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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer swears in Colin Stowell as the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department's new chief, August 13, 2018.
City of San Diego
Fire-Rescue Department Chief Colin Stowell is retiring in August. Job candidates will undergo a series of interviews, including one with a panel of community leaders nominated by city councilmembers and the mayor.
  • The city of San Diego is launching a program to fast-track housing permits for projects that are part of a program that prioritizes development near public transit. Then, the Department of Veteran Affairs aims to place at least 851 veterans experiencing homelessness into permanent housing in 2024. Plus, SDG&E bills are going up. The utility company is raising rates a month after reporting profits.
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Students at Sandburg Elementary listen to a concert by members of the San Diego Symphony's woodwind quintet. The students are learning from the Sound & Silence interactive music curriculum,  San Diego, Calif., March 11, 2024 Playing
The San Diego Symphony uses Sound and Silence to teach elementary school students about music
Soccer netting and goal posts lie on the ground at Surf Sports Park, Mar. 6, 2024. Playing
Del Mar youth sports venue draws controversy and a lawsuit
Steve Israel, a septic shock survivor, is shown in this portrait taken March 8, 2024. Seven years ago. He suffered multiple organ failure and had to be medevaced to UC San Diego Medical Center. Playing
New tools in the fight to stop a mysterious killer called sepsis
A red diamondback rattlesnake is being held in a plastic tube for safety as researchers attach the ArcGIS accelerometer on it, March 13, 2024. Playing
New technology helping San Diego researchers study elusive rattlesnake
An artistic rendering depicts plans for the affordable housing complex Playing
The county is building affordable housing in Chollas View. Residents say it’s concentrating poverty
A cyclist rides past a 40-mile-per-hour speed limit sign on West Point Loma Boulevard, Nov. 29, 2023. Playing
County lawmakers want to reign Coastal Commission's power to block housing, transportation projects
A San Diego for Every Child participant family plays together in this 2023 photo. Playing
What happens when you give low-income families monthly cash, no strings attached?
Students at Wilson Middle School learn about current events along with their daily curriculum. This sixth-grade history class led by teacher Michael Williams begins with the national CNN 10 news program produced for children, San Diego, Calif., February 28, 2024 Playing
Students learn about politics as history unfolds in real time
Kind Weird Wild uses his poetry to teach students at the High Tech High Mesa campus emotional regulation and self-awareness. He is one of the guest artists working with Poets Underground on the healing curriculum to support mental health, San Diego, Calif., February 21, 2024 Playing
Poetry in motion to help students improve their mental health
Migrants wait for a ride to the airport after border agents drop them off at San Diego transit centers. The migrant welcome center has closed and volunteers from several community organizations try to fill the gap as the asylum seekers make their way to their final destination throughout the United States, Feb. 23, 2024. Playing
Migrant advocates working around the clock as funding dwindles
  • Also on Roundtable, we hear about one woman's tragic story highlighting a mental health care system still in need of fixing.
  • State Farm has the green light to raise the rates it charges California homeowners by 20-percent. Then, Surf Sports Park in Del Mar is caught up in controversy, and a lawsuit, for events happening on its fields. Plus, researchers from San Diego State University and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance are using new technology to study snakes.