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San Diego County Prepares To Fully Reopen Tuesday As First Dose Vaccines Reach Goal

Most COVID-19 restrictions throughout California will end Tuesday as the state retires its Blueprint for a Safer Economy tier system and lifts capacity and physical distancing restrictions for most businesses and activities.

"I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them."

After cancer diagnosis, a neurosurgeon sees life, death and his career in a new way

Dr. Henry Marsh felt comfortable in hospitals — until he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. "I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," he says. His book is And Finally.

A New Leaf Biofuel truck at the Newton Avenue facility in Barrio Logan on Oct. 27, 2022

The Barrio Logan smell problem will linger for another six weeks

Air quality officials approved an agreement on a plan to contain the pungent smell coming from a Barrio Logan biofuels plant. Relief is scheduled for December.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors meets on February 9, 2022.

Big change approved in fees paid by developers of housing and businesses in San Diego County

The Board of Supervisors voted to change the way developers are taxed with the aim of reducing carbon emissions.

Migrants receive toys at an entry point, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The U.S. government made its plea in a filing a day after Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary order to keep the pandemic-era limits on migrants in place. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Migrants at US-Mexico border await ruling on asylum limits

Pandemic-era limits on border crossings had been slated to expire Wednesday.

Heavy haul trucker Eric Jammer stands in front of his truck.

The astronomical price of diesel is making everything more expensive

America runs on diesel. It keeps freight moving, factories humming and farmers planting. But a surge in diesel prices is making everything more expensive.

After a hospital stay, many patients are surveyed to weigh in on how good their experience was. Survey results can affect how much hospitals get paid. But instances of racial or other discrimination are not covered in the surveys.

Patient satisfaction surveys fail to track how well hospitals treat people of color

The health care industry is obsessed with consumer satisfaction. But national patient surveys still don't get at an important question: Are hospitals delivering culturally competent care?

Farm laborers working with an H-2A visa harvest romaine lettuce on a machine with heavy plastic dividers that separate workers from each other on April 27, 2020, in Greenfield, Calif.

Farmworkers brace for more time in the shadows after latest effort fails in Congress

A legalization path for farmworkers failed to pass this month and faces an even steeper climb in a Republican-controlled House in the next Congress.

Cars drive on both sides of the road past the Third Avenue Village Chula Vista sign in the center divider, Jan. 24, 2022.

Chula Vista business owners seek safety, security along Third Avenue

Some businesses owners along Chula Vista’s Third Avenue say they are seeing more drunken behavior and increased crime since the pandemic.

The entrance to Camp Delta where detainees from the U.S. war in Afghanistan live is shown April 7, 2004, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The U.S. releases the oldest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay

Saifullah Paracha, 75, was held at the U.S. facility for 18 years without ever being charged. He arrived in Pakistan on Saturday.

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