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The Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on the campus of UCSD won the Grand Orchid.

The annual Orchids and Onions awards ceremony, celebrating the best and worst in San Diego architecture and design, took place Thursday night. Culture Lust has the winners and losers.

A view of snow blanketing the trees and hillside at the 6,000 foot elevation on Mt. Laguna, taken from the Mount Laguna Retreat Center on Sunrise Highway, on February 20, 2011.

Frigid Temperatures Put San Diego's Homeless At Risk

San Diego is in for another weekend of wild weather. Frigid temperatures, rain, and low-elevation-snow are headed this way. The conditions could be life-threatening for homeless people who will have to endure the bitter cold on the streets.

East Coast Digs Out From Record Snow

The beleaguered mid-Atlantic will now resume digging out after logging 3 feet of snow in a week. The second major storm within days roared through the region Wednesday, leaving a fresh blanket from Washington to New York.

The Man Who Brought G.I. Joe To Children Dies At 86

Donald Levine brought the first G.I. Joe action figures to U.S. shelves 50 years ago after rejecting other possible names for military figures, like Salty the Sailor.

A boat uses a protective boom to collect oil on April 28, 2010 near New Orleans, Louisiana.

BP, Coast Guard Not Using Donated Hair To Clean Up Oil Spill

Like countless beauticians across the country, Ana La Bella has had the hair swept from the floor of her salon, wrapped in plastic bags and shipped off to help contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Five-year-old Rachel Crabb (center) holds hands with teachers, parents and other students during a moment of silence for her slain schoolmate, Christina Green, at Mesa Verde Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz., earlier this week.

'You Can't Stop Hope With A Bullet': Tucson's Future

Saturday's shootings have created an atmosphere of shared support in a city used to racial division. Residents wonder if the unity can last.

A demonstration against illegal immigration last July in Phoenix brought out hundreds of supporters of SB 1070.

A Year Later, Arizona Still Split Over Immigration

It's been a year since Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed the tough immigration law known as SB 1070. The law made it a state crime to be in the country illegally. A year later, SB 1070's supporters call it a success. Opponents say it's a disaster. Either way, it's changed Arizona.

The 'Wayward And Defiant' Life Of Journalist Rebecca West

A new biography by Lorna Gibb glosses over West's writing to focus on her remarkable, tumultuous 20th-century life. Reviewer Michael Schaub says the book is well-researched, yet reads like a novel.

A man cleans quinoa grain in Pacoma, Bolivia. Quinoa's rising popularity in the U.S. has been a boon to some farmers in the semiarid highlands of Bolivia, but there are fears that the rising demand is pushing up prices for the grain, making it unaffordable for many Bolivians.

Demand For Quinoa A Boon For Bolivian Farmers

Quinoa, once a staple of the Incas, is now increasingly popular in the United States. But over the past decade, the price has increased sevenfold, and its popularity abroad is pushing up prices and gradually making it harder for Bolivians to buy.

Philip Dunn picks grapefruit at a home orchard in La Mesa. The property owners didn't want the fruit, so Dunn and a small group of volunteers showed up with boxes and bags, hauled away what they could and donated it to the food pantry at the International Rescue Committee.

Stocking Needy Kitchens With Low Hanging Fruit

On a bicycle tour through uptown neighborhoods last year, Philip Dunn kept noticing wasted citrus — oranges and lemons that had fallen off trees in people's yards only to rot.

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