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Volunteers at the beach cleanup at Ocean Beach in San Diego County. July 5, 2021.

Volunteers remove nearly 4,000 pounds of trash from county beaches after Fourth of July

Volunteers removed nearly 4,000 pounds of trash from nine San Diego County beaches on Friday as part of annual efforts to clean up local beaches after the Fourth of July holiday.

Zarinah Lomax stands beside portraits she commissioned, mostly of young people who died from gunfire. “The purpose is not to make people cry,” Lomax says. “It is for families and for people who have gone through this to know that they are not forgotten.”

These bigger-than-life portraits turn gun death statistics into indelible stories

A volunteer curator in Philadelphia puts on art exhibits to raise awareness of lives lost to gun violence.

The tricky etiquette of parenting in public

Your little one is having a meltdown at the park. Everyone is looking at you. What do you do? A psychologist offers parents advice on how to help their kid (and themselves) navigate the chaos.

San Diego State forward Jaedon LeDee (13) dunks during the first half of a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament against UAB in Spokane, Wash., Friday, March 22, 2024.

San Diego State avoids an early March Madness exit, holds off UAB 69-65 in first round

Jaedon LeDee dominated inside on the way to 32 points, Lamont Butler added 15 and No. 5 seed San Diego State held off 12th-seeded UAB 69-65 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

MTS Board approves $448.2 million operating budget for fiscal year 2025

The budget approved does not include planned trolley and bus service increases which depend on $284 million in state grant funding.

This combo of booking images shows, from top row from left, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith. Smith, Bean and Haley go on trial Monday in the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a 2023 traffic stop in Memphis.

Ex-Memphis officers face trial in death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols

Jury selection begins Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event in San Francisco on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Newsom on Wednesday is expected reveal his plan to cover a staggering budget deficit as the nation's most populous state weathers a revenue downturn that could have major consequences for 5.8 million public school children.

California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug

California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose.

The U.S. Justice Department says Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from the crashes of two 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019. Boeing assembles its 737s at its factory in Renton, Wash.

Boeing agrees to plead guilty and pay a nearly quarter-billion dollar fine

The U.S. Justice Department says Boeing has accepted a deal to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from the crashes of two 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

An oil pumpjack is seen near a field of wind turbines in October 2023 in Nolan, Texas. The U.S. oil industry is headed towards a record-breaking year; renewable energy has also set several records this year. Prominent Republicans, including several in President-elect Donald Trump's circle, are talking about an "all-of-the-above" approach to energy that supports fossil fuel and clean energy.

Under Trump, an 'all of the above' energy policy is poised for a comeback

Trump promised to "drill, baby, drill." What does that actually mean for the U.S. oil and gas industry – and other types of energy, too?

People walk past a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York City on Wednesday. The company plans to shut down 444 stores across North America to recoup costs lost to inflation, a drop in store traffic and declining cigarette sales.

7-Eleven to close over 400 stores in North America

The ubiquitous convenience store owed its recent revenue drops to inflation, declining cigarette sales and a shift in palates toward fresh food and specialty drinks.

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