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A group of pro-recall voters gather to watch early results of the California Recall election during an election party at the Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

5 Takeaways After Gavin Newsom Handily Defeats Recall

Tuesday's recall offered its own lessons. It showed that Republicans’ groundless claims of election fraud aren’t going away anytime soon. Even while ballots were still being cast, Republicans were claiming the election was “rigged.”

Zachary Patterson in English class at University City High School, San Diego, CA Oct. 18, 2021

Meet the student member of the San Diego Unified Board of Education

Zachary Patterson is a high school senior on a mission to make sure student voices are heard.

Environmental groups focused on climate change want to eliminate natural gas use in buildings, and that includes cooking with gas stoves.

We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change

Americans love their gas stoves, but they pollute homes and are connected to a supply system that leaks methane. That's part of a battle as more people face a decision about switching to electric.

Two chimpanzees roam the grounds of Chimp Haven in Louisiana. Many former research chimpanzees have been sent to retire at the sanctuary.

The NIH is 'largely finished' moving its former research chimps to a sanctuary

All chimps managed by the National Institutes of Health that are currently eligible to go to a sanctuary have been moved there, but animal welfare advocates say more should be allowed to go.

In this May 21, 2019 file photo, people rally in support of abortion rights at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

‘When you don’t know where to go, you come here:’ California preps to be a haven for abortion rights

California abortion rights groups, providers and Democratic lawmakers are all getting ready for a potential influx of out-of-state women.

Dr. Mai Pham is an internist and former senior Medicare and Medicaid official with degrees from Harvard and Johns Hopkins universities, but she still struggled to find care for her son with autism, Alex Roodman.

Kids with autism struggle to adapt to adulthood. One doctor is trying to change that

Dr. Mai Pham left a corporate career to spark change in a system that is failing millions of Americans with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.

There are parallels between COVID and HIV. Despite effective treatment and prevention tools, preventable deaths continue because of difficulties reaching out to and educating people about the tools. And even as the country seems determined to move on from the pandemic, as of April 2022, someone dies of COVD-19 every four minutes in the U.S.

Despite effective treatments, HIV drags on. Experts warn COVID may face the same fate

HIV remains a problem in the U.S. because people don't use life-saving prevention and treatments. COVID is heading down the same path. Here are insights from people fighting on the frontlines of HIV.

Job fair attendees are waiting in line at the Caltrans District 11 building in Old Town San Diego, on July 15, 2021.

Clean California Initiative To Create Thousands Of Jobs

The $1 billion program aims to revitalize and clean the state’s highways.

A prisoner looks out of his jail window as protesters gather outside the federal detention center in Miami on June 12, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd.

Flaws plague a tool meant to help low-risk federal prisoners win early release

The Justice Department created an algorithm to measure a person's risk of committing a new crime after leaving prison. But even after multiple tweaks, the tool is leading to racial disparities.

Sardines clump together in a school of the small fish in the Gulf of California in this undated photo

Researchers: Gulf Of California Sardine Fishery In Trouble

A new study by two California researchers finds the sardine fishery in the Gulf of California is under stress from hyper-efficient commercial fishing fleets.

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