Pedestrian dies after being hit by car in North Park
A driver was going eastbound on El Cajon Boulevard near Hamilton Street when it struck a 62-year-old woman Friday night
June 2026
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Lederer on Language: A different mirror: how women have shaped U.S. history
First Lady Michelle Obama affirms that “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half its citizens.” Early in our history, ideas and debates about the abolition of slavery spread and burst into flame in the 19th century. Women who battled to eradicate slavery include Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Catherine Coffin, and Harriet Jacobs. I urge you to learn about their brave lives and contributions. Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe’s most famous book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published in 1852, shone a searing light on […]
Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measures
Experts say there likely cases that haven’t been diagnosed or reported.
‘Celebrate Black culture in a meaningful way’ at art exhibition opening June 19
Imani Camara is a community organizer, photographer and artist, and curator of “Onyx: A Black Artist Exhibition” opening June 19 at Brokers Gallery in San Diego
New African savanna elephant welcomed at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Sdudla, an adult male African savanna elephant, will play an important role in educating park attendees and mentoring a younger male elephant named Zuli
In race for California’s top schools job, a longtime San Diego school board leader faces a conservative counterpart
Partisan politics, not education policy, may dominate the campaign for California state superintendent of public instruction.
Refilling starts for newly painted Reflecting Pool in Washington, in photos
Water flows into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following President Donald Trump’s renovation, featuring a new deep blue basin color.
Texas governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite
He says Texas is willing to spend its own funds to see that construction is around the clock.
San Diego County should do more to protect people in jail, juvenile detention, watchdog says. Here’s what it recommends.
A new report recommends more medical equipment, outside reviews of jail deaths and body-worn cameras for probation officers.
Appellate court ruling imperils 3,000-home Fanita Ranch project in Santee
The fate of the long-discussed residential development is back in limbo