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The school choice scholarship boom benefits kids already in private school
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (1272+ words) By BIANCA V'ZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE, AP Education Writers The second grader has trouble focusing. He doesn't listen to teachers and runs around the classroom, she explained. Could he be expelled? More families across the country are experimenting with…...
SDG&E, Qualcomm and Scripps team up to curb wildfires and extreme weather with AI " San Diego Union-Tribune
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (820+ words) San Diego Gas & Electric, Qualcomm and UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Monday announced a collaboration that will use an artificial intelligence initiative called Edge Alert Sentinel, or EAS, to battle wildfire and extreme weather events across the…...
Tijuana awaits the Iranian national soccer team, who will commute to the U. S. for World Cup
1+ week, 2+ day ago (892+ words) Tijuana is set to become the Iran national soccer team's base camp for the next several days, with the delegation expected to arrive on Sunday. Iran is one of 48 teams competing in the quadrennial FIFA World Cup 2026, which will be…...
No one injured when Border Patrol agent fires at vehicle near Campo
3+ week, 3+ day ago (122+ words) Two people were arrested after a U. S. Border Patrol agent opened fire " but did not hit anyone " during an incident near Campo on Thursday, federal officials said. The shooting involved an agent out of the Campo station responding to a reported…...
Deep in the San Diego County desert, new research has this town at loggerheads on what to do about water
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1744+ words) Just off Palm Canyon Drive in Borrego Springs, a dead honey mesquite tree remains rooted in the hot sand. It's lifeless but not yet useless " not to the creatures that find shade under its branches or the plants that count…...
Last dance in Laradise: Aztecs" history with Wyoming includes buzzer-beaters, dip cans and a 9-point first half
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (1404+ words) The approach from Cheyenne is east on Interstate 80 that cuts across southern Wyoming, and as the highway crests a rise and begins to descend, it appears below you, the historic downtown, the university, the railroad yard and a few stoplights…...
Newest Aztecs basketball player is from the rare Italian family that doesn't worship soccer
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1131+ words) David Torresani's father is from Milan and grew up during the heyday of soccer giant AC Milan, the 58-game unbeaten streak, the annual Serie A titles, the European Champions League trophies, the star-studded rosters, the club president who would become…...
Car crash on Navajo Road kills 14-year-old girl, strikes 18-year-old pedestrian in San Carlos
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (187+ words) A 35-year-old driver rammed into a tree in San Carlos Sunday, killing a 14-year-old girl who was riding in the car and hitting an 18-year-old man who was on the sidewalk, San Diego police said. The woman was driving a…...
Rotary scholarship helps first-generation student begin college journey
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) Yaniery Medina Morales, a first-generation college student from Encinitas, is beginning her freshman year with the support of a scholarship from the Coastal Encinitas Rotary Club. Yaniery was identified through RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards), a leadership program sponsored by…...
This 13-year-old Muaythai fighter can hit above her weight class, and win
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1065+ words) It started with a free class when Madelyn Kaufman was 5 years old, and has since grown into a years-long passion of training and fighting. And, competing internationally later this year. "I wanted to join the team because it has always…...