A new bill aims to ensure patients’ end-of-life wishes are followed. But one San Diego woman’s decision to pursue medical aid-in-dying highlights ongoing barriers to access, cost, and awareness.
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First, we’ll tell you how last week's heat wave affected those living near the Tijuana River. Also, we bring you a story about research looking into a new way to use probiotics. Then, one local leader is proposing changes to protect end-of-life care. Next, a look at what’s new at Petco Park as the Padres get ready to kick off their season on Thursday. We’ll also bring you a look into Comic-Con’s sister convention.
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The county Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Wednesday in support of renaming César Chávez Day to Farm Workers Day. -
Matthew BowlerThe mayors were in Sacramento Wednesday asking lawmakers to put $1 billion dollars back into the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program. -
Gregory Bull/APA new report from UC San Diego details the effects of this winter’s large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota. -
Homelessness prevention shows promising results in California, as advocates push to spread it statewide and nationally.
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The Comic-Con sister convention overlaps with No Kings protests this year, so attendees may need to plan for additional crowds and possible traffic impacts. -
A San Diego woman is using a home kitchen program to turn her 88-year-old mother’s recipes into a business while cooking them together. -
The painting is worth more than a million euros ($1.2 million). Proceeds from the sale will benefit France's leading financial supporter of Alzheimer's research.
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To help meet state and local renewable energy goals, county leaders have approved a series of clean energy projects in East County. But the communities in Jacumba, Boulevard and elsewhere are wary. -
San Diego County Supervisor Paloma Aguirre is calling on her fellow SANDAG board members to officially deny ICE agents access to the controversial ARJIS database.
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- New Mexico jury says Meta harms children's mental health and safety, violating state law
- Cuba sends doctors on medical missions. The U.S. isn't a fan
- With help from California’s climate fund, Nestor is finally getting a new park
East County green energy boom sparks concern over impacts to natural landscape, cultural sites
To restore soil, UCSD scientists are experimenting with probiotics for plants
A Black-owned ranch in the Tijuana River Valley fosters community and ancestral connection
In Encinitas, people are gathering to talk about death and find community
Through her lens: San Diego pet photographer uses her talent to help shelter dogs get adopted
North County Transit District beset by surging fare evasion, faces dwindling revenues
How Trump’s mass deportation agenda is playing out in San Diego
Inside San Diego's 'museum without walls'
This El Cajon museum takes visitors back to the frontier days of the Old West
How a new law could help one local family trapped in parking citation debt
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Documents reveal that Jeffrey Epstein funded research about telepathy and autism at UC San Diego. We break down what this reveals about Epstein's research interests, and the lack of scrutiny over research funding in higher education. -
We unpack the full history of the farmworkers' movement — beyond a single leader — following last week's news of sexual violence allegations against labor leader César Chávez.
- Why a private company is investigating rapes at an ICE detention center instead of the sheriff
- ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millions, NPR analysis finds
- Markwayne Mullin confirmed as the next secretary of Homeland Security
- Trump administration acknowledges it needs immigrant farmworkers as it moves to cut their pay
