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San Diego County air pollution officers to develop alert system for noxious sewage odors
The air district's governing board also agreed to deploy air purifiers to impacted households in South County using federal grant dollars
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Suspect who shot officer during Mountain View foot chase gets 47 years to life
The gunman shot and wounded the officer then holed up in a vacant home, prompting an hours-long standoff that ended the following morning.
Sports
Padres on deck: Taking wild-card chase to San Francisco
Previewing the Padres’ two-game series at the San Francisco Giants: 7:15 p.m. Friday, 6:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:05 p.m. Sunday
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Two of San Diego’s premier cultural dance companies will share the stage for the first time
National City's PASACAT and San Diego's DanzArts to present 'Mestizaje: Interwoven Identities Between Mexico, the Philippines and Spain'
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![On a summer afternoon joggers, bicyclists and several people with big-brimmed hats, a few looking through binoculars, focused their attention on the squawking and seemingly chaotic swarm of white birds flying over a crescent-shaped island in Mission Bay. The social frenzy was thousands of elegant terns teaching their fledglings how to fly and forage at a man-made piece of land known as West Ski Island that lies less than a quarter-mile from Crown Point Park. A few women stopped to ask Andrew Meyer, the director of conservation at San Diego Audubon Society, and Cristina Santa Maria, conservation manager for the […]](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SUT-L-westski-terns-1.jpg?w=281 "On a summer afternoon joggers, bicyclists and several people with big-brimmed hats, a few looking through binoculars, focused their attention on the squawking and seemingly chaotic swarm of white birds flying over a crescent-shaped island in Mission Bay. The social frenzy was thousands of elegant terns teaching their fledglings how to fly and forage at a man-made piece of land known as West Ski Island that lies less than a quarter-mile from Crown Point Park. A few women stopped to ask Andrew Meyer, the director of conservation at San Diego Audubon Society, and Cristina Santa Maria, conservation manager for the […]")
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When political memes take on a lie of their own
As campaigns increasingly communicate via meme, cat videos are outranking reality
High School Sports
Cathedral Catholic sweeps Torrey Pines in showdown between San Diego volleyball powers
Mae Kordas shines in the middle as Dons, playing at home, roll to straight-sets win...
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![Re “Let’s help Alzheimer’s patients manage their own lives with dignity” (Sept. 10): As a palliative care physician who has supported patients in the option of medical aid in dying since its legalization in California, I disagree with the essay on expanding the End of Life Option Act to people with Alzheimer’s. Medical aid-in-dying laws have […]](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sjm-alzheimers-0105-01.jpg?w=485 "Re “Let’s help Alzheimer’s patients manage their own lives with dignity” (Sept. 10): As a palliative care physician who has supported patients in the option of medical aid in dying since its legalization in California, I disagree with the essay on expanding the End of Life Option Act to people with Alzheimer’s. Medical aid-in-dying laws have […]")
Proposed changes in state’s End of Life law are dubious, unnecessary
Re “Let’s help Alzheimer’s patients manage their own lives with dignity” (Sept. 10): As a palliative...
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8 ways to celebrate Mexican Independence Day this weekend in San Diego County
From Chula Vista to Oceanside, the free festivities will include the traditional Grito, live performances...
Food
Late-summer meals are ripe for simple joys
A simple, savory tomato carpaccio begins this menu, followed by tender fish and a crisp...
Health
![County officials said early Tuesday morning that an emergency air monitoring effort focused on the Tijuana River Valley did show elevated level of hydrogen sulfide, but not hydrogen cyanide as reported Monday by university researchers. Just one day earlier, research teams studying cross-border pollution held their own news conference indicating that recent monitoring, aided by a special team from Austin, Texas, announced that air monitors had documented hydrogen cyanide levels spiking to 50 parts per million at Saturn Boulevard near Sunset Avenue, a location that is just south of the river and about one mile south of Berry Elementary School. […]](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sut-l-1408639-trv-trash-0209-1.jpg?w=527 "County officials said early Tuesday morning that an emergency air monitoring effort focused on the Tijuana River Valley did show elevated level of hydrogen sulfide, but not hydrogen cyanide as reported Monday by university researchers. Just one day earlier, research teams studying cross-border pollution held their own news conference indicating that recent monitoring, aided by a special team from Austin, Texas, announced that air monitors had documented hydrogen cyanide levels spiking to 50 parts per million at Saturn Boulevard near Sunset Avenue, a location that is just south of the river and about one mile south of Berry Elementary School. […]")
County says its Tijuana River Valley monitoring shows no ‘imminent danger or threat’
County officials said early Tuesday morning that an emergency air monitoring effort focused on the...
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![By Caron Golden On a mid-August evening, about 30 people lingered over charcuterie trays, crackers and dips, and fruit and chocolate chip cookies, sipping glasses of wine and soft drinks in a well-appointed display kitchen in the industrial area of Kearny Mesa. It wasn’t a cocktail party. It was the meet and greet ahead of […]](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SUT-L-DESIGNWORKSHOPS-09070055_201434096.jpg?w=525 "By Caron Golden On a mid-August evening, about 30 people lingered over charcuterie trays, crackers and dips, and fruit and chocolate chip cookies, sipping glasses of wine and soft drinks in a well-appointed display kitchen in the industrial area of Kearny Mesa. It wasn’t a cocktail party. It was the meet and greet ahead of […]")
Is attending a remodeling workshop worth your time?
By Caron Golden On a mid-August evening, about 30 people lingered over charcuterie trays, crackers...
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