New Year

If you’re asking why you should face the world without a sip of wine or beer for a month, there are some compelling health reasons to do it.

A lot of people are ready to put 2021 behind them, and as we prepare to enter a new year, NBC 7 asked San Diegans to look back and share their thoughts on this past year and the next.

NBC 7 asked people to highlight their personal, positive moments of the past year and what they’re looking forward to in 2022.

While the past year had some heartbreaking moments, but there were some pretty incredible ones, too, reports NBC 7’s Dana Griffin.

New York City readied to embrace the new year — and bid good riddance to another pandemic-marred 12 months — as it prepared to revive its annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square.

Amanda Gorman is ending her extraordinary year on a note of hope.

2022 needs to prove it will be better before I decide to better myself.

It’s been a long 2021 and it’s drawing to a close. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest local stories around Southern California from this past year.

Living through a pandemic for going on two years has prompted many of us to rethink our priorities and how we want to spend our time. NBCLX contributor Michelle Park explored how people are incorporating their new mindsets into their New Year’s resolutions. For some folks, 2022 is all about being their most authentic selves; for others, it’s about setting...

Learn about the Lunar New Year, a celebration of the arrival of spring, and what foods are said to bring good luck and fortune in the coming year.

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to get back in shape?  Well the fact that you can’t get into the gym makes that resolution a likely failure. But for gyms barely hanging on, well they normally rely on your desire to start a new and get in shape. NBC7 spoke with a local boutique gym, that has been lucky...

It’s been called the COVID-19, not referring to the virus but weight gain during the pandemic. If that’s happened to you, you’re not alone.

“I never expected this in a million years” That was pretty much the feeling for every American in 2020. That’s especially how Ed Paris felt as he tried opening his Famous Waffle Sandwich in Kearny Mesa during the pandemic. “There was a lot of different speed bumps and curve balls thrown at me,” said Paris. Speed bumps and curveballs could…

With the start of a new year comes new resolutions. Many resolutions involve having a firm grasp on your finances and there are a few easy ways to do that.

As we turn the page on 2020 here are a few of the topics we covered that we hope don’t follow us into the new year.

Studies suggest tens of millions of Americans now believe QAnon conspiracies, including unfounded claims about satanic, cannibalistic, child-exploiting cabals. And it’s creating dangerous situations for first responders and victims of actual crime. But Noah Pransky explains why logic isn’t the right strategy for talking to someone who starts believing irrational conspiracies.

QAnon seems to be everywhere: its conspiracy theories are spreading on social media, its supporters are visible at Trump rallies, and, increasingly, its talking points are even getting repeated by politicians and people in government. Joan Donovan of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy explains how QAnon draws people into its web.

With the new decade upon us, police in Maine are advising people to write out the year 2020 when signing legal documents.