• Photo recap: Lunar New Year Festival 2023 in Little Saigon,Kendra Sitton

    Photo recap: Lunar New Year Festival 2023 in Little Saigon

    Little Saigon San Diego hosted a free festival to celebrate Lunar New Year in City Heights over the weekend of Jan. 20-22. This year was significant because it also marked the groundbreaking of the Boat People Garden, a community mini park to be built a block from the festival site at Jeremy Henwood

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  • A blistering observation,Philip Hwang

    A blistering observation

    Blister beetles vary widely in colors and shapes and contain an irritant called cantharidin and I found one in Mission Trails Regional Park. Thankfully, I didn’t touch it or pick it up or try to bring it to show to others.Blister beetles, of the family Meloidae, go through what’s called hyper-metamo

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  • More than 1,600 volunteers participate in Point in Time Count,SDNEWS staff

    More than 1,600 volunteers participate in Point in Time Count

    More than 1,600 volunteers across the county took part in this year’s Point in Time Count, counting and interviewing unsheltered residents throughout the region from 4-8 a.m. on Jan. 26.The annual Point in Time Count is led by the Regional Task Force on Homelessness (RTFH) as part of a federal fundi

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