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Local Colleges Report: UCSD wins fifth straight game; PLNU teams win at home
57+ min ago (531+ words) UC San Diego's men's basketball team continued to climb the Big West Conference postseason seeding ladder Saturday night with a 80-64 victory over Cal Poly at LionTree Arena. Meanwhile, Point Loma Nazarene men's and women's teams closed their regular seasons with…...
Novelist Lauren Groff is back with seven new stories in ‘Brawler’
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (387+ words) Lauren Groff's new collection, "Brawler: Stories," should come with a warning because anyone who picks up the book and idly starts reading the first story will be unable to stop without finishing it. Like "The Wind," several stories in "Brawler…...
An obscure county program pays for a few dozen San Diegans’ health care. Sales-tax hike backers have bigger ideas.
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (1572+ words) Every year, San Diego County spends about a million dollars paying for the health care'of a narrow group of people who don't qualify for other government health care programs. All California counties have a program like this for people deemed…...
Escondido Conservancy: 35 years preserving a watershed
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (905+ words) Escondido Creek Conservancy started with a couple of neighbors planning over a kitchen table and has grown over the last few decades to include about 3,500 acres, $63.5 million in assets and a robust educational program that reaches thousands of students. This…...
Padres notebook: Ron Marinaccio, Alek Jacob aim to impress in WBC; Bryan Hoeing shut down
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (664+ words) PEORIA, Ariz. " Two young relievers not guaranteed spots on the Padres" roster are departing camp. Ron Marinaccio and Alek Jacob will head across the Valley to Mesa, Ariz., where they will prepare with Team Italy in advance of the World…...
TV time with dad shaped Barrio Logan filmmaker’s style of humor
8+ hour, 32+ min ago (151+ words) Before the years when he started watching content on YouTube, Moises Cardenas treasured the time he spent watching Mexican sketch comedy and stand-up on the family's living room television with his dad. Q:What led to your interest in filmmaking? Q:What…...
A Path Forward: At Winter Olympics, women prevail in competition and life
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (699+ words) About halfway through the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, my wife turned to me and asked if I knew the games were underway. Sheepishly, I told her I didn't know, but neither did she until that very moment. I chalked it…...
Francis Parker captures Open Division girls basketball title
10+ hour, 25+ min ago (682+ words) OCEANSIDE " The Frontwave Arena scoreboard showed 23 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Up 16, Francis Parker's win over Westview High School for the CIF San Diego Section Open Division girls basketball championship was secure. "No, no, no!" Parker head coach Courtney…...
Sweet Victory: No. 2 seed gets best of Francis Parker in Open Division boys basketball final
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (503+ words) OCEANSIDE " There are no 20-points-per-game scorers or double-figure rebounders. The Victory Christian High School boys" basketball team is the epitome of a team. Saturday evening at Frontwave Arena, the Knights had three players in double figures, didn"t have a…...
The guts and glory of staging a ballet
16+ hour, 20+ min ago (1003+ words) It can take many months to stage a ballet performance that only lasts a few glorious hours. The effort takes guts and a lot of collaboration, along with daring and a passionate sense of duty. There are countless considerations involved…...