Without Safety Measures In Place

Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, said "safety strikes" should only take place as a last resort. The decision on whether to strike would be left to the local union.

Selections from Best Practice's "Vibratory Effects" exhibition.

San Diego's Best Practice Gallery Turns To The USPS

Art and galleries are in a contradiction: isolated and closed, but at the same time more public and accessible than ever

Father Michael O'Reilly preaches from a third-floor fire escape in a Sacramento alley while indoor worship services are prohibited due to COVID-19 heath restrictions.

California Catholics Adjust To Outdoor Worship During Pandemic

Houses of worship are becoming more and more creative in how they meet during the coronavirus pandemic. At one congregation in downtown Sacramento, Mass involves a fire escape and an alleyway.

Hospitals — and their intensive care units — have geared up to care for COVID-19 patients in this undated photo.

California Hospitals Struggling As Coronavirus Cases Explode

California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers. Hospitals around the state are putting patients where they can to free up ICU beds, including using tents for emergency room overflows.

The outside of the San Diego Unified School District Education Center is shown on May 8, 2018.

Mobile App Allows San Diego Students To Report Abuse

Students, parents and community members can now report suspected child abusers with a few taps on their smartphones.

Local arts group Project [BLANK]'s shadow puppet digital opera won a nationwide award in October 2020 — and the piece challenges how to record and engineer orchestral and opera works in digital platforms.

'Hanjo' Transforms Opera’s Playground

San Diego group Project [BLANK] won a prize for innovation for their virtual opera.

Heather Wilcox-Nicholls lost her job with Mattress Firm during the pandemic. She had been with the company for about five years and was about to take on a new store as a manager.

These Women Built Careers In Retail. The Pandemic Tore Through Their Stores

Women hold the majority of jobs in clothing and department stores, gift and souvenir shops. They run cash registers everywhere. Now thousands of stores have shuttered, leaving them jobless.

General overall view of the cross atop the St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church amid the global coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Sunday, April 26, 2020, in Monterey Park, Calif.

California Sees Large Outdoor Worship Events Despite Virus

Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom banned all indoor dining, closed bars and barred indoor religious services, gyms and salons in much of the state in an attempt to limit the spread of the virus.

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