More than a third of immigrants with pending cases in San Diego & Imperial counties are being tracked by smartphone technology.
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How do you balance preparing school children for possible danger but not scaring them more than they already are? Plus, parents of San Diego Unified School District students were notified this week that indoor masking requirements may be reinstated if certain COVID-19 risk levels are reached. And, if you need to communicate with someone online but want to keep it secret, an app called Signal is a good bet. But what happens when government employees start using it? Next, preschool students are expelled and suspended at rates three times higher than kids in K-12 schools. It’s a problem California lawmakers are trying to address with a new bill that would ban the practice that disproportionately impacts Black children. And finally, research has shown the Voting Rights Act of 1965 played a significant role in lowering economic inequality between Black and white Americans, but recent efforts from the U.S. Supreme Court have begun to erode some of those gains.
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A man and woman charged in a nationwide racketeering scheme targeting the elderly that took more than $300,000 from at least 10 San Diego County residents pleaded guilty to federal charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom harshly criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the wake of the slaying of 19 schoolchildren in a Texas classroom.
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Health expert gives tips on how to stay safe as summer approaches and more people plan to travel.
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San Diego water managers say they have enough water, but they will still support the state in urging residents to cut back usage.
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A father whose fourth-grade daughter was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school and raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders.
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The small community of Uvalde, Texas is grieving one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
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Melissa Brymer says talking to kids about school shootings can be upsetting; you may need to have conversations in small chunks for them to understand.
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