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Pair of giant pandas from China arrive safely at San Diego Zoo

Jun. 28, 2024 14:36 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two giant pandas from China have safely arrived in Southern California, where they will be cared for as part of an ongoing conservation partnership, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said Friday. The pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will spend the next several...

Pair of giant pandas on their way from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership

Jun. 27, 2024 03:47 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A pair of giant pandas are on their way from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Wednesday. Officials with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance...

Drinking water of almost a million Californians failed to meet state requirements

Jun. 26, 2024 11:07 AM EDT

Almost 400 water systems serving nearly a million Californians don’t meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water supplies — and fixing them would cost billions of dollars. More than two-thirds of these failing water systems serve communities of color, and more...

San Diego Wave fire coach Casey Stoney amid 7-game winless streak

Jun. 24, 2024 19:24 PM EDT

The San Diego Wave have dismissed coach Casey Stoney amid a seven-game winless streak. Paul Buckle, who served as an assistant coach for the Wave in 2022, will serve in the interim while the team searches for a new head coach, San Diego announced on Monday. The Wave...

A look at where the Navy's 11 aircraft carriers are now

Jun. 19, 2024 06:56 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is weighing what to do about the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which has been battling Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea for nearly nine months. The question is how to replicate the carrier's combat power if the ship returns home. ...

California’s Black legislators make case for reparations bills while launching statewide tour

Jun. 18, 2024 10:26 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus launched a statewide tour in San Diego Saturday to promote a slate of 14 reparations bills, including a measure that could change the state constitution to end forced prison labor. That measure and several...

'Chucky Mania' hits San Diego as Lozano expresses desire to win titles for MLS expansion team

Jun. 13, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — On a typically brilliant San Diego day, Mexican soccer star Hirving “Chucky” Lozano said he'd like to do something that's generally atypical around here — win championships. Lozano was introduced Thursday as the first designated player of the Major League...

Ex-US Customs officer convicted of letting drug-filled cars enter from Mexico

Jun. 13, 2024 18:07 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach his lane at a San Diego border crossing and pocketing at least $13,000 per vehicle, officials said...

White Sox plan to bring up RHP Drew Thorpe to make his major league debut Tuesday night

Jun. 09, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox plan to bring up right-hander Drew Thorpe from Double-A Birmingham to make his major league debut Tuesday night at Seattle. Thorpe is one of the team's top prospects. He was acquired from San Diego in the Dylan Cease trade in March. ...

Some nationalities escape Biden's sweeping asylum ban because deportation flights are scarce

Jun. 09, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Border Patrol arrested Gerardo Henao 14 hours after President Joe Biden suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico this week. But instead of being summarily deported, he was dropped off by agents the next day at a San Diego bus stop, where he caught a train to...