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The City and County of San Diego will close some public services this Thanksgiving season such as libraries, recreation centers and administrative offices. Emergency services like the San Diego Police and Fire-Rescue emergency crews will not be impacted.

Paradise paused on Friday. One year after the most devastating wildfire in California history mostly destroyed the town, local officials asked people to pause for 85 seconds beginning at 11:08 a.m. — one second for every person who was killed.

Iraqi protesters blocked roads in Baghdad on Sunday to raise pressure on the government to resign after more than a week of renewed mass demonstrations. Protesters blocked one road with burning tires and barbed wire, and held up a banner reading “Roads closed by order of the people.” They appeared to be borrowing a tactic from Lebanon, where similar anti-government...

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said Wednesday that he is canceling two major international summits so he can respond to protracted nationwide protests over economic inequality that have left more than a dozen people dead, hundreds injured and businesses and infrastructure damaged. The decision to call off the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and U.N. global climate gatherings, planned for November and December,...

A suspected cyber attacker targeted the email system used by San Marcos city employees last week leaving them unable to communicate with some of the public.

An outsider hacked the city’s email servers last Friday, shutting down several city services. NBC 7’s Rory Devine has more.

The lights were returning to life across Venezuela on Tuesday following a massive blackout that crippled communications, froze the Caracas metro and snarled rush hour traffic, officials said. Energy Minister Freddy Brito said power had been restored in the capital of Caracas and at least five of the South American nation’s 23 states. Partial power had returned to another four...

The youngest member of Britain’s royal family, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was christened at Windsor Castle on Saturday in a private ceremony — too private for some royal fans. The 2-month-old son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was baptized in a private chapel at the castle west of London by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church...

Buckingham Palace says that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not reveal the names of the godparents of their son Archie when he is christened this weekend. The palace said in a statement Wednesday that the christening at Windsor Castle on Saturday will be private and that “the godparents, in keeping with their wishes, will remain private.” The decision...

Coronado plans to recycle dockless bicycles that have been impounded around the city.

A new survey mailed this week will determine how satisfied San Diego residents are with city services.

A man acquitted of a felony for creating a fake Facebook page that parodied a suburban Cleveland police department is suing the city, saying they violated his right to free speech. Anthony Novak filed the lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Parma and three officers. He created a Facebook page in March 2016 that appeared similar to the page of...

The City of Escondido approved the outsourcing of its library system to a private company Wednesday.

Puerto Rico’s governor is vowing to turn the U.S. territory into the 51st state after statehood won in a non-binding referendum hit by a boycott and low turnout that raised questions about the vote’s legitimacy. Gov. Ricardo Rossello told a couple hundred supporters waving U.S. flags late Sunday that he will soon create a commission to appoint two senators and...

Towering 22 stories over downtown San Diego, the completion of the new San Diego Central Courthouse was celebrated with a ceremony Monday.

San Diego’s police headquarters and City Hall aren’t that far apart, geographically speaking.

A downed bridge along the California coast has split the Big Sur area in two, stranding residents without access to grocery stores and public services and closing part of scenic Highway 1 for as long as a year.

When it comes to the Church of Scientology, Leah Remini continues to be an open book—especially regarding the church’s key players, Tom Cruise and his ex-wife, former member Katie Holmes.