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The 2022 San Diego Writers Festival is Oct. 8 at the Coronado Public Library, and it's free

A sad, brutally honest memoir about "a poor, sexually abused, drug-addicted Chicano kid," Jesse Leon's narrative is one that vividly brings to the page the realities of someone ignored by the system.

From drug addiction and sex work, to Harvard and philanthropy, San Diegan and debut author shares his truth in 'I’m Not Broken'

This weekend in the arts: "The Pleasure Trials" at Moxie Theatre; Khalid Alkaaby at Sparks Gallery; the San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books; "The Planets" at SummerFest; Francis Blume at the Casbah; "Turning Tides" at BFree Studio and more.

The trajectory of Jesse Leon’s life changed after after he was sexually assaulted when he was 11 years old.

Tijuana continues to recover from a traumatic weekend which saw many businesses close and residents shelter in place from threats of violence from drug cartels. Then, UC San Diego is cutting admission offers for the next school year by more than 9,000 students. Next, the U.S. Forest Service predicted for decades a wildfire could devastate Grizzly Flats. A Cap Radio and California Newsroom investigation looks at why its plan to protect the town fell short. Then, one of San Diego’s most car-depe...

The Indiana Court of Appeals has declined to reduce the prison term issued in January to a Hammond man who shot a family friend in the legs nine times.