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Three people have died during a night of air strikes and intense shelling across Ukraine, officials said Sunday, as Kyiv's military exchanged fire with Russian occupation forces.

San Diego hospitals are preparing for more patients after the Thanksgiving holiday. Experts have warned of a “tripledemic” as COVID-19, RSV and flu cases increase. Plus, California officials have long hesitated to list the beloved Joshua trees as endangered. Why? Climate change has never been used as a reason for a species’ possible extinction. And, a place where being a “class clown” is a good thing — Diversionary Theater in San Diego is teaching the art of clowning to students of all ages.

Police say the fight in Montgomery, Ala., last week doesn't meet the criteria for hate crime charges. But video clearly shows how the violence broke down on racial lines, historian Derryn Moten says.

New Zealand has declared war on tobacco with a remarkable new law. The indigenous Māori population, with the country's highest smoking rate, has a lot to gain. But they have a bone of contention.

The holiday shopping season is a make or break time for San Ysidro’s retail businesses. In other news, following the end of San Diego County’s Emergency Rental Assistance program, residents staged a protest in a county building. Plus, we have some holiday events worth checking out.

On Monday, Feb. 13, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego hosts a media and public open house from 10 a.m. to noon to promote the launch of EPCAPE, a year-long study of clouds and aerosols that will be conducted from Scripps Pier and Mount Soledad. The project is led by the federal Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement facility and Scripps Oceanography scientists. The chief scientists from Scripps - Lynn Russell and Dan Lubin -, as well as Gerald (Gary) Geernaert, DOE Director, Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences Division and other DOE officials, will be in attendance. Researchers will launch an instrumented balloon at 11 a.m. that will produce data of atmospheric conditions as it rises. Members of the public are welcome to explore the pier and the science taking place. Visit: https://scripps.ucsd.edu/events/scripps-oceanography-host-public-tour-pier-site-marine-cloud-experiment Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Facebook / Instagram

Shelter to Soldier (STS), a San Diego nonprofit that adopts dogs from local shelters and rescue organizations and trains them to become psychiatric service dogs for post-9/11 veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury and/or Military Sexual Trauma, will hold its 4th annual “Saving Lives, One Swing at a Time” golf tournament on Friday, April 21, 2023 at the Championship Oak Glen Course of Singing Hills Golf Resort at Sycuan, located at 3007 Dehesa Road, El Cajon, CA, 92019. Presented by UNITE, the tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 12 p.m. Golfers will enjoy a boxed sandwich lunch, complimentary beer and seltzer thanks to sponsor Mike Hess Brewing Co., and spirit tastings and Arnold Palmers courtesy of Black Market Spirits on course. Participants will receive an event hat, polo shirt, swag bag and enjoy a dinner buffet following the tournament. For more information about event sponsorships and to register, please click here. Other event sponsors include Subaru USA, Sycuan Casino Resort, Christian Brothers Emergency Building Services, San Diego Sockers, Raising Cane’s and Pressed. Stay and Play options for the weekend are available by reservation and additional cost through Sycuan Casino Resort. Shelter to Soldier has developed a unique psychiatric service dog training program to provide veterans with an alternative method of coping with trauma and MST. According to the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, an average of 17 US veterans and one active-duty military personal commit suicide every single day. More than 500,000 servicemen and women are living with invisible wounds, often including Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) and 320,000 are experiencing debilitating brain trauma (ref: Wounded Warrior Project). Shelter to Soldier has answered the call to help veterans in need through their independent, non-profit program, funded solely by private/corporate donations and grants. Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Cannon resisted government regulation of business, supported protective tariffs and frowned upon change in general. It was said that had he been present at the Creation he would have voted against it.

Sundays, Sept. 3 - Oct. 22, 2023 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream the series now with KPBS Passport! This powerful Swedish thriller features nail-biting action and a unique, compelling twist about a tough police officer, Hanna Svensson, whose highly developed sense of right and wrong is more powerful than any family tie.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are considered "outstanding works of human genius." There are now 25 in the U.S., including the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon.