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A sharp rise in immigration arrests is shaking Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in San Diego
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The international jazz festival returns for its second year and brings together jazz luminaries from the border region. Plus, how one play explores the transition to parenthood. Then, your weekend arts preview.
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The total amount of $2.4 million will also cover expanding hours and staffing costs, along with possible facility upgrades, according to information on the county agenda. -
Associated PressThe smallest of the available refunds is $15, while the largest is $33,261.31. -
Lindsey Wasson/APAcross the state at least 20 teachers in California’s K-12 schools are facing disciplinary action after they made derogatory comments about Charlie Kirk. -
Orlin Wagner/APThree of the four California counties empowered to inspect federal immigration detention facilities have not done so, and the fourth has conducted only basic reviews of food this year, records obtained by CalMatters show.
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The Dynamic Inclusive Dance Organization is holding its 17th annual showcase fundraiser. This year's theme is "Shine and Soar," which will be held in the Champion Ballroom Academy this weekend. -
More than 60 museums, aquariums, gardens and historic sites in San Diego County are offering free admission to kids this month. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Kaori Fukuyama, Kelly Nipper and Kim Manfredi at Et Galerie; the San Diego-Tijuana Jazz Festival; "Suffs” the Musical; San Diego Symphony's “French Fairytales”; Joy Guidry; Kids Free October; Small Press Nite and more.
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The official, who oversaw the county’s animal shelters, complained of “shit dogs” and too few euthanasias in a voice recording. The county isn’t providing details about her employment status. -
Pete Smith, a longtime community watchdog in Ramona, is now serving on the board of Nuevo Memory Gardens. He found records of health insurance payments he’d been told were terminated, and an “unheard of” severance agreement.
Watch Duty app is revolutionizing how residents, firefighters stay updated on wildfires
Experts concerned about white nationalist imagery in ICE recruitment materials
Cal Fire offers defensible space wildfire home inspections
This volunteer dives deep at San Diego's Birch Aquarium
In Escondido, a school board member changes her name but not her politics
What's next for the historic Carlsbad Theater?
Federal funding restrictions threaten San Diego’s harm reduction programs
San Diego nonprofit that helps enlisted military and veterans is growing
One man's journey through the Trump era asylum system
More than 200,000 Afghan allies without options as resettlement ends
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First, in our latest Why It Matters segment we discuss the controversial decision by the city to not force the county to aid vulnerable people. Then, a grant of 1 million dollars to fund a road safety project was revoked – it’s part of a national trend. Next, our sci-tech reporter breaks down TMS and its impact on our brain. Finally, dozens of things across the county this month are free for kiddos, we break it down! -
Tens of thousands of federal workers in the San Diego region will be furloughed or forced to work without pay amid the nationwide government shutdown.
