4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (693+ words) The settlement resolves a pivotal legal case years in the making that sought to hold the tech giant accountable for the role its platforms played in undermining children’s mental health. The effort targeted features designed to hook young people’s attention....

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (568+ words) Rancho Santa Fe teenager Jake Katz is hoping to make an impact in the lives of youth experiencing homelessness with his new Silly Socks Box, a heartfelt project ensuring no child feels forgotten or uncared for. The initiative is part…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (531+ words) This school year, the Solana Beach School District will continue to evaluate student use of digital tools in the classroom, an ongoing conversation among school districts nationwide over the last several years with the proliferation of screens in people’s daily…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (337+ words) In the solo play “Ni Mi Madre,” performer and playwright Arturo Luíz Soria has penned a tribute to his real-life Brazilian mother, but there’s a bit of poison in that pen. “Ni Mi Madre,” which loosely translates as “not my…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (586+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune For most teenagers, the beginning of another school year marks the end of summer and is not a day many look forward to with eagerness. Members of Friends of San Pasqual Academy and others made starting school…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (978+ words) For students starting at a new school, the first day holds many questions: Will they see any familiar faces? Who will they sit with at lunch? Who will they play with at recess? “I’m this much nervous,” said Iman Fair-Seldon,…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (534+ words) In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. In author Octavia E. Butler’s world, everything is fantastical and futuristic. It’s a world so dynamic and playful that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (538+ words) My wife argues that my columns often require a great deal of editing, suggesting my East Coast dialect is often apparent. She points, in particular, to what she considers my appalling spelling and inexcusable articulation. We’ve spent over half our…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (175+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “Head Start deregulation moves forward” (Aug. 8): So the government is proposing cutting services to young children to save money by deregulating Head Start. Increasing adult to child ratios so they serve more children, decreasing services like…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (627+ words) As students within the San Diego Unified School District make their way back to their classrooms for the 2026 school year, principals from Point Loma and Ocean Beach schools are among many across the District calling for traffic safety improvements around…...