Grossmont school district’s contracting, student services face new scrutiny
Students were harmed by the board’s 2023 move to drop a mental-health services provider over objections to its support of LGBTQ+ youth, a new report finds.
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US military shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. military shot down four Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and struck radar sites after threats to regional maritime traffic.
UN food agency says millions are being pushed into hunger by Iran war
The U.N. food agency warns the Iran war is worsening global hunger, putting millions at risk as food and energy prices continue to rise.
Photos: USNS Thurgood Marshall christening
Read more Navy christens massive USNS Thurgood Marshall at San Diego shipyard Read more Tijuana awaits the Iranian national soccer team, who will commute to the U.S. for World Cup Read more National City adopts $89.1M budget, shrinks deficit amid ongoing reserve concerns
Navy christens massive USNS Thurgood Marshall at San Diego shipyard
The civil rights leader and Supreme Court justice was remembered for his dogged commitment to fairness and freedom.
Tijuana awaits the Iranian national soccer team, who will commute to the U.S. for World Cup
The U.S. has granted the Iranian team visas to compete in L.A. and Seattle, but the team will sleep and train in Tijuana.
National City adopts $89.1M budget, shrinks deficit amid ongoing reserve concerns
The city’s general fund reserves will shrink to roughly $500,000 by fiscal year’s end under the adopted budget.
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
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.