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Solving the puzzle: Autism diagnosis often takes longer for girls, whose symptoms can differ from boys’

Recognizing varied nuances can lead to earlier intervention and help caregivers in San Diego County address their own needs for support

Mission Bay’s ‘bowling pin’ island will keep guiding planes and helping birds nest

San Diego County weather will finally turn warmer Tuesday after long cool stretch

Environmental concerns raised by rocket flights over San Diego County

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San Diego’s dubious real estate track record slows down mayor’s proposed new 1,000-bed shelter

California Supreme Court to hear appeal seeking to overturn new rooftop solar rules

April 15, 2024

Sheriff’s Department streamlines application for permit to carry a gun in San Diego County

April 15, 2024

How California’s huge raises for fast-food workers will ripple across industries

TB exposure reported at Father Joe’s Joan Kroc Center

April 15, 2024

San Diego stores: Blackmarket lands in Oceanside, pizza promo and artisanal bread

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Tijuana drug violence bleeds into San Diego County with recent cartel shootings

San Diego County, CA - March 27: At her home on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, Sandra Scheller sits among some of the WWII artifacts from the war and concentration camps in Germany that have been donated to be used on display, ideally at a future museum in San Diego. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

She’s honored Holocaust survivors. Now a San Diego artist hopes to highlight ‘truth in history’ with a dedicated museum.

Trump on Trial

More potential jurors dismissed as Trump’s hush money trial enters second day
The Latest | First wave of jury selection in Trump’s hush money trial enters questioning phase
Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows

Breaking

Man wanted in connection with El Cajon slaying arrested at border crossing

April 15, 2024
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Former Camp Pendleton Marine sentenced to 9 years in prison for firebombing Planned Parenthood

April 15, 2024
Burning body found next to I-5 in Old Town

April 15, 2024
Man sentenced to 6 years in Lincoln Park shooting that killed woman, injured 12-year-old son

April 15, 2024
One dead after car strikes three people crossing Oceanside street

April 15, 2024
Pine Valley woman walking on shoulder hit by pickup truck and killed

April 15, 2024

Middle East Crisis

Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, display to the media one of the Iranian ballistic missiles Israel intercepted over the weekend, in Julis army base, southern Israel, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Israel says that Iran launched over 300 missiles and attack drones in the weekend attack. It says most of the incoming fire was intercepted, but a handful of missiles landed in Israel, causing minor damage and wounding a young girl. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

The Latest | Israel must stop settler attacks on Palestinians, UN human rights office says

Israel’s military chief says that Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend missile attack

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia call for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying efforts so far are insufficient

Things to Do

The best things to do this week in San Diego: April 15-19
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Hike of the week: Find shade and sandy trails in Anza-Borrego’s Moonlight Canyon

Visual Storytelling

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Eyes on San Diego: Volunteer effort

Flood Recovery

San Diego flood victims have one more week to apply for a SBA loan. Here’s what to know.
What flood victims need to know about applying for FEMA financial assistance

Arts

Music legend Herbie Hancock dives into AI while his all-star album with Kendrick Lamar is revamped

It’s time to vote for the top-rated businesses in San Diego!

Don’t Miss

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Refuge for the religious, or prestigious STEM powerhouse? Point Loma Nazarene University, at a crossroads, frets over its future
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San Diego rent prices are hardly moving. Here’s where you might find a deal
Two sculptures became symbols of racial unity for a San Diego community. Now, local students are recreating them.

State & National Politics

Biden’s options for retaliating against Iran risk antagonizing China
Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation moves forward as a proposed regulation
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics

Sports

2024 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings: Interior offensive linemen
Padres notes: Ha-Seong Kim changes gloves as he works through defensive slump; club signs Donovan Solano
Tom Krasovic: Padres, their fingers crossed, on the right side of baseball’s injury crisis so far

From the Archives

Flower explosion
From the Archives: Quonset development
Vista Hall of Fame inducts nine new members. Their stories tell the history of Vista.

Home & Garden

Forget fast fashion: Home decorating sets a mindful mood
Garden Mastery: California’s honeybee swarming season is moving in
With some HOAs sour about eco-friendly updates, residents are pushing back

Columnists

Nick Canepa

Nick Canepa: LT’s allegations that OC threw playoff game still resonate in San Diego

Lisa Deaderick

Her large-scale photos speak thousands of words about Indigenous communities, identities

Michael Smolens

Michael Smolens: Global warming is wreaking havoc as researchers seek to cool things down

Shareable

All the News That’s Fit: The potato’s identity crisis, lefties and their likelihoods, and snakebite myths

This week in health news from Scott LaFee of the Sanford Burnham Prebys research institute

Members of Radical Ensamble perform "Transborder Scenes."

Review: International voices bring resonance to ‘Transborder Scenes’ concert at Bread & Salt

The "Balaga" scene in "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812."

Review: Cygnet Theatre’s thrilling and lavish ‘Natasha, Pierre’ a Russian feast for the eyes, ears

JFest set to return in May with its first internationally renowned headliner: Mandy Patinkin

Faye Webster photographed in her native Atlanta on Feb. 17, 2024.

Faye Webster hates attention, but her songs keep getting bigger

In the Kitchen

RECIPES FOR ANY OCCASION

‘Matriarch of Italian cooking’

Chicken fried steak

177-year-old sourdough starter

Versatile asparagus

Vegetables play the starring role in these one-pot, hearty stews
José Andrés’ carrot fritters bring a restaurant favorite home
A weeknight skillet chicken dinner, rich with greens
5 recipes to dive into for spring brunch season

Visual Storytelling

Volunteers from Snooze A.M. Eatery restaurants dig a trench to help make a retaining wall at nonprofit Second Chance’s youth garden in Encanto on Monday, April 15, 2024. The volunteer effort comes after the January storm that caused some damage to the garden. The event also commemorates Second Chance Month, which seeks to raise awareness about the hurdles former incarcerated Americans face.

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Blog: Eyes on San Diego

Photos: Padres Opening Day 2024

Photos: U.S.S. Carl Vinson returns to San Diego

Dream Flights honors 6 World War II veterans with free flights

Podcasts and Livestreams

Hot Lava podcast

SD Custom Podcasts

Together San Diego

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Health

Why finding a doctor who specializes in senior care is difficult

April 16, 2024
Health

A trick to reduce stress: Spend 20 seconds a day doing this easy practice

April 16, 2024
Business

HOA Homefront: Ins and outs of electing HOA directors by ‘acclamation’

April 16, 2024
Education

New superintendent of county schools chosen

April 15, 2024
South County

National City to consider rules for catering and hosting businesses

April 15, 2024

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Ideas & Opinions

Dawn Woodward, 39, who is homeless and originally from Arizona, dusts a mirror set outdoors in a homeless camp on the side of the CA-101 highway in the Echo Park neighborhood in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 11, 2021. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state into housing and to “functionally end family homelessness” within five years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Opinion: Blunt state audit on homelessness shows importance of determining which programs work

There are few promises from elected officials as empty as vows to “end homelessness.”

Picture “Equestrian” for Heather article Pic ID - Marcia Farley, Sarah Hamilton (blonde is Leaundra Archie) Description – Intern Marcia Farley guides CAL student Sarah Hamilton during a class at the TERI Therapeutic Equestrian Center

Opinion: Shortage of highly valued special needs professionals is keeping care from many

SAN DIEGO, CA-FEB.27: Michele LeFlever plays with "Jack" next to a homeless encampment near the Embarcadero in San Diego on Monday, February 27, 2023 (Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union Tribune)

Opinion: Is San Diego still claiming the moniker of ‘America’s Finest City’?

San Diego, CA - January 18: Rafael Castellanos, 2023 chairman, Board of Port Commissioners - San Diego appointee, and Frank Urtasun, 2024 chairman, Board of Port Commissioners - Coronado appointee, hug during the Port of San Diego's swearing in ceremony for its 2024 executive officers for the Board of Port Commissioners at Port Pavilion on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Opinion: What’s going on at the Port of San Diego? Why all the secrecy and sudden departures?

A sign warning visitors of possible water contamination near the Imperial Beach Pier.

Opinion: Confessions from a North County beach bum: Our polluted water is a crisis, too.

Community Voices Project

Opinion: We need everyone to support the LGBTQ+ community, now more than ever. Here’s why.
Opinion: Writing San Diego’s sunshine and noir, City Works Press celebrates 20 years

Someone San Diego Should Know

Someone San Diego Should Know: Xochitl Alvarez

Director at prep school knows firsthand about challenges young students face in education

People

Tales of magic carpets connect to migrant journeys in Iranian-American artist’s exhibit at Mingei

Border & Immigration

Tijuana, Baja California - April 10: With the warm weather children playing at the city park Teniente Guerrero. Gena Diaz 10 years-old plays chess with her father Andres Diaz 55 in Downtown on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in Tijuana, Baja California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

King and queen

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What’s the deal with the long vehicle lines to cross into Tijuana? The fix could take a while.

San Diego resident last seen swimming to boat in choppy seas found dead off coast of Tijuana

Six adults, one minor apprehended after suspected smuggling boat lands in Imperial Beach

Details released about 24-year-old Guatemalan woman who fell to her death from border wall

Military

Mechanical problems force USS Boxer to return from deployment 10 days after it sailed out of San Diego Bay
Former San Diego Marine last to be sentenced in $65 million military health benefits fraud case
San Diego warship joins allied vessels in show of force in the South China Sea
Sex crimes charges dropped against Marine after missing teen found in barracks

Caregiver

Casa de Mañana residents fund dozens of employee scholarships every year.

La Jolla senior living residence earns 5th place on list of best facilities in U.S.

Senior woman looks through some memories just before the house move begins.

Downsizing for older adults can be an emotional but rewarding process

SAN DIEGO, CA - FEBRUARY 09, 2024: In-Home Supportive Services recipient, Agustine Galvan, 83, who is suffering from dementia due to Alzheimer's, dances to Cumbia music being played on a phone with his daughter, Norma Galvan, a provider with IHSS, while in their home in San Diego on Friday, February 09, 2024.

County provides caregivers to those in need, but actually hiring someone can be daunting

San Diego, CA - April 26: On Wednesday, April 26, 2023 in San Diego, CA., at the Seniors Landing Bridge Shelter, Mike Herrera, 71 says he prefers this particular shelter space as oppose to a large shared living space. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The struggle for care even more arduous for San Diego County seniors on the street

Sports

Padres pregame: Manny Machado streaking into Milwaukee
Padres on deck: Visiting the NL Central-leading Brewers
MLB power rankings: Something blue, something … brown?

Business

Love to shop? Here’s how to get paid for it
You got a job offer but now the hard part begins: negotiating your terms
Navigating venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs

Entertainment

Two years into running the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus, Charlie Beale is ready for a ‘Freak Out’
High suspense: 5 questions with the Encinitas author of ‘Matterhorn’
Review: Well-staged drama ‘Stew’ stirs up family history, laughs, conflicts and surprises

Lifestyle

Esquire names the top new hotel in North America and Europe: It’s in San Diego
All the News That’s Fit: Happiest cities, celebrity nappers and how the dumbbell got its name
What’s lurking in your body? Mayo Clinic probes health risks of tiny plastic particles

Local

Ham on Wry: Cost to resolve problem has him bugging out
Light pollution ordinance expanded to include single-family homes in Oceanside
Seven inducted into San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame

California

Crop-rich California region may fall under state monitoring to preserve groundwater flow
Former Marine sentenced to 9 years in prison for firebombing California Planned Parenthood clinic
Decades after a US butterfly species vanished, a close relative is released to fill gap

Nation & World

8 family members die in Mozambique’s latest capsizing, a week after another killed nearly 100 people
Man gets 37-year sentence for kidnapping FBI employee in South Dakota
Michigan attorney general to announce charges in investigation of former top lawmaker

En Español

Sondeo: Solo un tercio de los estadounidenses cree que Trump actuó ilegalmente
Milei dejará de usar vuelos comerciales en sus viajes por motivos de seguridad
Fallece el mánager White Herzog, que llevó a los Cardenales a ganar la Serie Mundial en 1982