A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.
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Senate Bill 19, also known as The Safe Schools and Places of Worship Act, was signed into law last month by Gov. Gavin Newsom. It was authored by Assemblywoman Darshana Patel, D-San Diego, and state Sen. Susan Rubio, D- Baldwin Park.
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The plans for the new fire station fit into community members’ broader vision for a central hub of services.
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The San Diego History Center in Balboa Park will Thursday celebrate the public opening of its Center for Women's History, described as "a new hub for research, exhibitions, preservation and education dedicated to the stories and impact of women in the San Diego region."
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Throughout the day, students will meet employees of the San Diego Padres from a variety of departments like, hospitality and food services, engineering, marketing, and entertainment to learn how classroom experiences can align with careers.
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The longtime right-handed reliever retired from his playing career with the Padres in August 2023, and he spent last season as an assistant to the major league coaching staff and the baseball operations department headed by general manager A.J. Preller.
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As the H Barracks site expands its open slots, the city will shutter a different safe sleeping site on Aero Drive — a move city staff estimates will save $23,000 per month in operating expenses. If need arises, the city can reopen the Aero Drive location
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The test, a decade in the making, is being touted by UCSD physicians as addressing "a critical diagnostic gap, providing physicians with a sensitive and specific biomarker that informs treatment plans to avoid both under- and over- treating the disease."
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Election observation, sometimes called poll watching, has existed in California for decades as a way to promote transparency and public confidence. Observers can watch nearly every step of an election, from the sorting and counting of vote-by-mail ballots to the certification of results.
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Families build altars called ofrendas for the Mexican holiday Día de Muertos, honoring those who have passed on. In Tijuana, one group uses this time to build an altar to remember journalists killed for doing their jobs. KPBS Video Journalist Matthew Bowler says just last weekend, another Mexican journalist was killed.
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In an annual effort to keep intoxicated or drugged motorists and other traffic scofflaws off local freeways and unincorporated roadways during the holiday, the CHP will conduct a 12-hour maximum enforcement period, or MEP, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Friday, during which all available officers will deploy onto freeways, highways and unincorporated roads throughout San Diego County and statewide, to nab DUI suspects and other lawbreakers.
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