China says farewell to two giant pandas traveling to San Diego zoo
Xi Jinping suggested sending pandas to California as ‘envoys of friendship’ between China and the US
Inside the female-led world of ethical taxidermy: ‘It’s not just for hunters’
At a workshop in southern California, students learn a practice long associated with grizzled hunters: ‘We feel we’re giving animals a second chance’
Man who killed unhoused woman with pellet gun gets five years in prison: ‘Her life mattered’
William Innes, 19, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in 2023 death of Annette Pershal in San Diego
May 2024
At the US’s latest border hotspot, aid workers brace for volatility
As San Diego becomes the busiest arrivals sector along the US-Mexico border, organizers warn the election’s immigration focus will bring more instability
April 2024
Giant pandas from China to visit San Diego zoo under conservation partnership
Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, who are five and four, have a trip planned to southern California as part of partnership between US and China
March 2024
Leader of US retail theft ring that allegedly stole $8m in cosmetics caught
Inside the Frozen Zoo, where scientists put disappearing species on ice: ‘It’s banking hope’
February 2024
Heavy metals and E coli: raw sewage at US-Mexico border a ‘public health crisis’
The Tijuana River flows through Mexico and empties off California, carrying pathogens and chemicals and threatening public health
US military names five marines killed in California helicopter crash
The decorated marines, all in their 20s, had been based at Marine Corps air station Miramar in San Diego
Five US marines confirmed dead in helicopter crash in California mountains
Missing marine helicopter with five onboard found near San Diego
‘We love our piers’: storms and rising seas threaten California’s coastal landmarks
January 2024
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Off the charts: how a Polynesian canoe inspired a renaissance in traditional seafaring
Flash floods inundate homes in San Diego: ‘It’s never been that bad’
December 2023
California dazzled by ‘extremely rare’ killer whale sightings off southern coast
California man rescued after being trapped in beachside crevice for three days
Through the roof
Why are women in California facing homelessness at an alarming rate?
‘Intentional cruelty’: asylum seekers are dying at US-Mexico border, say advocates
Guns and lies
Gun violence rate higher in gentrified neighborhoods, study finds
California woman cleared of murder charge for baby’s death in home birth
