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A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan.

A winter storm packing powerful winds, heavy rain and potentially several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada shut down highways, toppled trees and triggered flood watches and avalanche warnings.

The CDC is advising people to practice indoor masking in nearly a tenth of U.S. counties, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses sweep the country.

Women are underrepresented as artists and songwriters and make up less than 3% of credited music producers. For women of color that number is even lower. That's why Willie Mae is so important.

What started as a Christmas countdown has increasingly become a retail opportunity. While Advent calendars have evolved over the centuries, they still accomplish some of their original objectives.

Cardboard Superheroes Weekend Workshop January 15 & 16, Noon - 5 p.m. Build your favorite pop-culture characters out of cardboard -- such as Wall-E, Minecraft Steve, Captain America's Shield, Thor's Hammer, PAC-MAN, and more with Cardboard Superheroes, a non-profit that promotes the arts in education. In this special 2-day workshop only at the Comic-Con Museum, come meet the teenage founders of Cardboard Superheroes, Connor Lee and Bauer Lee, who have been building life-sized models since they were in 4th grade. They have extended their collection to include HulkBuster armor, C-3PO, Groot, and more! As an added bonus, you can make your own special effects action video with SEARCH Your Voice , an organization helping kids build confidence and become better public speakers. Become your favorite superhero, such as Captain America, Thor, or Wonder Woman, shooting lightning bolts, dodging lasers, or wielding the power of Mjölnir! Bring your leftover cardboard boxes from the holidays to use to build the models, so we can all work to recycle and support a sustainable world. Admission: Free to museum attendees on Jan. 15-16 on a first-come basis Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 15-16, 2022 from Noon – 5 p.m., at The Conrad Prebys Art Studio Cardboard Superheroes is on Facebook + Instagram Comic-Con Museum is on Facebook + Instagram

Last year was a record-breaking year in terms of wildfire. So far, 2021 is on track to break that record and officials say climate change is a huge factor. In addition, San Diego has an ambitious climate change plan but an audit shows the city isn’t doing a good job at tracking its progress. Plus, as climate change heats up cities, a new study finds that low-income and neighborhoods with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations experience significantly more summer heat. Also, veteran homelessness has many causes and few solutions, but Kansas City is hoping tiny homes might be one solution. And, childhood obesity is an epidemic in this country and Latinx children are affected the most. A new study suggests childhood trauma might be to blame. Finally, the All-Star Game is happening Tuesday and two-way player Shohei Ohtani is being compared to Babe Ruth — some even going as far as saying he’s better than the Great Bambino himself.

Firefighters are working in extreme temperatures across the U.S. West and struggling to contain wildfires, the largest burning in California and Oregon, as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids.

San Diego’s auditor found city departments are far behind the goals set in the 2015 Climate Action Plan, and that the city has no estimate for how much it will cost to fully implement the plan.

As the summer heats up in San Diego, not all city neighborhoods are experiencing the same hot temperatures. A new study from UC San Diego finds that low-income neighborhoods and communities with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations experience significantly more summer heat...sometimes to a dangerous extent. The disparity is baked into urban planning and density here in San Diego and in cities across the country