County-run animal shelters saw a spike in dog euthanasia rates and high staff turnover in recent years. Those numbers have gotten better — but dogs continue to endure substandard conditions at one shelter.
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Students react to last week’s cyber attack on the education platform Canvas. Then, immigration officials say they deported almost two dozen cruise ship crewmembers arrested last week over allegations of child sexual exploitation – although no one was charged. And, could fare gates be coming to San Diego trolley stations? Also a report on a bicycle safety course that’s part of one local elementary school’s PE program. Finally, La Mesa memorializes a police officer killed last year in the line of duty.
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Vito Di Stefano for Voice of San DiegoThe half-cent sales tax could raise $80 million per year for the Tijuana River sewage problem, but there’s little direction on how it should be spent. -
Monday's agreement will allow the San Diego Community College District to look into converting the 3,200-person capacity building into an educational and cultural campus. -
Pool photo via CBS 8Millete, 44, is charged with the murder of the mother of his three children, May "Maya" Millete, who has not been seen or heard from since Jan. 7, 2021. -
Rahul Lal/CalMattersShould California pension funds invest in fossil fuels? How about Tesla and Palantir? Or companies with anti-union records? Those debates are playing out at CalPERS and CalSTRS.
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After a long career in comedy, Martin Short shares his story of "love, loss and survival" in a new Netflix documentary, Marty, Life Is Short. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener Russell Weeden and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
The 61st edition of the international art event launched on Saturday in an atmosphere marked by geopolitical strife.
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Several nonprofits and immigrant rights organization told KPBS that Mayor Todd Gloria has not been collaborative or transparent in creating a response plan for how to handle a Minneapolis-style immigration enforcement operation in San Diego. -
At the University of San Diego School of Law’s immigration clinics, students work on real-time immigration cases — helping people become citizens, apply for green cards, win asylum cases and even fight deportations.
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We look at the candidates and issues at play in the newly redrawn 48th congressional district. Then, amid ongoing immigration arrests, is the city prepared for future large-scale crackdown? And, new reporting reveals a rise in e-bike accidents locally. -
First, a new 88-unit affordable housing community just landed in Downtown. Then, new information on ICE arrests was just released from members of San Diego’s congressional delegation. Also, we’ll tell you about some recent complications at the Escondido Public Library. And our feature story highlights the San Diego International Fringe Festival returning for its 14th year. Last but not least, some weekend event ideas for you and yours happening across the county.
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