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EPA Grants Awarded To Monitor Border Waste
- April 24
- By City News Service
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday awarded $326,776 in grants to groups that will manage and monitor waste, including sewage spills, along the U.S.-Mexico border.
San Diego On Shortlist For Army Command Center
- April 24
- By City News Service
San Diego is on the shortlist of locations for a U.S. Army command center focused on cutting-edge technology and military modernization, the San Diego Regional EDC announced Tuesday.
County To Lay Off 38 Employees As Part Of Plan To Shrink Animal Services Department
- April 24
- By City News Service
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to move forward with laying off 38 full-time Animal Services employees as part of a plan to shrink the department.
ICE Arrests 53 People In San Diego County Immigration Sweep
- April 24
- By City News Service
Federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 44 immigrants living in the U.S. illegally last week during a five-day sweep through San Diego County, and another nine immigrants living in the U.S. illegally in the days before the sweeps began, authorities said Tuesday.
City Council To Receive Homelessness Presentations
- April 24
- By City News Service
The San Diego City Council will receive a handful of presentations Tuesday intended to help the city address homelessness as well as the lack of transitional and permanent affordable housing.
Rep. Susan Davis Calls For Navy Assessment Of Cross-Border Sewage Spills
- April 23
- By City News Service
San Diego Congresswoman Susan Davis might ask the U.S. Navy to look at border sewage spills that have rankled a wide variety of government, environmental and recreational stakeholders for years.
SANDAG Holding Public Workshops About The Future Of Local Transportation
- April 23
- By City News Service
The workshops are scheduled at seven locations around San Diego County and are being used to help regional planners as they draft the components of "San Diego Forward: The 2019-2050 Regional Transportation Plan."
Famous Salk Institute Cancer Researcher Suspended Amid Internal Investigation
- April 23
- By City News Service
A prominent scientist and cancer researcher at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla has been suspended over apparent sexual misconduct allegations.
Despite Increase In Violent Crime, San Diego Remains Safer Than Other U.S. Cities
- April 20
- By City News Service
San Diego County is generally safer than the U.S. as a whole, though elder abuse and several types of violent crime are on the rise locally, according to a report released Friday.
San Diego County Faces Rise In Dementia Patients
- April 20
- By City News Service, Susan Murphy
Two studies released Friday indicate San Diego County will see increasingly devastating health and economic effects from dementia-related diseases in coming years.