East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.

If you’ve ever ventured into the intimate, blue-walled room in a corner of the second floor of the San Diego Museum of Art, you have caught a glimpse of what curator Sonya Quintanilla calls the museum’s “crown jewel.”

Creating three dances corresponding to the San Diego Museum of Art’s Temple, Palace and Mosque galleries involved far more than just choreographing steps. In fact, doing the choreography was her easiest task, says Shoba Sharma, whose Naatya company is co-presenting next Sunday’s concert with the museum.

San Diego-based ShowUhow, which creates and hosts online video instruction guides for retail and manufacturing partners, says today it has raised $3 million in Series A funding from Syncom Venture Partners, an investment firm in Silver Springs, MD, that specializes in media, mobile technologies, and web-based service companies. ShowUhow videos show consumers how to assemble [...]

I must begin with a confession: It’s been awhile since I sat down with Eset CEO Anton Zajac to get an update on the privately held IT security and anti-virus software developer based in Bratislava, Slovakia, and San Diego. While the company’s security software products are well-known in Europe, Eset is not as well-recognized in the [...]

Three years ago, San Diego’s Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) paid $210 million in cash to acquire an Atlanta mobile banking startup called Firethorn Holdings. At the time, some commentaries emphasized that mobile banking in the United States was emerging at a snail’s pace. Even Firethorn founder Tripp Rackley told GigaOm last November, “It’s going to be [...]

Highly regarded Rady Children's Hospital is bringing its expertise to new parts of the region.

State lawmakers' recent actions confirm their disconnect from Californians -- including those who want social justice for struggling schools.

Readers worry about whether there will be real progress on reforms associated with the ballot measure allowing for a half-cent sales tax hike.

More than a dozen of the county’s 48 superintendents and community college presidents have decreased their pay in response to the flailing economy, but their average still hovers around $190,000 per year. One says, “What I like to get people to relate to is imagine a business with 38 branches where 33,000 people show up to work every day.”

Other cities have launched ambitious arts-related projects. Will San Diego follow suit?

El Cajon Valley High School plans a public commemoration and exhibit tied to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.

As part of a reorganization of San Diego’s school district this school year, nine new area superintendents were given access to $700,000 to spend on emergencies, teacher development, supplies and “general operating expenditures.” One expense, on lapel pins, has parents worried when funds and supplies are so short.

Regarding separation of church and state, Krvaric asks, "Where in the Constitution does it say that?" The county responds.

About 700 incoming Granite Hills freshmen took part Friday in a unique orientation and mentoring program

Should a longtime merchant lose his right to collect money during an eminent-domain process because he did not pay rent for six months?

The La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club has established new temporary housing in the College Area for Somalis and others from East Africa who have been granted political asylum in the U.S.

The stakes in a San Diego Girl Scouts annual fundraising auction just got a lot higher: The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced Friday it will donate an airship ride during the event on Sept. 10.

East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.

A key piece of evidence in the oil spill probe has been safely secured on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, and investigators are getting their first chance to personally look at the device up close.

Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece evidence is secure aboard a ship.

Failed blowout preventer, a key piece of evidence in the Gulf oil spill probe, raised to surface.

Q&A: Bill Powers, an electrical engineer. is hired by community groups, governments and companies to provide expert testimony on power issues. He says that SDG&E’s focus on new power lines is wrongheaded, and its strategy of getting solar and wind power from far away is destructive.

Paul Conrad used his pencil like a weapon. His long lines and jagged angles seemed to point directly at the leaders he deemed charlatans and fools in need of deflating.

Two prominent, popular brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human trafficking charges _ they pleaded guilty _ but two former state governors, community groups, fellow farmers and other supporters are trying to keep them out of prison.

Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California's global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week.

View photo of warships in tactical maneuvering exercises with the USS Carl Vinson.

Broccoli and cauliflower should be staples in an autumn vegetable garden.

There’s a big range in price and sophistication, from pitchers to whole-house systems.

Community gardens grow more than produce. Besides the added benefits of exercise, better nutrition and family recreation, friendship and understanding often blossom across cultures as gardeners work side by side.

Between classes, extracurricular activities and home chores, many young students carry a heavy load.

Honeybees are beneficial insects that pollinate a third of the crops we grow for food. Bees pollinating flowers help gardeners, but a nest of bees near a home can pose a serious hazard to the occupants and their pets as well as neighbors and visitors.

Pazzaz, a San Diego nonprofit helping thousands of children overcome academic struggles, invites parents and children in grades K-12 to enjoy educational workshops, informative exhibits, live entertainment, continental breakfast and lunch, and backpacks and school supply giveaways.

Mindy Goldis, a natural foods chef specializing in combining macrobiotic and raw food cuisine prepared in a healing gourmet style that is both nutritious to the body and pleasing to the palate, will give a presentation from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Clairemont Branch Library.

Explore some of the smallest, hardest-working plants and animals in the sea.

The Widows or Widowers Club of San Diego holds weekly walks at Lake Murray in La Mesa, at Lake Miramar, at Mission Bay, and in Chula Vista.

There's never been a road trip quite like this in cinematic history.

What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government?

A lawyer for Taylor Lautner says the "Twilight" star has settled a lawsuit with an RV dealership he claims didn't deliver a $300,000 coach in time for a movie shoot.

Iron Butterfly has few fans as devoted as Mayor Jerry Sanders, who will present the band with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20th annual San Diego Music Awards.

A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday after jurors told him deliberations had grown hostile in the marriage fraud case of Mexican-born actress Fernanda Romero and her husband.

North Coast Rep's latest play was commissioned as a birthday gift.

It appears that Jerry Lewis' comments about an Old Globe Theatre production of the musical "The Nutty Professor" in 2011 were, at the very least, premature.

John Woo built his reputation with stylish Hong Kong action thrillers, then moved to Hollywood where he directed such big-budget blockbusters as "Mission Impossible II."

The Julian Grape stomp this weekend celebrates the harvest.