President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.
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A pioneer in the field of trauma therapy talks about his new memoir. Also, a new exhibit will highlight stories and feature artwork by incarcerated women. And finally, NPR launches a new podcast that is part-interview, part-game show.
The child care industry has long been in crisis, and COVID-19 only made things worse. Now affordable, quality care is even more challenging to find, and staff are not paid enough to stay in the field. This series spotlights people each struggling with their own childcare issues, and the providers struggling to get by.
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- UCSD students establish pro-Palestine encampment on campus
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- San Diego's senior population to increase in coming years, raising concerns for elder orphans
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The University of California’s campus safety plan was designed to calm protests by limiting law enforcement. Yet as tensions grew to violence against a UCLA student encampment erected in protest over the war in Gaza, many are criticizing law enforcement’s initial lack of intervention.
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San Diego County released its $8.48 billion recommended budget for the next fiscal year Thursday, an increase of $317.7 million, or 3.9%, over the 2023-24 adopted budget.
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This weekend in local arts and culture: Poetic Justice's self-portraiture and poetry exhibit; free museums; a play about cooking; AAPI fashion; Puerto Rican LGBTQ+ theater; ballet meets the stock market crash and more.
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The official censure from the 9th Circuit's Judicial Council concerns U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez's instructions to have a deputy marshal place a 13-year-old girl in handcuffs in February of last year, something the council wrote "constitute(s) abusive or harassing behavior."
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The Tijuana World Design Festival is one part of a larger program recognizing the binational region, with dozens of events planned now through November.
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Locally born productions shine at this year's Tony nominations. Plus, two Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity — the musical “Hell’s Kitchen” fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play “Stereophonic” about a ’70s rock band at the edge of stardom — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.
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The 2024 awards ceremony honoring local musicians was held Tuesday, April 30 at Humphreys by the Bay before a sold-out crowd.
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The lawmakers called the Oceanside-based credit union’s overdraft practices “unconscionable” and urged the company to change its fee policies.
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The FAIR Plan is California’s home insurance plan of last resort. But policies in San Diego County more than tripled in recent years, which mirrors a troubling statewide trend.
- The U.S. may be missing human cases of bird flu, scientists say
- After downsizing health care for years, Pentagon says medical readiness was a casualty
- The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike
- Tri-City nurses say staffing shortage is jeopardizing patient care
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San Diego's senior population to increase in coming years, raising concerns for elder orphans
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San Diego Opera's 'Madama Butterfly' takes the stage at Civic Theatre
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Migrant drop offs continue in San Diego despite influx of federal funds
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Home insurance crisis forcing thousands of San Diego homeowners onto costly FAIR Plan
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Whistleblower says Caltrans has 'long way to go' to shift away from car culture
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Shelltown neighbors, still in limbo after the January flood, band together to survive
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Lawsuit against ICE detention center highlights medical neglect complaints
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Niland wants to know when its post office is coming back
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TranscenDANCE offers youth equitable access to dance, art and support services
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Without Walls art festival takes over UC San Diego campus
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There’s a verdict in the lawsuit brought by the family of Oral Nunis, who died in the custody of Chula Vista police four years ago. In other news, for two decades, contractor Leonard Glenn Francis wined, dined and bribed senior Navy officers who helped him make millions defrauding the U.S. government. Now, more than 11 years after his arrest in San Diego, he’s finally set to be sentenced to prison. Plus, the World Design Festival is underway in Tijuana.
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Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias take a heavy toll on individuals and their caregivers. New medications offer hope, but raise accessibility concerns.
- New firefighting tool unveils in North County as Wildfire Awareness Month starts
- California's population grew in 2023, halting 3 years of decline
- Carlsbad looking to add solar farm on reservoir at city's eastern edge
- Study says California's 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don't get used to it