The proposed legislation seeks to lower electricity bills and make investor-owned utilities more accountable to ratepayers.
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First, in today’s episode we’ll tell you what changed or stayed in regards to funding for the city of San Diego’s police and fire departments in the upcoming fiscal year budget. Then, UC San Diego researchers are looking into whether popular medicines for weight loss could also help to slow the impacts of aging. Also, a new solar panel project in Imperial Beach. And, we’ll tell you why the San Diego City Council recently put its support behind a package of state bills aimed at reforming utility companies like SDG&E.
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Larry Valenzuela/CalMattersSchool funding in California steers a lot to wealthy districts and to those with high-needs students. Those in the middle get a lot less. -
JoNel Aleccia/APNew research suggests semaglutide may influence biological processes linked to aging, though scientists say more study is needed. -
Adobe StockMental health professionals at Kaiser are raising concerns about an artificial intelligence tool that records medical appointments, saying it should have more safeguards. -
ALERT California / UC San DiegoOn Tuesday, crews were focusing on creating and managing containment lines while executing a full suppression attack on the fire. The Cleveland National Forest was under elevated fire use restrictions.
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The ceremony allowed students to celebrate with family members who can’t cross the border. -
KPBS Midday EditionC.L. Hoang tells the story of his family's journey from war-torn Vietnam to America. -
Workers finished removing President Trump's name from the facade of the Kennedy Center early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered Friday deadline to remove references to Trump from the building.
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It used to be rare for immigrants to be arrested at entrances to military bases, but there have been dozens of arrests since President Donald Trump returned to power last year. -
Lawyers who spoke to KPBS said immigration judges are now ordering bond amounts that previously were only used for criminals on international wanted lists. The U.S. Department of Justice says the courts are following the law and that the claims are “baseless.”
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- Most parents track their 18- to 25-year-old kids on their smartphones. Is it healthy?
- Inside Ebola country: NPR reports from eastern DR Congo's outbreak zone
How military families manage San Diego's high cost of living
Sweetwater Union High School District holds first graduation ceremony in Tijuana
Part 2: Black San Diegans 9 times likelier to be charged with resisting an officer and nothing else
Part 1: Black San Diegans 9 times likelier to be charged with resisting an officer and nothing else
Immigrant detentions on San Diego’s military bases have spiked under Trump
Lawyers accuse immigration courts of holding ‘sham’ bond hearings
How a San Diego English teacher is using AI in her classroom
Parents push San Diego Unified to limit classroom screen use
Meet the candidates for San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 5
Primary Election 2026: Breaking down the San Diego County school board races
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As the court wraps up this year's term, justices are finishing up decisions on birthright citizenship, bans against transgender athletes and more. We run down the remaining cases. -
The company behind a proposed data center in Imperial Valley is suing the Imperial Irrigation District for access to 260 million gallons of water per year from the drought-stricken river.
- Dozens ordered deported after mass immigration hearings in San Diego
- Endangered ram dies after getting caught in concertina wire at US-Mexico border
- Federal judge orders immigrant detention center to allow San Diego County health inspection
- Sewage spike, odors worsen in San Diego's South Bay after Tijuana pipeline collapse
