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<p>The Trump Administration backtracked on Tuesday and will not seek to end Visas for foreign students at US schools that are offering all classes online due to the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>A new policy announced last week would have denied Visas to students if they didn’t take classes on campus, leaving thousands of international students struggling to find alternative education programs or being forced to return to their native countries.</p>

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<p>A US Navy ship docked at Naval Station San Diego caught on fire on Sunday and sent smoke over areas of San Diego from Barrio Logan to La Mesa.</p>
<p>The USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship that looks like a small aircraft carrier, first reported a fire on Sunday in a large cargo area within the ship that is used to carry landing crafts that Marines use for land assaults launched from the ship. Navy helicopters and fire boats could be seen fighting the fire on Monday.</p>

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<p>Two upcoming exhibitions at the New Americans Museum (the NAM) at Liberty Station look to inspire a greater understanding of the impact of war both on the individual and on our American society.</p>
<p>, opening July 15th, is a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution that raises questions of national identity, of the veterans’ place in our society, of the moral, human and economic costs of war, and of the stereotypes that color our understanding of war through portraits and essays of veterans themselves.</p>

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<p>The US Supreme Court ruled on two cases Thursday both dealing with President Donald Trump’s tax returns, with one decision allowing the disclose of his tax information, but the other denying Congress access to them.</p>
<p>On the final day of the Courts annual session, the two decisions were announced on 7-2 votes, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing both majority decisions.</p>

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<p>The current presidents of the US and Mexico met for the first time on Wednesday and signed a joint declaration celebrating the newly revised trade agreement between the US, Mexico, and Canada which replaces NAFTA.</p>

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<p>A new high school in San Diego is offering students a combination of strong academics and real-world career experience to better prepare them for college and beyond.</p>

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<p>The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US surpassed three million this week as the rates of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to rise in several states, including in California.</p>
<p>California set new records of confirmed cases per day on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, and Los Angeles County reported a new record number of cases on Tuesday.</p>

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<p>The population of the United States grew during the past ten years only because of high birth rates among minority groups and immigration from foreign countries, according to new data estimates released by the US Census Bureau.</p>

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<p>The San Diego City Council voted on Tuesday to extend a citywide hold on evictions that was set to expire on June 30th and will give renters more relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>The Council had previously put in place a moratorium on evictions through June 30th and the extension will now protect both residential and business renters through the end of September. Landlords are not allowed to evict renters for non-payment of rent during the moratorium.</p>

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<p>A federal judge has ordered that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) release children being held at three family detention centers by July 17th to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 among those populations.</p>