Hundreds of students with the UCSDivest Coalition continue their encampment on campus with several peaceful actions planned.
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We have details on San Diego County’s budget for the next fiscal year. It will be bigger than this year’s spending plan. In other news, UC San Diego students continue their encampment in support of Palestinians caught in the Israel-Hamas War. Plus, an original play about family, food and love is making its in-person debut at the Old Globe this weekend.
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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According to the agenda, the session involved interviewing semifinalists; it was unclear whether the applicants' names have been made public.
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San Diego has less than seven months before its self-imposed deadline of achieving zero traffic deaths and serious injuries. Advocates are hoping for a final push to fund small and inexpensive safety improvements at the most collision-prone intersections.
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The artists are in National City this week showcasing indigenous weaving practices at workshops hosted by PASACAT Philippine Performing Arts Company.
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The move follows calls from tribal nations, Indigenous community leaders and others for the permanent protection of nearly 120,000 acres of important cultural and environmental land.
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KPBS Midday EditionA 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.
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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 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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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.
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- Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discrimination
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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.
- Bridge projects across U.S. offer clues to what may replace Baltimore's fallen span
- 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