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FDR decided in 1939 to move the holiday to goose holiday retail sales. It split the country in half.
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake.”
The isolation and loneliness is daunting, but many find a deeper meaning to life
Families opt for Zoom calls and smaller dinner celebrations on Thanksgiving Day
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo foresees little practical effect from a Supreme Court ruling that bars the state from enforcing certain attendance limits at houses of worship in pandemic hot zones
Sharon Belknap and friends usually draw a crowd while making sand art at Cardiff State Beach
Santa Ana winds expected to gust to 50 mph in local mountains
San Diego State picks up where it left off a year ago and dominates Bruins
Applications are available for select businesses that can demonstrate direct financial harm caused by the latest restrictions
A couple of other races remain close with 7,000 ballots outstanding countywide
Many of the things society has come to accept as seasonal truths will continue to ring true, albeit with COVID-19 caveats attached
Local charts, maps and tables that explain the virus
Have questions about how county’s case rate works? Confused about rules that determine whether we advance or fall? We’ve got answers
Interactive map of COVID-19 cases in San Diego County by ZIP code
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You’re not alone. More than 900 San Diego County residents have died of the disease. We want to help you tell their stories.
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One person died at the scene, while medics took eight others, including at least one child, to San Diego hospitals
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Police said a man in his 20s was struck and killed while crossing West Chase Avenue near Tuttle Park
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The person died at a hospital after being shot about 7:40 p.m. on Varney Drive just off Division Street
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It happened about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday on Kemper Street near Kenyon Street, southwest of Midway Drive
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David Van Vielt crashed while trying to pass other vehicles on San Dieguito Road on Nov. 17
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It happened about 4:20 p.m. on south I-5 between state Route 905 and Dairy Mart Road, snarling traffic for drivers approaching the border
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Here are some events and neighborhoods celebrating the season in 2020
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Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert lies a mystery: a gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state.
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On Dec. 1, Giving Tuesday helps community organizations survive a tough year
This year, finding ways to have a holly jolly holiday season begins with giving. This year’s top picks.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked local officials in battleground states led to his election defeat
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President-elect Joe Biden is summoning Americans to overcome their divisions and join in common purpose against the coronavirus pandemic and the raw divisions left by the election
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For the past four years, President Donald Trump has enjoyed the special status of a world leader on Twitter and Facebook, even as he used his perch atop the social media pyramid to peddle misinformation and hurl abuse at his critics
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Mary Nichols will soon leave her job as California’s top air regulator after more than four decades of advocating for ambitious climate policies in the nation’s most populous state
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Thousands of people in Southern California lost power Thanksgiving Day after a utility began shutting off electricity to prevent wildfires from being ignited by damage to power lines amid strong winds
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A group of 比特币交易网homeless people who had taken over several empty, state-owned houses in Los Angeles was forcefully removed by California Highway Patrol officers hours later
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It’s hard to be thankful when the coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, have killed 260,000 Americans in 10 months, and a third wave has led to 16 straight days of record hospitalizations and 2,000 deaths in a single day for the first time since May.
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We asked: With San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer “seriously considering” a run for governor, would you vote for him? Do you think any Republican could win? Why or why not?
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Story offers shocking anecdotes from before 2019 death of intoxicated freshman
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This holiday season, I encourage you to act on your thankfulness.
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Time for the city to focus on providing typical government services.
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Thousands of fellow San Diegans are experiencing 比特币交易网homelessness this Thanksgiving.
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This Thanksgiving, reach across the table to find compromise in civil discourse.
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Neither party is doing anything to court Latinos effectively.
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The Community Voices Project is a forum for respectful discourse about news of the day and matters of the community that brings dozens of thought leaders together in a public dialogue, which can be a model for others.
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Stocking stuff scavenger hunts, live camels and reindeer hanging out with Santa, and a 30-foot tree fashioned from 245,000 forest green Lego bricks are among the holiday enticements that SeaWorld and Legoland are offering to lure visitors at a time when COVID-19 restrictions are still limiting visitation to theme parks.
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The Doors of Change music has stopped, but its doors are virtually staying open
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Months after giving birth, young mother undergoes successful surgery at Sharp Memorial Hospital
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U-T journalist Annie Heilbrunn spent the day at a super poll location in La Mesa, talking to voters about the importance of this year’s election.
Padres and SD Food Bank team up to feed more than 600 families in need in annual turkey distribution
Padres and SD Food Bank team up to feed more than 600 families in need in annual turkey distribution
The Padres partnered with The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank to feed more than 600 families in need this holiday season.
Ortiz survives inquiry as Orglandes wins Gr. III Red Carpet
San Diego State will play Saturday afternoon in a nonconference contest against Buffaloes on Pac-12 Network
The little things that win games, taking charges and the artificial crowd noise in Viejas Arena
Coach Brian Dutcher says it could be deepest team, despite following 30-2 trailblazers
An in-depth look at Week 12’s NFL matchups and how they’ll affect your fantasy football lineup
Three Mexican nationals were arrested as part of a long-running investigation into the Sinaloa Cartel
Advocates are urging California leaders to stop transfers from state prisons and jails to ICE custody and exercise public health oversight
Ramon Santoyo Cristobal, aka “Dr. Wagner,” is alleged to be a member of the Sinaloa cartel
At Truth Act forum, advocates, attorneys, and community members urged Sheriff Bill Gore to halt policies resulting in deportations
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop expelling immigrant children who cross the southern border alone, halting a policy that has resulted in thousands of rapid deportations of minors during the coronavirus pandemic
Veterans Village of San Diego, along with many partner organizations, hosted a scaled-back, socially-distant version of its annual ‘Stand Down’ event Sunday morning.
Column: Padres pitcher Craig Stammen honored for support of military, from Afghanistan to Petco Park
Column: Padres pitcher Craig Stammen honored for support of military, from Afghanistan to Petco Park
USO trip including nail-biting helicopter rides, carrier landing opened eyes of baseball veteran
Former Hollywood actor Scott Eberlein joined the Army after 9/11 and now works to keep civilians out of harm’s way in combat.
Ten percent of U.S. veterans are women yet there is a dearth of V.A. facilities named after female service members
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Coach to Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong dies of COVID-19 in Poland
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Companies say lattice design enabled by 3D printing redistributes weight to increase forgiveness in limited edition club
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San Diego County is averaging more than 21,000 COVID-19 tests per day with a more than 5 percent positive rate
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New documentary is a sprawling, shaggy biography of experimental rock pioneer, composer and activist Frank Zappa
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The Recording Academy responded: ‘We understand that the Weeknd is disappointed ... Unfortunately ... there are fewer nominations than ... deserving artists’
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Former actress Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July
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The country was in the middle of the Civil War in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln — at the urging of “Ladies Magazine” editor Sarah Josepha Hale — formally established Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
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A children’s book about a butterfly highlights area cities and aids in fighting domestic abuse
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Where to see holiday lights this year
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Getting into the swing of things at The Links at Petco Park
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Getting into the swing of things at The Links at Petco Park
Popular golf experience ends successful run in 2020
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El conteo diario de los nuevos casos de COVID-19 en Corea del Sur se mantiene por encima de los 500 por segundo día consecutivo
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Leo Heras sacude un doble con un out en el noveno episodio y frustra un juego sin hits y Sultanes blanquean 3-0 a Águilas y se aseguran el tercer lugar en el cierre de la primera vuelta de la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico
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En el primer día sin Diego Armando Maradona, fallecido ayer a los 60 años, el pueblo argentino se movilizó en masa para despedir a su héroe en la Casa Rosada, donde hoy la bandera ondea a media asta y los cánticos se mezclan con las lágrimas.
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Tamara Zack’s nuptials wouldn’t have been complete without her grandmother seeing her in her wedding dress
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Coronavirus cases eclipse 300,000 mark among nursing 比特币交易网home residents across the country this week
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North Park resident David Higgins didn’t know what was wrong when he started feeling increasingly tired and weak, almost a decade ago.
