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Members of the San Diego Housing Commission board announce the new program at Gompers Park on Thursday, June 8, 2023.

New program offers up to $40,000 in down payment assistance to San Diegans of color

The San Diego Housing Commission launched a pilot program Thursday aimed at helping moderate-income households of color achieve home ownership in San Diego.

San Diego International Airport sign on Harbor Drive on Aug. 12, 2019

Fire aboard New Jersey-bound airliner forces emergency landing in San Diego

UA Flight #2664, which was en route to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, left San Diego International Airport just after 7 a.m., but had to return before 8 a.m.

Judge rules to erase the student loans of 200K borrowers who say they were ripped off

Borrowers who say they were misled by their colleges have waited years for the federal government to review their claims. Wednesday's decision was a big win for them, but it's already been appealed.

Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian urbanist, has been helping spread the idea of 15-minute cities — where people can access key things in their life within a short walk, bike ride or transit ride of their home. But the climate solution is seeing huge challenges, including conspiracy theories.

It's a global climate solution — if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs

The "15-minute city" is an urban planning concept that aims to increase quality of life and reduce planet-heating pollution. But it faces obstacles, including conspiracy theories.

City unveils permanent 'Slow Streets' infrastructure on Gaslamp's Fifth Avenue

On Tuesday, San Diego unveiled bollards on Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter, replacing temporary gates and maintaining the thoroughfare as a "slow street."

Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Crapo, seen here making their way to the House chamber for President Trump's first State of the Union Address in 2018, are announcing an effort to expand access to capital for small businesses emerging from the pandemic.

Senators to announce coalition reaches $1 billion goal for minority, community lending

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, will join Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo at the Capitol Thursday to announce the funding.

Members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union are seen on a Labor Day parade float, Sept. 4, 1961. While many may associate the holiday with major retail sales and end-of summer barbecues, Labor Day's roots are in worker-driven organizing.

Labor Day is now a key to Election Day for Democrats and Republicans alike

With all that has shifted around in American politics, the Democrats' disconnect from the broad working class is the loss that has cost them the most and threatens them most in the years ahead.

A customer, right, makes a sports bet at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

Super Bowl LVII is expected to set a betting record

The rise of sports betting in the U.S. has led to an economic windfall for many leagues. It also increased the risks of gambling addiction.

Po Sheng Lai, the founder of Shern Yeong Precise Optical, a company in the northern Taiwanese city of Yilan that makes high-end glass is pivoting to making defense products.

Taiwan's companies make the world's electronics. Now they want to make weapons

As military tensions with China rise, Taiwan's companies are pivoting from civilian manufacturing to defense and weapons.

Protesters stand outside of the Senate chamber at the Indiana Statehouse on Feb. 22, 2023, in Indianapolis. Republican Governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors early April 2023, making those states the latest to prohibit transgender health care this year.

The governors from Indiana and Idaho sign bans on gender-affirming care

Governors in Indiana and Idaho sign into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors, as Republican-led legislatures continue to curb LGBTQ+ rights this year.

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