Lara McCaffrey

Pandemic-related strains on the child care labor force caused long wait lists at daycares at military facilities across the country. However, the Navy said the situation is improving. Plus, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office analyzes the potential of generative AI and concludes it could dramatically improve government service but also carries risks. Finally, an exhibition in Chula Vista that shows the legacy of San Diego County’s Filipino community has been extended for another year.

A recent survey found 5% of middle schoolers and 10% of high schoolers reported using e-cigarettes or vapes in the last 30 days.

All you need to sign up for a library card is a photo ID and proof of current address.

More than 2.1 million youth use e-cigarettes, according to recent FDA data.

In the past 10 years, the city of San Diego has handed out more than five million parking citations. The biggest hotspots for parking citations are the Gaslamp and Mission Beach, which account for more than half of all tickets from 2012 to 2022. Then, the Environmental Protection Agency is giving a boost to San Diego efforts to improve chronic air quality problems in the region. And the Brain Initiative has just published 21 papers in the journal Science, revealing what some call a preliminary “map” of the human brain. San Diego scientists have played a prominent role in the project.

Chula Vista City Councilmember Andrea Cardenas and her brother, Jesus Cardenas, have been charged with felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, money laundering and other charges stemming from an alleged fraudulent loan for their political consulting business. Then, Palomar Health is being sued for allegedly suppressing a public official’s speech. One of its directors says the health district threatened to sanction her for speaking to the media. And how a San Diego program brings healthy meals from the ocean to hunger relief nonprofits.

Authorities declared the Gaza Solidarity Encampment an unlawful assembly at about 5:45 a.m. Monday.

After two months of closure, rail service between Orange County and San Diego County resumed Monday on both Metrolink and Amtrak lines.