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San Diego's bid, led by the San Diego British American Business Council and the city, is one of six finalists to host the bi-annual games in four years.
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First, it’s estimated that nearly 2,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers walked off the job Tuesday. Then, with Northeast San Diego County becoming a battleground for the upcoming Proposition 50 ballot vote, we talk to people in the county about potential redistricting. Plus, a new state law means more housing near transit stops is coming to San Diego County.
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The encampment along North Avenue is one of several along California State Route 94 the city and RTFH are tackling using an $8.4 million Encampment Resolution Fund grant. The Lemon Grove project has already seen more than 30 people staying at the encampment placed into housing with case management and ongoing support. -
Democratic party activists say the red district targeted by the special election already has more liberal-leaning voters than even the residents in the area might think. -
At the same time, the fair also closed the book on the 2025 fair with lower revenues and lower turnouts for some grandstand concerts. -
The city is holding a special election Nov. 4 to determine whether the first-time councilman will keep his seat.
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The artist and illustrator created iconic posters for movie franchises like Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Back to the Future. -
Book bans are on the rise across the country — but not in California. For the second year a local program is helping San Diego readers push back. -
Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
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A KPBS investigation revealed that data collected by the El Cajon Police Department was used in immigration-related searches more than 550 times in 2025. -
For more than a year, Attorney General Bonta has been looking into the El Cajon Police Department’s sharing of license plate reader data with out-of-state agencies.
- Study: We're losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought
- In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine
- With new cuts at CDC, some fear there's 'nobody to answer the phone'
- California restaurants will have to disclose food allergens on their menus under new law
Veterans, supporters vie to get 2029 Invictus Games to San Diego
Researchers link wildfire smoke to hundreds of excess deaths each year in San Diego County by 2050
Historic reparations bills will be vetoed or signed by California governor in the next few days
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
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Morales-Roth leads the Emilio Nares Foundation, a nonprofit that helps children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases. She talks about the work she leads, the intersection between policy and health care access, and her own path through advocacy. -
Emily Baker-White, author of the book "Every Screen on the Planet," sat down with Midday Edition to talk about the founding of TikTok, its vast popularity and the battle to control it.
- Newsom signs controversial bill letting relatives care for kids if parents are deported
- Another immigrant dies in ICE custody in California, this time in the Imperial Valley
- Federal judge rebukes Trump administration attempt to deploy Guard units from California, Texas to Oregon
- El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells slams Attorney General's license plate lawsuit
