Josephine M. Burgess, Author at The Sandiego Digest

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increase to 104 in San Diego County

FILE PHOTO: An unidentified COVID-19 patient is treated in the ICU at Providence St Joseph Hospital in Orange, U.S. July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Omar...

San Diego County Health Officials Report Slight Drop in COVID Hospitalizations

Doctors intubate a coronavirus patient in the COVID-19 ICU. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson The number of COVID-positive patients in San Diego County...

Coastal Panel Staff Advises Against Huntington Beach Desalination Plant

Surfers at the Huntington Beach Pier. File photo via Pixabay A proposed California desalination plant that would produce 50 million...

UCLA Ph.D Jessica Watkins Is 1st Black Woman to Serve on Space Station

Astronaut Jessica Watkins. NASA photo Rookie NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, who holds a doctorate from UCLA and previously worked at...

Success Reported in Efforts to Restock White Seabass off Southern California

Hatchery raised white seabass. Courtesy Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute Decades long efforts involving Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and a hatchery...

Scripps Oceanography Monitoring ‘Red Tide’ at Southern California Beaches

Red tide turns water orange-red at the Newport Beach Pier on April 25. Courtesy Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System ...

San Diego City Council Creates Privacy Board to Oversee Surveillance Technologies

Downtown San Diego at night. Photo by Tony Webster via Wikimedia Commons The San Diego City Council Tuesday established a...

California Regulators Release Detailed Plan to End Sale of New Gas Cars by 2035

Commuters navigate early morning traffic as they drive towards downtown Los Angeles. REUTERS/Mike Blake California’s clean-air regulators unveiled a...

Girls Excel in Language Arts Early, Which May Explain the STEM Gender Gap in Adults

Students in a chemistry class at the Kearny High School of Science Connections and Technology. Courtesy SDUSD Maybe it is...

‘Closer Than My Brother’: Navy Pals, 88 and 89, Share Laughs, Goals for D.C. Trip

Sammy Thomas and Van Clemons have been friends for nearly 70 years. Their lives have been entwined...

Californian’s Crucial Sierra Snowpack Falls to Lowest Level in 7 Years

State officials found only traces of snow during the April 1 snowpack survey at the Phillips Station near Lake Tahoe. Photo by Kenneth...

San Diego-Based Navy Officer Dies During Training Event in Hawaii

Lt. j.g. Aaron Fowler. Credit: U.S. Navy A Navy service member assigned to a San Diego-based explosive ordnance disposal unit...

‘A Spring in Their Step’: Final Honor Flight for WWII, Korean Vets Awaits

T-shirts, bags and lanyards are prepared for packing in this weekend’s Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. Photo by Chris Stone ...

Aging Veterans Muster for D.C. Trip: Honor Flight Details Path to Success

Dave Smith, founder of Honor Flight San Diego, toasts team leaders at a Del Mar Hilton meeting. Photo by Chris Stone ...

The ‘Productive Struggle’ Paradox: Building AI That Teaches, Not Just Answers

How Local Businesses Can Grow with SEO and AI-Powered Content Marketing

Occams Advisory Earns 9th Inc. 5000 Honor, Soars to No. 798 in 2025

Josephine M. Burgess