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A cross-border brush fire that erupted Monday in remote, rugged terrain near Tecate Peak continued to spread Tuesday, scorching hundreds of open acres and prompting evacuation warnings.
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This Election Day, we check in on how voting is going across San Diego County. Then, two political scientists break down some of the top local races.
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Associated PressSome elected offices are pit stops. California’s lieutenant governor is one of them. -
A quiet primary race for state superintendent of public instruction is winding down Tuesday, with no clear front-runner emerging from a wide field of well-qualified candidates for California’s top schools job. -
In her second year as San Diego poet laureate, Paola Capó-García continues bringing poetry and expression to every corner of the region — and wants more people to feel welcome in the world of poetry.
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Broadway actor André De Shields discusses his Tony-nominated performance in CATS: The Jellicle Ball, turning 80 and his philosophy on life. -
KPBS Midday EditionA love story involving a married woman and younger man, and a murder are at the heart of a new novel, with San Diego as the backdrop. Author Cassandra Neyenesch joins Midday Edition Monday to talk about the book and the role San Diego plays in it. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WBEZ listener Larry Birkenmeyer of Glenview, Ill., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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The Trump administration is avoiding environmental review on construction that is destroying boulders that have been on Kuchamaa Mountain, near the border city of Tecate, for more than 100 million years. -
State Sen. Steve Padilla’s announcement came after a KPBS investigation found the nonprofit owner of an ICE detention center in Imperial County has received millions in tax breaks meant for charities.
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First, we spoke with a local organization prepping for the impacts of new CalFresh federal work requirements. Then, a collapsed pipeline in Tijuana is causing an increase in odors for those who live nearby. Also, with more than 800,000 dogs in the county, we breakdown the cost of caring for one. Also, we check in with the city’s poet laureate who is nearly halfway through her term. And, can our resident Cinema Junkie interest you in a weeklong film series? -
Long before San Diego became defined by freeways, parking shortages and long commutes, electric streetcars connected the region's urban core to beaches, business districts and growing neighborhoods more than 100 years ago.
- Sewage spike, odors worsen in San Diego's South Bay after Tijuana pipeline collapse
- Mexico's president sees 'no issue' with her country hosting Iran's World Cup team during tournament
- Newsom's Medi-Cal proposal could limit healthcare access for refugees and asylum-seekers
- City Heights co-op boycotting SANDAG’s Bike Anywhere Day
