A sunny afternoon in Curran Plaza at San Diego City College was the perfect backdrop for the first celebration of the Lunar New Year on the downtown campus on Feb. 7.

San Diego City College has directly been affected by the spread of coronavirus, causing the shutdown of campus on March 16 through the fall 2020 semester. But the origins of COVID-19 go much further back. View an interactive timeline going back to the beginning of the pandemic.

Flying colors, live music, the Taste of Asia performers represented their countries in front of an enlightened crowd in Balboa Park’s House of Pacific International Cottages on Saturday, Sept. 27. Food...