San Diego News Fix

For the past 50 years, the Cooper Family of San Diego has been putting on an annual Juneteenth celebration. Sidney Cooper Jr., whose father started the local tradition, shares his thoughts on the national holiday and the healing left to do.

A new California constitutional amendment proposal would allow local governments to ignore state housing policies. U-T columnist Michael Smolens has more.

Imagine if everything you held up to your nose smelled like sewage -- enticing food, your beloved family, everything. That’s what some COVID-19 patients are experiencing for months after they recover. San Diegan Julie Carty shares her story with insights from Dr. Carol Yan of UC San Diego.

A new watchdog report from the U-T looks at harassment claims among the region's largest employers. The City of San Diego topped the list, followed by San Diego Unified School District, Scripps Health and San Diego County.

Dozens of candidates were killed in Mexico’s recent midterm elections. We’ll talk to Vicente Calderón, editor of the Tijuana Press about that, as well as where politics stand now.

California plans to fully reopen on Tuesday, June 15, dropping its color-coded tier system that’s ruled life during the pandemic. Lori Weisberg put together a reopening guide about what’s allowed and where masks will still be needed.

Cases of dementia in San Diego County have increased at a much faster rate than previously expected. More than 98,000 seniors are living with dementia, according to the latest report from The Alzheimer’s Project. Lauren J. Mapp reports on caregiving at the UT.

The third mysterious boom this year shook San Diego Tuesday evening. Was it an earthquake, a sonic boom, just the weather, or something else all together? Reporter John Wilkens has answers.

Congrats to the class of 2021! To mark the occasion, San Diego State University graduate Armando Sepulveda reflects on the ups, downs and unexpected lessons of his senior year during the pandemic.

For the third time in just over two years, San Diego federal Judge Roger Benitez has struck down California gun regulations. This time, it’s the state’s 30-plus-year ban on the ownership of assault weapons.

Now that troops are set to leave Afghanistan, San Diego locals with ties to the country are worried about their loved ones who assisted the U.S. military. Immigration reporter Kate Morrissey has more.

June is national pride month and July is when festivities take place in San Diego. Fernando Z. López is the executive director of San Diego Pride. We caught up today to talk about Pride’s history, work that needs to be done and how López's own background informs the work they do.

Gina Champion-Cain, the former owner of Patio restaurants, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for what’s thought to be one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in San Diego County history. Reporter Lori Weisberg has more.

In 2018, there were 11 drug overdoses in San Diego County jails, according to records from the sheriff’s department. This year, there have been 53 overdoses.

Charles T. Clark wrote a deeply personal essay for the Union-Tribune in the week after George Floyd's death. Almost one year later, we sit down virtually with Charles to see how things have changed and how they remain the same.

San Diego County is giving free COVID-19 antibody treatments to infected patients, but the program hasn’t been as popular as expected. Paul Sisson has more.

The long-anticipated Rady Shell at Jacobs Park will soon open on San Diego Harbor. The venue is large, white and shell-shaped -- hence the name -- and capable of holding up to 10,000 concertgoers. It’s inaugural season starts August 6th, with stars like Gladys Knight, Brian Wilson and others.

In 2004, Navy combat pilot Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich spotted a white Tic Tac-shaped object off the coast of San Diego. She shares her experience, as well as advice for San Diegans who have seen UFOs.

San Diego home prices are still on the rise, as are rents. And tens of thousands of people expressed interest in buying a new home in a development that has only 200 units. Phil Molnar covers real estate at the U-T.