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City Helping Mental Health During Pandemic Through Poetry
With so many people dealing with stress and anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic, many are looking for ways to deal with their feelings. The city of San Diego has designed a creative program to help people cope with the pandemic through writing poems. It’s called the “San Diego Poetry Together Challenge.” The city’s poet laureate, Ron Salisbury, picks a...
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Demand for Lupus Drug Also Used to Treat COVID-19 Skyrockets
When President Donald Trump announced the medication hydroxychloroquine was a game-changer in treating COVID-19 patients, demand for the prescription drug skyrocketed.
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Retired Doctor Helps Rescue Swimmers Dumped from Panga Off Coast of Del Mar
Steve Bierman’s nights are usually peaceful at his bluff-top home in Del Mar, but on Friday morning he was awakened at 4:30 a.m. by horrific screams coming from the ocean. The avid surfer grabbed his board, scaled down the bluffs in his pajamas, and got to work trying to rescue more than a dozen people who he later found...
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Standoff Suspect at Rady Children's Hospital Was Wanted in Several Bank Robberies
A pursuit suspect who was chased by deputies from Riverside County into San Diego stopped outside of Rady Children’s Hospital and is currently involved in a standoff with multiple agencies.
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Chinese Student Stuck in San Diego As Coronavirus Delays Start of Winter Semester
U.C. San Diego said none of its students are studying abroad in China right now. However, there are students whose families are affected by the viral outbreak.
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Cal Fire San Diego Stresses Assistance for Australia Must Follow Protocol
After reports of federal Southern California firefighters headed to Australia, Cal Fire San Diego firefighters said some people have been asking why they are not going to help.
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Mira Mesa Teacher's Home Destroyed Twice in Four Months
Support is pouring in for a local teacher, after her home was destroyed not once, but twice, in four months. Darlene Cooper has been a teacher for 25 years, and most of those years have been at Walker Elementary School in Mira Mesa. When her colleagues found out her home was destroyed twice – first by flood, then by fire…
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Suspect, Victim ID'd in Chula Vista Home Shooting Death
A woman was reportedly shot and killed by her husband’s son Saturday afternoon in Chula Vista, according to the Chula Vista Police Department.
