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Agents said the kneeling was an act of deescalation. The Bureau investigated them at the time and found no causes for discipline. The FBI Agents Association decries the lack of due process.
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In today's episode, we sit down with Chama, a Venezuelan exile who made her way to the U.S. via Tijuana. Chama shares her odyssey out of Venezuela as she searched for a new home to reunite her family with her estranged husband in California.
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The San Diego City Council is set to vote next week on a series of water rate increases that could raise the average household bill by about $18 per month.
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The Department of Homeland Security is hiring thousands of deportation agents by offering bonuses, advertising no college required and telling candidates they can help the country return to an idealized past.
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The city’s lawsuit details how, in April 2019, the city received a complaint that the scrap yard was running a recycling and processing facility and developing the yard without city permits.
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California over the past dozen years enacted a series of criminal justice laws that were meant to give more people an opportunity to be resentenced and thin out the state’s severely overcrowded prisons.
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The Miramar Air Show is back at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego this weekend.
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Julien's Auctions announced the sale of the Birdhouse “Falcon 2” deck on Wednesday. Hawk used it to land the first-ever 900 trick at the San Francisco X Games.
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Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
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As Immigration Customs Enforcement goes on a historic hiring spree, social media posts and other materials contain coded language, experts say.
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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.

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

Big hike in fees for San Diego sports leagues leaves players on the bench
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The new documentary “Tura!” pays tribute to badass actress and pop culture icon Tura Satana. Cinema Junkie speaks with director Cody Jarrett and Satana’s friend and manager Siouxzan Perry. Warning: Episode contains mature language.
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We trace the history of the cross-border sewage crisis in the Tijuana River Valley, preview the Padres-Cubs playoff matchup and round up other top stories that surfaced this week.
- San Diego judge orders former Afghan interpreter released from ICE detention
- Sen. Padilla says due process a concern at San Diego immigration court
- California law forbids ICE from making arrests at courthouses. Officers are showing up anyway
- Department of Homeland Security eyes military and veterans to join immigrant crackdown