The ocean was unusually warm during the early part of last weekend, with temperatures rising to 75 degrees or more at many spots along the San Diego County coastline. It didn’t last. Persistent winds caused upwelling. Colder, deeper water rose to the surface and temperatures dropped to the low-to-mid 60s. The chill will last through this weekend even though there will be plenty of sunshine after the morning marine layer burns off, says the National Weather Service. Sea surface temperatures...

Cal State San Marcos advised the campus community on Thursday evening that two of the university’s employees have tested positive for COVID-19. “One individual was last on campus on July 16 and the other individual on July 17,” the advisory said. “Both are in self-isolation following public health protocols, as are people with whom they have had close personal contact. “If you have not been notified by CSUSM that you have been in close contact with someone who has, or is suspected of having,...

Some faculty publicly described the policy as a potential threat to free speech Reacting to sharp criticism, San Diego State University has decided to reconsider a proposal that would give it the right to revoke the emeritus status of professors who harm the school’s reputation. SDSU’s University Senate said in an email Thursday that the draft policy had been sent back to a committee “for further discussion and revision.” Such a move isn’t unusual. But this time it came as some SDSU faculty...

The cliche is true. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. There’s no other way to explain Cosmopolitan magazine’s new list of the 50 most beautiful college campuses in the country. San Diego State University is ranked 8th. Not 80th. 8th. I’m not saying SDSU isn’t attractive. But 8th? Ahead of the University of Michigan and Notre Dame and Harvard and Ohio University and UCLA and Indiana University and Bowdoin College and Bryn Mawr and Cornell and Princeton and ... There are people who will...