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Toni Dezomits' advanced ovarian cancer responded well to earlier rounds of chemo, but this spring, her doctors told her there was a shortage of a key chemo drug.

Some cancer drugs are in short supply, putting patients' care at risk. Here's why

The recent, abrupt shortage of critical cancer drugs is forcing doctors to ration essential medications. It highlights a broken business model in generic drugs.

Stacks of $100 bills in this undated photo.

Thursday is the final day to file claims for more than half-million in unclaimed money

Thursday is the final day to file a claim for $543,171 in county unclaimed monies before it is rolled into the county general fund.

Detail of Cecilia Wong Kaiser's "Into the Blue," painting, shown in an undated photo. Kaiser's new solo exhibition is on view at La Jolla's BFree Studio through Feb. 5, 2023.

San Diego weekend arts events: 'Blue Sky' thinking, 'Blush and Blink,' harp music and Lunar New Year festivities

This weekend in the arts: Cecilia Wong Kaiser at BFree; Ana Carrete at Lang Books; Ephrat Asherie Dance at ArtPower; Tasha Smith Godinez album release; 'Into the Woods' at Ovation Theatre; Tom Driscoll at SIP; 'The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci' at The Old Globe and Lunar New Year events across the county.

The sign above the entrance to the Planned Parenthood location in Kearny Mesa is photographed on Sept. 14, 2023.

Planned Parenthood staff vote to unionize

Healthcare workers with Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest voted this week to unionize.

Emily rests in bed with her husband and newborn daughter Willow after giving birth at home, Oct. 2022.

San Diego has seen a jump in home births during COVID years

Countywide, the number of home births rose by 28% from before the pandemic to the end of 2022.

KPBS arts and culture reporter Beth Accomando pays tribute to her grandfather Fuyun Hsu during this year's Lunar New Year. Jan. 31, 2025

Celebrating Chinese New Year with Papa

Sharing memories of my grandfather.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sits for a group portrait the Supreme Court building in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022.

Justice Alito disputes ProPublica report he should have disclosed luxury trip

Justice Samuel Alito says he didn't have to disclose a 2008 luxury trip to Alaska, or the flight on a private jet of hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer who had several cases before the high court.

People shop ahead of Black Friday at a Walmart Supercenter in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2023.

Skip the shopping frenzy with these 4 Black Friday alternatives

From hiking local trails to studying black holes, some Americans are finding creative ways to mark America's busiest shopping day without spending a dime.

Mandy Gunasekara, the Environmental Protection Agency's former chief of staff, speaks during a bitcoin mining event in Houston on March 30, 2022.

How climate policy could change if a Republican is elected president in 2024

Mandy Gunasekara, a former EPA official in the Trump administration, says climate change will be "mild and manageable." She wrote a playbook to weaken the EPA if a Republican wins the 2024 election.

Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Crapo, seen here making their way to the House chamber for President Trump's first State of the Union Address in 2018, are announcing an effort to expand access to capital for small businesses emerging from the pandemic.

Senators to announce coalition reaches $1 billion goal for minority, community lending

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, will join Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo at the Capitol Thursday to announce the funding.

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