‘People started calling me the Black mermaid of San Diego’
Risa Bell is the founder and CEO of Paddle for Peace, a nonprofit she started to help people of color reconnect with ocean life and culture, and find healing and community in nature
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Seven years after A3 charter fraud scandal, California enacts some school accountability reforms
Charter school authorizers — which are usually school districts — and school auditors have more oversight work to do.
Milk prices at an all-time high, but most consumer costs slip in June after months of increases
The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans — eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef, gasoline, electricity and natural gas — and how they are changing, or not, under the second Trump administration. This tracker is updated monthly using CPI data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes farther into the US and engulfs DC in haze
The smoky conditions won’t be gone anytime soon, as fires burn unchecked across a remote region of Canada.
Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years ago
A hospital statement says there’s no evidence staff were responsible for the switch.
Hundreds of caged birds seized during warrant search at Valley Center property
More than 800 birds were found at the property on Lilac Vista Drive and taken to two separate shelters in Bonita and Carlsbad
‘Do I look like I’m here for the fashion?’: Inside opening day at the Del Mar Racetrack
The 87th summer racing season at the Del Mar Racetrack opened Friday.
Steep San Diego transit fare hikes get SANDAG’s OK — but service could still be cut. Here’s why.
Fare freezes for low-income riders, approved last month by MTS and Thursday by NCTD, will slash new revenue from the hikes by more than half.
Renowned Salk Institute scientist resigns amid sexual misconduct investigation
Biologist Satchin Panda, an expert of circadian rhythms, denies the allegations, the journal Science reported
Photos: Opening Day hats
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